My grandparents had one of these on their kitchen table for 30 years. It eventually and inevitably stopped. My grandfather tried to fix it, and had it working, but an intermittent issue caused it to stop again during cleaning and he moved it to the basement. I took it in 2005 after he passed away, knowing that I'd be able to fix it someday. Fast forward to three weeks ago; I began the journey, knowing it was the switches that were the issue. I spent the last three weeks completely disassembling it to the point where I was holding the contacts of each of the switches in my hand, polishing them with chrome polish, and reassembled everything. Immediately came back to life. This was a very clever and well-made radio, but it took completely disassembling it and putting it back together to learn why. Everything I did I could've done with 1/10th the work had I known the tricks. I plan to surprise my Dad for his birthday here soon by getting it finished and shipping it to him. The schedule is a little tight, so it may take an extra week, but it's worth it. EDIT: driving it from TX to OH when we meet for the Dayton Hamvention this year...ran into FM issues...donor radio had what I needed. Shango066, keep 'em coming. You're a very talented guy and I am thoroughly enjoying these. I might even start a new channel myself; I deleted my old one for "personal and political reasons"...I had 9K subs at the time.
Of course its a colossal PITA to drag the o-scope outside just to troubleshoot the power supply on a chassis, but I must say I'da loved to see that current inrush on a long time base!
why would you need a scope to troubleshoot a power supply like that one??a transformer a rectifier and some filters????DMM is more than enough for that
you can even crudely measure the ripple with the dmm setting it to AC volts and measuring the rectified DC...if it has significant ripple replace the filter caps...no need to complicate
Very cool, I have always like the Grundig products. Several years ago I purchased a little Grundig pocket AM/FM/Shortwave radio to play with. She has digital tuning, and of course, is no longer made in Germany, to my dismay. I loved the little set, then one day my good wife of 50 years, who I have never been able to say no to, asked to use it. So I let her have it for a year, then when we went South, I took it back to use on the road. Well she had kept the blasted thing in her kitchen and it was covered with so damn much grease that it took me hours of cleaning to get her back into some semblance of her once great beauty, and when we returned from Arizona that next spring, I fixed her up another little transistor radio so she could listen to the local news on, and my little Grundig now lives in the case she came in, in one of the overhead in our RV.
Great job on the video again! I always enjoy these longer videos. I prefer them. Plus the way you go about your diagnosis and repairs are helpful to me, and they're fun to watch.
I don't think analogue radio will last long as more and more countries are heading towards digital only. In some eu countries, analogue broadcasts have been replaced with digital ones ... It's a matter of time before all analogue broadcasts disappear from Europe....
+jjensen2492 What?! I hope that dumb decision won't spread over the rest of Europe... And what about all the 'embedded', factory car radios? They will need a DAB tuner with FM modulator output plugged into the cigarette lighter socket? And DAB stations often have worse sound quality compared to FM, because a lot of them transmit below 112kbps, even as low as 48kbps... Their music archives are in lossy mp3 (and 'not always' in 320kbps), then they convert it again for transmission with very low bitrate AAC. With FM stations, the archives are also in mp3 for decades now, but at least there is no double lossy conversion. Also, FM is still usable in mono if the signal is weak. With DAB, if the signal is weak or have heavy multipath-effect (which is quite often during driving among hills) there will be no reception or intermittent with very frustrating 'fax noise'-like digital glitches... What an advancement... DVB-T is a great thing compared to analog TV, but the DAB is unable to replace FM in every situations.
It has already started happening... Analog terrestrial was shutdown years ago here in Norway and now most analog cable is either shutdown or in the process of it in most areas. FM was shutdown recently as well with DAB now replacing it even though channels are so heavily compressed that they sound worse than a 96kbit mp3 in most cases.
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How wonderful!! wow, how many years, I worked a lot with stereos like that, at the time it was tube, but it is much better than today, I am delighted to see such a beautiful HI-FI.
Nice demonstration and thanks for the time you gave us in the troubleshooting techniques you have shown us very well. I never thought that the difference between a fast fuse and a delayed one (traege) would have allowed the radio to operate so easily.
