Very interesting point you brought up about the DC working voltage with the electrolytic capacitors. If the power supply has a vacuum tube such as a. 35Z5 or 35W4 it is not a problem because the voltage will not Spike. But when it comes to Silicon or selenium rectifiers the DC voltage will Spike and can cause damage to the electrolytics. To date you are the only technician that brought up that point here on KZitem. I remember learning about that back in the early seventies during my electronics training and working in a television repair shop. A lot of zenith AC/DC radios used a selenium rectifier instead of a rectifier tube and if by chance the electrolytic needed to be replaced a higher working voltage was always used
@Steveuk405
Жыл бұрын
Customers Eh? I have a Sony Cassette Deck here from 1975. It was mute - Reason - Dead Batteries. So I got the bloke a mains lead and quoted £65 including shipping back to him and a service. Suddenly an urgent job becomes a silent customer. It is still in the hallway by the front door....
@chrisa2735-h3z
Жыл бұрын
I have a special Place in my heart for these little childrens record players. I have no idea why. Theyre just so quaint to me.
@RCALivingStereo
Жыл бұрын
Me to I like the kiddie players and little suitcase players. Reminds me of better times
@ladamurni
Жыл бұрын
Awesome repair! Thank you. I understand your frustration, I had the same thing, a guy came to me with a tube radio Blaupunkt Milano (video is on my channel) cabinet was in a nice condition but it did not work. I said 25 euro's for replacing all of the capacitors and fault finding. If there are any tubes that need replacing that comes on top of it. It needed 2 tubes replaced, I used second hand ones wich were in a good condition and only charged 5 euro's each. The radio worked beautifully just like you I checked the voltages and so on. When the guy came to pick it up he wasn't happy that he had to pay me 35 euro's wich is an absolute bargain for such a extensive repair. Like you said, they are happy to pay 100 euro's for a broken radio that does not work but have a problem paying 35 for a proper repair.
@sterlinsilver
Жыл бұрын
Man, I did something like this once. I have this 1970 BSR changer/all in one unit that had a droopy needle and (get ready to crucify me over this) I had no idea replacement needles were a thing so I ripped out the cartridge, and taped on a crosley cartridge. And amazingly, it worked! However I accidentally severed one of the wires for the stereo so it only played out of the left channel. In my defense, I was only 16 and it was an excellent learning experience. I still have the original cartridge and have since put it back on, but I'm going to need to rewire it if it's going to work again. Since then, I've fixed 2 record players with what I learned from the BSR. Excellent video, I wish there were people like you near me so I could get my stuff fixed.
@hitekredneck109
Жыл бұрын
Lol....I'm a mechanic and I have similar stories to the one you told....
@robinsattahip2376
Жыл бұрын
Take me back to when that record player was new, America was so much nicer then. Hello from Thailand.
@AMStationEngineer
Жыл бұрын
The area where I live/work (yeah, "work"?? ha!) is populated by 14 flea markets, 8 auction houses, and is largely known for having the largest volume of antiques/vintage and classic electronics items in the United States. Bryan, if you send a list of phono components you are in need of, and 'reasonable pricing' for those Items, I'll have a few antiques dealer friends keep an eye out for them, and acquire the items for your shop.
@edwardallan197
Жыл бұрын
I remember them well. Quite a wide quality range. Affordable & perfect for kids.
@3Cr15w311
Жыл бұрын
After watching a lot of your videos the past few years, I'd like to share a little experience tonight. An Audio Technica LP120USB turntable of mine died a year or more ago (would power on but the platter would not spin up) and I decided to take it apart to see if I could see an obvious blown capacitor or something inside that I might be able to replace. I took the 4 screws out of the bottom and was going to figure out how to get it apart then removed the platter on top and saw a voltage switch for US/foreign voltage. I decided to try moving that switch from the 120 setting to the other setting and back and suddenly it worked again. If anyone brings you one of these models (or a similar one) and the sympton is the platter won't spin up at all, try that first and it might save you a lot of time and save you from having to go beyond removing the platter to fix it. As long as it works, this is a decent turntable allowing a wide variety of cartridges since it has counterweight and anti-skate. The cartridge I have on it tracks at 1 and 3/8 grams which is easy on records.
@radiotvphononut
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the heads up and I'll keep that in mind, if I ever have that problem. I can tell you that those slide switches are bad about getting dirty and not making good contact.
@3Cr15w311
Жыл бұрын
@@radiotvphononut I think moving the switch from one position to the other may cause some kind of "reset" operation as well if there some some computerized logic board inside. I had an old computer that would sometimes not turn on and moving the switch from 120 to 240 and back then attempting power on would fix it.
