What happens when you try to use the advance button? Does it try to advance the tape or does the key not stay down or what.
Mitch
It could be the advance button is not making a solid contact when you push the button down. Personally I hate my 1010's. I have two. One works great (Taiwan) the other (Hong Kong) I could never get the play to work.
Reference: Trobule with 1010
I opened her up and I manually applied pressure to the contacts where the button hits. The button is engaging the mechanism fine. There's a small metal pin that spins when I press the Advance button. It just seems the main gear does not engage for the wheel like it does when I press Rewind.
Mitch,
I have two as well. Both from Hong Kong. The Play does not engage as well on both of them. I'm not sure if the Play should work or not.