Hi Shango!I am german and i didn't knew that that this radios were sold in the u.s.as well. So it made me happy ,that this repair turned successfull and that you gave finally a"thumbs up" for this old device. By the way,i am also a happy owner of some of this old stuff ,brands like Grundig,Saba,Telefunken or Mende. Today my main interest is in the area of modular synthesis,especially the euro-rack format devices. I know that these things are totally different from each other,but when you remember the effect,when you tune a little bit beside the main frequencie of a single side band station,you get some gender transforming effects on the outcoming signal,for me,as a child it was fascinating....but it was lofi. How about the situation of am-Radio in the States? Because here in Europe they have shutdown already a lot of stations in this area...
Oh hello friend shango, boa noite, eu aqui relembrando os seus vídeos, bom shango, esse Radio Grundig é uma maravilha, adoro radios & gabinetes valvulados,, por outro lado amigo shango, adorei ver o esquilinho, acho muito bonitinho,, por isso que gosto de seus vídeos,, ah! sim e você é um ótimo técnico Oh hello friend shango, good night, I'm here remembering your videos, good shango, this Radio Grundig is wonderful, I love radios & valve cabinets,, on the other hand friend shango, I loved seeing the little squirrel, I think it's very cute,, that's why I like your videos,, ah! yes and you are a great technician
The phonograph and the trimmers on top of the chassis have a Phillips about them. Ive seen sets that looked like this that had the same dial and pushbuttons but a tube chassis instead, that may explain why this has the Conelrad markings on the dial, saves money. I have mixed feelings about German sets to be honest, they sound all right, but are a pain to work, and the cabinets were often made out of junky particleboard, even ones from the mid 1950s. One thing I never liked was the fact that they used the bandswitch assembly to turn the set on and off, which over time causes the contacts in the band switch to wear and become flaky, they should have arranged the power switch to operate independently from the rest.
flink is fast, (in German) they may have fitted the wrong fuse. Shango, your filing system is awesome ! Interesting stringed switch. Love your wildlife outside your house garden workshop. Great fix.
Enjoy your videos, I though you lived in the USA it sounded more like Mexico! lol I though the FCC had a ruling that all USA com's had to be in English oh yea that was before we went liberal. 73 Leo
Interesting to see the old selenium raggedifier still alive and kicking. These don't exactly have the most stellar reputation for long-term reliability, and the nasty stench they can give off when dying actually earned them their German nickname among techs.
@@gregorymalchuk272 A rectifier is a "Gleichrichter", a selenium rectifier is a "Selengleichrichter". The nickname is "gleich riecht er", meaning "soon it's going to smell bad".
love your video's you can learn a lot, the same chassis is in my ks 742 gb model with a huge woofer and tweeter arrangement kind of makes up for the lack of audio power. though small amp's were considered normal back then.
I picked up one of these in good condition, FM works but no SW that I could tell. Doesn't look like it has ever been serviced. Has record player. Thank you for giving me an idea on how to work on it.
Oh olá shango, boa tarde velho amigo de guerra Okay shango estou vendo novamente o seu vídeo do radio Grundig... e esse é um ótimo radio heim? shango, ah sim adorei ter visto o esquilinho no seu vídeo, eu shango assisto mais os seus vídeos, e vejo também o vídeo do glaslinger, más gosto de ver os seus Ok grande amigo, uma boa tarde e ótimo trabalho . Oh hello shango good afternoon old friend of war Okay shango I'm watching your Grundig radio video again... and this is a great radio huh? shango, oh yes I loved seeing the little squirrel in your video, I shango watch your videos more, and I also watch the glaslinger video, but I like watching yours Ok great friend, good afternoon and great job.
great job as always that is really freaky christmas in november weird . but this sounds great they certainly do not make stuff like this anymore thank you for sharing this
good job my freind iam not surprised that you did not find the schematic for it i have an newer models for grundig and i could not find them as well so i do like you did or in other way i re build the circuit if the damage is big so thanks for posting this video and god bless you
For any newer types - fuses will (usually) have a T for time delay of F for fast clearly marked. Edit: There are many types of delay fuse, but you can count on them reliably taking 10x current for a millisecond or two, at least, they will carry double rated current for ages - make sure you use correct fuse if sensitive to overcurrent.
It just goes to show what you can diagnose/fix with a decent multimeter---sometimes that's the only diagnostic tool you need. 10 amps spike on startup is pretty scary.
I don't think we have ShortWave here anymore! I remember putting my son to sleep as a baby with time thing on ShortWave & that was nearly 17 years ago!