@markmarkofkane8167
Жыл бұрын
I'd like to have a record player like that someday again. Reminds me of my childhood. Nice repair! I read somewhere that when a selenium rectifier shorted, it smelled like rotten eggs. I never experienced it. But I did burn up a model train transformer, and the smell was horrible. I cannot describe it.
@tarstarkusz
Жыл бұрын
I had a hand-me-down just like this one with the glorified cardboard construction. I had a bunch of hand-me-down records from Disneyland, or, at least they said Disneyland or Disney World (probably world because I'm on the East coast)..
@williamstevens7090
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing these, nut. I have learned so much watching these repairs. Something new every time. You've provided the knowledge that gave the confidence to do a few of these myself. People are always asking how I know how to fix record players.
@channelsixtysix066
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Bryan. Always enjoy your videos.
@michaelpruitt6828
Жыл бұрын
You have that old player sounding pretty good. Nice work!
@jimmyday9536
6 ай бұрын
Very nice work! However, I think we should all keep in mind that many of these "hack repairs" were done years ago, to get a customer's unit working, and shops usually didn't take the time to make it pretty, nor could they afford to take the time to do so.
@klafong1
Жыл бұрын
That dunderhead who paid $85 for a non-functioning budget record player deserved to get the boot!
@Vaultovinyl
Жыл бұрын
I'm in some of those same groups you're in. I always get a good laugh out of some of the hipster hackjobs that join those groups, have spent $500 replacing the caps in their 70's Soundesign and are now suddenly experts who try to tell someone, who has repaired hundreds of pieces of vintage electronics, how to repair electronics. I have completely quit working on stuff for other people for so many reasons similar to the story you told. They all want something for nothing and they expect you to work miracles. They'll never bring you something "good" to work on. It's always some piece of disposable, plastic, Chinese junk that they paid way too much for and now they're too cheap to throw it away and get another. They expect you to repair it for free. I'm done with them. LOL! End rant!
@jeffreyhickman3871
Жыл бұрын
Another one ☝️ of my favorites of my childhood. Cardboard cased record players from the 1960’s and 1970’s are certainly better than today’s Crosley. Inexperienced people and electronics don’t mix. That’s a great invitation to a fire 🔥, with that repair 👩🔧. This appears to be a solid state record player, but it’s certainly better than a Crosley record player/AM/FM radio 📻 combination from 2010. Hope ya had a Happy 😊 Thanksgiving. Your friend, Jeff.
@jasonthejawman5442
Жыл бұрын
Your repair is perfectly done ✔️ a job well done, it work's that's the main thing
@hestheMaster
Жыл бұрын
Bryan you are good at fixing these botched up by wanna be service people old record players. It lives again.
@quantumleap359
Жыл бұрын
That idiot with the $85 antique store junk heap sounds like a real piece of work! He got the slap upside the head you gave him. By the way, the repair on this little record player is A+ and perfectly OK. Great video.
@hughbetcha436
Жыл бұрын
If I were still young enough to be classified as a kid I would be kicking out the jams with that player! 😎
@lukavukmanovic8473
Жыл бұрын
Cheap record player from the time, but still probably better than today's crosley.
@frankowalker4662
Жыл бұрын
To give whoever did the first repair job credit, the only thing they got realy wrong was not stripping the enamel off the speaker wires. :)
@chrishernandez2371
Жыл бұрын
Enjoy your channel and your stories keep it going
@akdenyer
Жыл бұрын
Wish I had an email for you Brian. You are a great fellow. We really miss engineers like you. At least we have You Tube
@w7777777s
Жыл бұрын
The near twin to this you have seen on my channel and FB, seems to have an Alliance turntable and a turnover cartridge. It’s a Symphonic 1PN101. I would say it sounds almost exactly the same.
@ralphj4012
Жыл бұрын
Good resurrection. I wonder whether the original had some form of grille cloth to stop debris falling into the speaker.
@marka1986
Жыл бұрын
Repair techs in many cases are under appreciated and under paid. People would overpay at the thrift store and then be upset to need to spend more to fix it. Sometimes someone would get a good deal say for 10 bucks, and then need to spend maybe 20 to fix it. They would be upset too. 20 to fix it, that's more than I paid for it. Of course not everyone is like this, but the more impossible people are the ones that that stick in your memory.
@rogertyler3237
Жыл бұрын
My Folks Never Realy Hollared At Me About Me Playing My Records Loud Cause I Had A Record Player. But By The Time I Got A Nice Stereo My Dad Wasn't Living With Me My Mom & 2 Sisters.
@audiophool864
Жыл бұрын
Nobody does it better than radiotvphononut!!!
