The low-end Nakamichi CR-series are not the most desirable of all Naks but now I have both... CR-1E and CR-2E plus a CR-4. Repairing a CR-deck is not my speciality, yet.. The CR-2 had a big problem when I got it, it didn't want to do anything when play, rew or ffwd were pressed. After some investigation I managed to loosen the cam + motor litle bit and moved it around as much as possible. This got the CR-2 moving again, only it wouldn't stop! This was caused by one of the switches the cam touched when changing position, one of them was always in a closed position so bending it fixed this! The main difference between the 1 and the 2 are that the 2 has a digital counter, mute, bias fine tune and adjustable output volume. While looking insite you notice the modern pcb which made me thinking of upgrading the standard cinch output connectors with gold plated connectors...