Oh! olá shango velho amigo,, oh shango, legal o som Grundig que você arrumou, e esse é um belo som,, ah! sim shango, gostei também do esquilinho, vi ele com as mãozinhas comendo a comidinha,, adoro esse bichinho!, gosto também da 🐱 oncinha que você tem em casa,, eu vi ela no outro vídeo seu,, o vídeo do Radio Philco valvulado,, más enfim, adoro os seus vídeos Oh! hello shango old friend, oh shango, the Grundig sound you created is cool, and that's a beautiful sound, ah! Yes shango, I also liked the little squirrel, I saw him with his little hands eating the food, I love this little animal! I also like the 🐱 leopard you have at home, I saw her in your other video, the Radio Philco tube video ,,
A lot of high-quality electronics came off the assembly line out of postwar West Germany. This unit looks like it might have come out of around the end of the CONELRAD era, 1962-63 or so.
You're right, it's got those little triangles. Still, the round buttons, plasticky (Philips GC 036??) changer and the transistors make me think it's closer to 1969 or so. Some of the imported brands kept the CONELRAD markings long after they had outlived their welcome.
In Germany these things are very Unpopular and usually found on the Recycling Place, sadly. Only because they are Solid State. Grundig was, as far as I know the only Brand in Germany that still built good "Stereo-Furniture" in the 1970s. This Unit in the Video was made 1971/72.
i have a similar but different one, como 4gb, controls are rearranged a bit and has lower power output transistors... works brilliantly, also got an almost matching valve/tube variant como d/gb , not so good
So it was just the fuse? I wonder why the original blew in the first place. Years ago, I had a teacher whose stereo kept blowing fuses; eventually she noticed a subtle whopping noise that started and got louder as each record was playing; moving the speakers solved that, and the fuse blowing stopped. But this being a console, I'd expect that problem to have already been solved. Anyway, it's a cool radio, must have been when the round pushbuttons had just replaced the "Cheshire cat" piano keys that were so popular on European radios. I saw a 3 piece model similar to this in some cheapo department store around 1974 for $60 or $70; it looked more expensive than anything else there. It must have been some overstock buyout; I doubt they could make money importing this stuff from Germany at those prices.
PS: Your voice is really clear on 2X speed. If you ever did cocaine in the old days, anyone who knew you back then will probably get a kick out of hearing it.
Ohhh!!!! yeah!!! Shango esqueci de falar deixe no canal seis, pois adoro as músicas do seu vídeo, adoro o jazz americano que está tocando, adoro ouvir os jazz americanos no seu vídeo, QSL abraços shango velho amigo Ohhh!!!! yeah!!! Shango forgot to mention leave it on channel six because I love the music in your video I love the American jazz you're playing I love listening to American jazz in your video QSL hugs shango old friend
16:26 I was wondering why the voltage had somehow multiplied by 10. Radio shack had the last of the 8 tube mono Grundig models in their 1967 catalog. I think they had one Japanese quasi Cheshire cat tube stereo set in 1968 and nothing but SS after that.
Connor F56194 Some of these German radios were notorious for melting down their power transformers. Shango actually has a another video with one with a failed power transformer.
Oh boy, that eclectic build style copied exactly from late tube era German receivers, just with transistors on heatsinks put in place of valves on PCB. They are usually terrible when you actually have to change any component - tracks lift from PCB if you even look at them funny and there is never an access to required part of PCB from behind unless you spend half an hour dismantling the whole chassis.
Germans were slow to cheapen up their ways after going solid state. They still approached building their sets like tube chassis. I wonder what they thought back then when then saw a cheap Korean radio built with one flimsy board.
my mum has one them radiogrammes bought in 1972. I remembered it being delivered and it look like a coffin being dragged in the house. the trouble with it is that it won't die and my mother still uses it to this day. low end is bit iffy.
hmm german made means it was built to work last and not fail unless its like 60 years old then it can fail as most german stuff like japan stuff cheapy an crap now but back in the earily days was built to last
sirmugman True German, and Japanese stuff is still good quality, problem is neither country makes much electronics themselves these days, instead farming it out.
Today´s German made stuff (especially cars) are crap. Nothing is made in Germany anymore and you just pay for the name. I am a German and I have a 7 series BMW and a Lincoln Towncar. Guess what, the Lincoln is lightyears more reliable even at 200k+ miles, easier to repair and the parts are still at least 70% cheaper even including shipping from the US. Same goes for electronics. Even Japanese electronics and cars are either completely made in China or of Chinese sourced parts. There are no big local manufacturers left outside of China, aside from some small struggling companies. One TV I have is an old plasma made by Pioneer in 2004. Pioneer was, at least in my opinion, the last quality Japanese brand. Their rear projection TVs were even better, such nice workmanship. All long gone. Now all we get is crappy Samsung and LG stuff, Sony is half decent but nothing compared to the 80s/90s quality. Grundig and Telefunken is made in China nowadays, nothing but the name left. Same goes for long gone American brands like Zenith.