@outthereassociates7155
Жыл бұрын
Nice cleanup Sir.
@audiophool864
Жыл бұрын
This device was ridiculously overbuilt. Wow.
@Amp497
Жыл бұрын
Some of these people on these Electronics forums are nuts. I wouldn't use a replacement can capacitor unless the customer insisted on it, and insisted on paying for it.
@indoctrinnation660
Жыл бұрын
Back in Service...Thank God ! 😆
@goldenboy5500
Жыл бұрын
just when you think you seen it all "BAM" twisted enamel
@suzakule
Жыл бұрын
this year I restored a Hoffman Mark V Super Receiver 21p902 ,Combo TV, Radio phonograph, however, the phonograph , a Webster Chicago turntable was too far gone, the motor had fallen out of it's base due to rotten mounts, and even though I got it all back together, the crystal cartridge was dead, making not worth getting it going because there was no finding any replacements for it, so i converted a cheapy belt drive deck and have a crystal in there now, easy conversion!
@craignehring
Жыл бұрын
Nice repair, brings back memories
@Jammerk40
Жыл бұрын
I remember having a kiddie record player it was my first one with a crystal cartridge and sapphire needle boy I tell ya it played Ok but it didn't like 45 rpm stereo records! That needle would skip like mad! Even later in the 70's they still went cheap with cartridges and stupid sapphire needles! Until they came out with diamond needles and better cartridges that were still crystal but a little better in sound and could play stereo 45's with no skipping!
@RoughJustice2k18
Жыл бұрын
If you're planning to put this record player into any kind of regular daily service and/or sell it, you might want to replace that blue/green selenium rectifier stack with a modern diode package for added reliability and safety. Selenium rectifiers are notoriously unreliable and stink horribly when they fail. The upside though is you saved another piece of vintage history from ending up in landfill waste.
@richardcline1337
Жыл бұрын
To replace that filter cap with a duplicate would be a complete waste of money! If this were a restoration to stock condition even then it would be too much as the entire record player in mint restored condition wouldn't be worth the cost of that cap. This thing was made for one reason and one reason only, to play cheap records on with no chance of high fidelity. Hence the lack of even a tone control. Bryan, you saved it from the trash can and that's all that was intended. So keep doing what you are doing and let the naysayers go pester somebody else.
@larryshaver3568
Жыл бұрын
i got a few Magnavox changers from the early 70's working using Superlube
@robinsattahip2376
Жыл бұрын
I have a song idea for electronics, the lyric is "like a virgin, unscrewed for the very first time."
@jamesmdeluca
Жыл бұрын
Greetings: I know that to prevent deformity the idler wheel, the speed selector should be placed in a neutral position keeping the motor and its stepped level capstan away from the idler. The speed selector on this unit has no obvious neutral position, so what is the correct way to protect the idler?
@12av67
Жыл бұрын
How long do those 89t cartridges last when playing 78 rpm records last. And where can i find a replacement stylus when it wears out.
@radiophonotvnut9024
Жыл бұрын
You ought to monetize your channel, so you can afford all of the parts and equipment to complete all your projects
@larryshaver3568
Жыл бұрын
i see someone on ebay is selling 2mil needles
@radiotvphononut
Жыл бұрын
Yes, and the VM site also has them. Since the suspension on the cartridge is deformed, I'm going to try and find a cartridge that is in better shape.
@REXXSEVEN
Жыл бұрын
18:25 Wow that looks way better, almost like it was manufactured that way.
@REXXSEVEN
Жыл бұрын
Great video
@THEMICROMARKSHOW
Жыл бұрын
if you can fix a 60s record player you might just be a red neck....lol
@watsonmtb31
Жыл бұрын
I have a CAPEHART MODEL 7006AT8 record player and 8track player and im curious if anyone know what its worth
@russredfern167
Жыл бұрын
Good video
@goofyahhslimjackson1942
Жыл бұрын
Why does it sound so bad? What are the exact problems that are causing that harsh tone?
@radiotvphononut
Жыл бұрын
Crappy crystal cartridge and a very basic amplifier.
@goofyahhslimjackson1942
Жыл бұрын
@@radiotvphononut thanks but are those due to age or just general intrinsic flaws? So is it pretty much 1960s Crowley quality?
@goofyahhslimjackson1942
Жыл бұрын
@@commietube_censorship_sucks wow that’s an enlightenment! I can’t believe bloody Crowley has anything on something made during the age of quality production. Thanks a bunch
@larryshaver3568
Жыл бұрын
what tube is that?
@radiotvphononut
Жыл бұрын
25C5, with it's heater wired in series with the 90V turntable motor.
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