For sure, micro stereo systems are a “dime a dozen” but this unit is something quite special and difficult to find (especially in full working order!)

I am offering a very nice “tight” micro system from Sony, with the bonus facility of record/playback using Minidiscs.
Yes, this micro system can be used as a standard tiny stereo system but it really shines if you have some gig/demo tapes or minidisc’s that you have been dying to hear once again.
This is a nice “all in one” unit, compact and it sounds great as well!
Now MD’s won’t mean a lot to many people but in the world of music, these were widely used (for a time) as an alternative to DAT in portable recordings. MD allowed for great high quality digital audio recordings, fast re-recordings, edits and text naming of each track – wonderful little things (and they are small, take a look at the size comparison photograph I have included)
I and a lot of other artists and sound engineers have oodles of these MD’s stashed away often with wonderful demos and live gig recordings. I usually use a nice Sony or Marantz pro MD recorder (for playback these days) but this Sony system is a very useful “multi-media” audio playback system, in fact the only media it cannot handle is vinyl records. There is a “spare” input but it is at line level and not suitable for a turntable.
I have taken a LOT of photographs, showing many aspects of this system INCLUDING every single function ON and operating. There are addtional “system wide” functions such as the Bass/Treble etc but I think most people will find these photographs to be enough.

I have a LOT of information about this system (not manufacturers blurb!) so please read on …

SONY Compact Micro Stereo System
Model: CMT-CP33
Australian release
240V standard AC plug
Cassette tape (Play & Record)
Minidisc (Play & Record)
CD – Player
Tuner – AM/FM
Remote control (Original #RM-SCP33)
User Manual (88 pages so I will only provide this in .pdf format – too many pages for me to print!)
This user manual is VITAL. There are so many features packed into this little bundle that life is made far easier when you read the manual, especially when using the MD facilites but there are many other features hidden away as well.
2x SONY SS-CCP33 original speakers (2 way)
Overall system condition: excellent – very nice cosmetically and fully functioning
More detailed information about each component is below…

There is a lot to tell about this sweet little bundle so I will deal with each component (in detail)
CASSETTE TAPE:
Plays and Records
Dolby B capable
Playback 3 tape types: I (standard), II (CrO2) & IV (Metal)
Record can handle types: I & II
Front panel manual or auto-reverse function (no need to flip the tapes to hear material “on the other side”)
Curious thing, I noticed that the very cool (but difficult to read in daylight) display does not seem to have facilities to show tape travel. There is also no mention in the manual about this function, which I would have thought was pretty standard.
CONDITION:
I “think” the transport may have a problem. To be frank, I never used this tape cassette player as I had much better Tascam gear for those tapes.
It plays my test cassettes fine, no warbling or strange noises.
Front display shows the tape is moving (arrows move across the display screen while in playback or record)
HOWEVER if I want to Fast Forward or Reverse, it makes the appropriate noises, the tape begins moving and then it goes into shutdown after around one second.
So moving around within a tape is a bit tiresome as I could only move in small segments at a time.
I suspect we have a belt issue but I am not prepared to start restoring the tape transport, particularly when the MD side of things was always of far more interest to me.
If you have the skills, patience, time etc then this should not be a difficult fix – belts are readily available from the likes of Wagner’s here