Samsung is only successful because they build cheap and that is what people today want, not reliability. Ask all those millions who had their great Samsung TV die after 2 years because of crappy capacitors in the power supply and let them tell you what they think. Same goes for their refrigerators, I hava a 2500$ one that I just kept alive after 2 years by swapping parts myself. Older models used to last 10-20 years without major service. I also had a Samsung range that went out after 2 years with no replacement parts (electronics) available. Their stuff is pure junk, no matter how flashy their TVs look in the store. I once was convinced they make good electronics but you get the message after every single thing they made craps out after 2 years right after the warranty runs out. The only untouched appliance is a washing machine, but it does not get much use after I got another one from Bosch. For appliances, I stick with Bosch´s premium tiers from now on. As for TV, maybe Sony or even LG but never ever a Samsung product again. Therefore, no need to tell me how great Samsung is, after spending 7000$+ on their crap.
Never expected you to read it in full, too many sentences to handle....fanboys with nothing more than insults and no arguments at all don´t make the impression to read much in their live...
@@eaglevision993 Samsung and LG is the top leaders of flat panel displays and that’s why every LCD/LED/OLED is made by them like the retina display in a iPhone and iPad.
A great repair video. Lots of common sense plus tons of experience shown here. As for Mexican radio stations, I haven't heard Spanish spoken in 12 years on the streets since I moved to PA. There are no Spanish radio stations. I have to search in the kitchen of our local restaurants to find a couple, but they are as rare as hen's teeth. Once in a great while you can find a Mexican transferring funds at our local Kmart Western Union. Where I used to live in NJ, it was non stop Spanish. The Spanish population in northern NJ for unknown reasons changed the demographics and displaced much of the black population over the last 55 years. Again 066, great video. Keep up the good work.
The German stuff is so much higher quality all the way around, cabinets are better, components are superior and styling is night and day better looking than american or japanese stuff.
good job my freind iam not surprised that you did not find the schematic for it i have an newer models for grundig and i could not find them as well so i do like you did or in other way i re build the circuit if the damage is big so thanks for posting this video and god bless you
good job my freind iam not surprised that you did not find the schematic for it i have an newer models for grundig and i could not find them as well so i do like you did or in other way i re build the circuit if the damage is big so thanks for posting this video and god bless you
My grandparents had one of these on their kitchen table for 30 years. It eventually and inevitably stopped. My grandfather tried to fix it, and had it working, but an intermittent issue caused it to stop again during cleaning and he moved it to the basement. I took it in 2005 after he passed away, knowing that I'd be able to fix it someday.
Fast forward to three weeks ago; I began the journey, knowing it was the switches that were the issue. I spent the last three weeks completely disassembling it to the point where I was holding the contacts of each of the switches in my hand, polishing them with chrome polish, and reassembled everything.
Immediately came back to life. This was a very clever and well-made radio, but it took completely disassembling it and putting it back together to learn why.
Everything I did I could've done with 1/10th the work had I known the tricks.
I plan to surprise my Dad for his birthday here soon by getting it finished and shipping it to him. The schedule is a little tight, so it may take an extra week, but it's worth it. EDIT: driving it from TX to OH when we meet for the Dayton Hamvention this year...ran into FM issues...donor radio had what I needed.
Shango066, keep 'em coming. You're a very talented guy and I am thoroughly enjoying these. I might even start a new channel myself; I deleted my old one for "personal and political reasons"...I had 9K subs at the time.
Great touch with the squirrel in between the radio analyses. Great fix. Träge is slow in German.
Of course its a colossal PITA to drag the o-scope outside just to troubleshoot the power supply on a chassis, but I must say I'da loved to see that current inrush on a long time base!
why would you need a scope to troubleshoot a power supply like that one??a transformer a rectifier and some filters????DMM is more than enough for that
you can even crudely measure the ripple with the dmm setting it to AC volts and measuring the rectified DC...if it has significant ripple replace the filter caps...no need to complicate
'Tabs that push down' for reference or bin or whatever, usually called piano keys. Enjoyed this one.
