# DCC170 Issues
**URL:** https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/dcc170-issues/309
**Category:** Recorders, Players, etc.
**Created:** [May 27, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/dcc170-issues/309 "2020-05-27T19:02:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@bagpuss22](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/bagpuss22)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/dcc170-issues/309/1 "2020-05-27T19:02:39Z")
Its been a good day so far, received a DCC951 and a DCC170. Thankfully the 951 was just a stuck DCC cassette and a clean and belt seems to have sorted that out.
The 170 is a different item. It displays “charging” and will tell me if HOLD is selected but not a lot else. My assumption was, if the belt was faulty, it would try and power, then STOP. This does nothing like that so looking for some advice.
Thanks
Russ
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### Author:  [@Jac](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Jac)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/dcc170-issues/309/2 "2020-05-27T19:37:24Z")
The DCC170 won’t power up if there’s no cassette in the recorder.
If you did put a cassette in and it still won’t power up, most likely the problem is that the lid sensor isn’t working (which can often be fixed with a piece of sticky tape), or the cassette-in switch (which is located where analog cassettes have the recording inhibit hole) isn’t working.
===Jac