Very cool, I have always like the Grundig products. Several years ago I purchased a little Grundig pocket AM/FM/Shortwave radio to play with. She has digital tuning, and of course, is no longer made in Germany, to my dismay. I loved the little set, then one day my good wife of 50 years, who I have never been able to say no to, asked to use it. So I let her have it for a year, then when we went South, I took it back to use on the road. Well she had kept the blasted thing in her kitchen and it was covered with so damn much grease that it took me hours of cleaning to get her back into some semblance of her once great beauty, and when we returned from Arizona that next spring, I fixed her up another little transistor radio so she could listen to the local news on, and my little Grundig now lives in the case she came in, in one of the overhead in our RV.
I continue to say you are totally amazing. Added to the electronics is your video and editing skills. Keep it up. thanks
Great job on the video again! I always enjoy these longer videos. I prefer them. Plus the way you go about your diagnosis and repairs are helpful to me, and they're fun to watch.
I don't think analogue radio will last long as more and more countries are heading towards digital only. In some eu countries, analogue broadcasts have been replaced with digital ones ... It's a matter of time before all analogue broadcasts disappear from Europe....
Max Grundig was a genius. Exceptional quality radios. Hope here in europe the analog signal persists. Thank you shango. Good work as always.
+jjensen2492 What?! I hope that dumb decision won't spread over the rest of Europe... And what about all the 'embedded', factory car radios? They will need a DAB tuner with FM modulator output plugged into the cigarette lighter socket? And DAB stations often have worse sound quality compared to FM, because a lot of them transmit below 112kbps, even as low as 48kbps... Their music archives are in lossy mp3 (and 'not always' in 320kbps), then they convert it again for transmission with very low bitrate AAC. With FM stations, the archives are also in mp3 for decades now, but at least there is no double lossy conversion.
Also, FM is still usable in mono if the signal is weak. With DAB, if the signal is weak or have heavy multipath-effect (which is quite often during driving among hills) there will be no reception or intermittent with very frustrating 'fax noise'-like digital glitches... What an advancement...
DVB-T is a great thing compared to analog TV, but the DAB is unable to replace FM in every situations.
Fortunately here in the states its never be mentioned, and I doubt if will happen anytime soon.
It has already started happening... Analog terrestrial was shutdown years ago here in Norway and now most analog cable is either shutdown or in the process of it in most areas. FM was shutdown recently as well with DAB now replacing it even though channels are so heavily compressed that they sound worse than a 96kbit mp3 in most cases.
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Fantastic SW reception with no external antenna.
How wonderful!! wow, how many years, I worked a lot with stereos like that, at the time it was tube, but it is much better than today, I am delighted to see such a beautiful HI-FI.
Nice demonstration and thanks for the time you gave us in the troubleshooting techniques you have shown us very well. I never thought that the difference between a fast fuse and a delayed one (traege) would have allowed the radio to operate so easily.
Hi Shango!I am german and i didn't knew that that this radios were sold in the u.s.as well.
So it made me happy ,that this repair turned successfull and that you gave finally a"thumbs up" for this old device.
By the way,i am also a happy owner of some of this old stuff ,brands like Grundig,Saba,Telefunken or Mende.
Today my main interest is in the area of modular synthesis,especially the euro-rack format devices.
I know that these things are totally different from each other,but when you remember the effect,when
you tune a little bit beside the main frequencie of a single side band station,you get some gender transforming
effects on the outcoming signal,for me,as a child it was fascinating....but it was lofi.
How about the situation of am-Radio in the States?
Because here in Europe they have shutdown already a lot of stations in this area...
AM in the states isn't going away anytime soon. There are about 4,900 AM stations in the U.S.
Oh hello friend shango, boa noite, eu aqui relembrando os seus vídeos, bom shango, esse Radio Grundig é uma maravilha, adoro radios & gabinetes valvulados,, por outro lado amigo shango, adorei ver o esquilinho, acho muito bonitinho,, por isso que gosto de seus vídeos,, ah! sim e você é um ótimo técnico
Oh hello friend shango, good night, I'm here remembering your videos, good shango, this Radio Grundig is wonderful, I love radios & valve cabinets,, on the other hand friend shango, I loved seeing the little squirrel, I think it's very cute,, that's why I like your videos,, ah! yes and you are a great technician
Great video on this cool radio. Performs pretty good!
Sweet, nice walk through and repair, as always THUMBS up
Little squirrelly -whurley came by in his curly- whurley !
The phonograph and the trimmers on top of the chassis have a Phillips about them. Ive seen sets that looked like this that had the same dial and pushbuttons but a tube chassis instead, that may explain why this has the Conelrad markings on the dial, saves money. I have mixed feelings about German sets to be honest, they sound all right, but are a pain to work, and the cabinets were often made out of junky particleboard, even ones from the mid 1950s. One thing I never liked was the fact that they used the bandswitch assembly to turn the set on and off, which over time causes the contacts in the band switch to wear and become flaky, they should have arranged the power switch to operate independently from the rest.
flink is fast, (in German) they may have fitted the wrong fuse. Shango, your filing system is awesome ! Interesting stringed switch. Love your wildlife outside your house garden workshop. Great fix.
Enjoy your videos, I though you lived in the USA it sounded more like Mexico! lol I though the FCC had a ruling that all USA com's had to be in English oh yea that was before we went liberal. 73 Leo
Works well. Nice work!
Little squirrely whirly came by in his curly wurly
Interesting to see the old selenium raggedifier still alive and kicking. These don't exactly have the most stellar reputation for long-term reliability, and the nasty stench they can give off when dying actually earned them their German nickname among techs.
PileOfEmptyTapes
What is the German name for a selenium rectifier?
@@gregorymalchuk272 A rectifier is a "Gleichrichter", a selenium rectifier is a "Selengleichrichter". The nickname is "gleich riecht er", meaning "soon it's going to smell bad".
love your video's you can learn a lot, the same chassis is in my ks 742 gb model with a huge woofer and tweeter arrangement kind of makes up for the lack of audio power. though small amp's were considered normal back then.
I picked up one of these in good condition, FM works but no SW that I could tell. Doesn't look like it has ever been serviced. Has record player. Thank you for giving me an idea on how to work on it.
Oh olá shango, boa tarde velho amigo de guerra
Okay shango estou vendo novamente o seu vídeo do radio Grundig... e esse é um ótimo radio heim? shango, ah sim adorei ter visto o esquilinho no seu vídeo, eu shango assisto mais os seus vídeos, e vejo também o vídeo do glaslinger, más gosto de ver os seus
Ok grande amigo, uma boa tarde e ótimo trabalho .
Oh hello shango good afternoon old friend of war
Okay shango I'm watching your Grundig radio video again... and this is a great radio huh? shango, oh yes I loved seeing the little squirrel in your video, I shango watch your videos more, and I also watch the glaslinger video, but I like watching yours
Ok great friend, good afternoon and great job.
great job as always that is really freaky christmas in november weird . but this sounds great they certainly do not make stuff like this anymore thank you for sharing this
nice piece of early modern radios from Grundig. Until now it's my favorite brand in receivers. Panasonic right after :D
allways like ur videos man i have learned alot from u so far
Great job there!These FRAKO capacitors tend to go bad, I had to totally recap my Blaupunkt tv because they were all bad to the last of them.
German quality 😒
great vid wildlife and showing how long ago this was recorded with christmas music even though its near the end of feb!
good job my freind iam not surprised that you did not find the schematic for it i have an newer models for grundig and i could not find them as well so i do like you did or in other way i re build the circuit if the damage is big
so thanks for posting this video and god bless you
For any newer types - fuses will (usually) have a T for time delay of F for fast clearly marked. Edit: There are many types of delay fuse, but you can count on them reliably taking 10x current for a millisecond or two, at least, they will carry double rated current for ages - make sure you use correct fuse if sensitive to overcurrent.
Martin de Angelis T for Träge (slow) and F for Flink (fast)
and you get a thumbs up for fixing it
It just goes to show what you can diagnose/fix with a decent multimeter---sometimes that's the only diagnostic tool you need. 10 amps spike on startup is pretty scary.
For the 315mA fuse ( träge is slow ) Germanium output transistors AD series. That is a Zener diode at 9:54
RODALCO2007 Yes, he put a T 315 fuse in (T for Träge).
great,like watch a movie. unlike most other ytber that fix camera on spot that makes video boring.
Nice looking cabinet
I have a similar Grundig amp with similar symptoms gathering dust. Speakers are usually 5 Ohms. and Germanium transistors.
That's cool to see Australia on the station selector.
I don't think we have ShortWave here anymore! I remember putting my son to sleep as a baby with time thing on ShortWave & that was nearly 17 years ago!
"Kind of like a Toyota accelerator pedal."
Oh! olá shango velho amigo,, oh shango, legal o som Grundig que você arrumou, e esse é um belo som,, ah! sim shango, gostei também do esquilinho, vi ele com as mãozinhas comendo a comidinha,, adoro esse bichinho!, gosto também da 🐱 oncinha que você tem em casa,, eu vi ela no outro vídeo seu,, o vídeo do Radio Philco valvulado,,
más enfim, adoro os seus vídeos
Oh! hello shango old friend, oh shango, the Grundig sound you created is cool, and that's a beautiful sound, ah! Yes shango, I also liked the little squirrel, I saw him with his little hands eating the food, I love this little animal! I also like the 🐱 leopard you have at home, I saw her in your other video, the Radio Philco tube video ,,
I like how you put this under the Category of Comedy......lol
A lot of high-quality electronics came off the assembly line out of postwar West Germany. This unit looks like it might have come out of around the end of the CONELRAD era, 1962-63 or so.
You're right, it's got those little triangles. Still, the round buttons, plasticky (Philips GC 036??) changer and the transistors make me think it's closer to 1969 or so. Some of the imported brands kept the CONELRAD markings long after they had outlived their welcome.
In Germany these things are very Unpopular and usually found on the Recycling Place, sadly. Only because they are Solid State. Grundig was, as far as I know the only Brand in Germany that still built good "Stereo-Furniture" in the 1970s.
This Unit in the Video was made 1971/72.
It is made around 1972.
I got a Table Radio by Grundig in the same Design from 1972.
i have a similar but different one, como 4gb, controls are rearranged a bit and has lower power output transistors... works brilliantly, also got an almost matching valve/tube variant como d/gb , not so good
Solid state German consoles seem to be rare in the USA. Personally, I've only worked on one (a Telefunken from the early '70's).
This unit was very common in Europe at the time...
0:10 The changer looks like a Philips.
How can I hookup extra speakers to it. Just want to extend and further the sound
Yes, the stations play Christmas music the day after Halloween
My 1976 Montgomery Ward Airline GAI-13106B has that same plug.
So it was just the fuse? I wonder why the original blew in the first place. Years ago, I had a teacher whose stereo kept blowing fuses; eventually she noticed a subtle whopping noise that started and got louder as each record was playing; moving the speakers solved that, and the fuse blowing stopped. But this being a console, I'd expect that problem to have already been solved. Anyway, it's a cool radio, must have been when the round pushbuttons had just replaced the "Cheshire cat" piano keys that were so popular on European radios. I saw a 3 piece model similar to this in some cheapo department store around 1974 for $60 or $70; it looked more expensive than anything else there. It must have been some overstock buyout; I doubt they could make money importing this stuff from Germany at those prices.
PS: Your voice is really clear on 2X speed. If you ever did cocaine in the old days, anyone who knew you back then will probably get a kick out of hearing it.
that multiband tuner is neat,does it have EXTERIOR SPEAKERS PLUGS? & can you plug it into an amp?must the ohms match?
Getting the time signal on 10 MHz and 15 MHz without an external antenna, sure is good quality.
Ohhh!!!! yeah!!! Shango esqueci de falar deixe no canal seis, pois adoro as músicas do seu vídeo, adoro o jazz americano que está tocando, adoro ouvir os jazz americanos no seu vídeo, QSL
abraços shango velho amigo
Ohhh!!!! yeah!!! Shango forgot to mention leave it on channel six because I love the music in your video I love the American jazz you're playing I love listening to American jazz in your video QSL
hugs shango old friend
Im watching this video on the shango066 youtube channel !!!
Can you tell me if there are 2 bulbs to illuminate the dial face from behind and if so what bulb(s) would they be?
What's with those sirens early in the video?
so is this farbe or schwarz und weiss?
Had never heard of a solid state Grundig , what year was it manufactured ?
Can you please tell me how to get the turntable out of that unit...Thanks for your help. Bob A
16:26 I was wondering why the voltage had somehow multiplied by 10. Radio shack had the last of the 8 tube mono Grundig models in their 1967 catalog. I think they had one Japanese quasi Cheshire cat tube stereo set in 1968 and nothing but SS after that.
The record player is from Philips!
German radios sold well in Canada. They were always regarded as superior to American designs for performance and longevity.
November 16 and only uploading now shangoo ?
"GDC"?.. I think I used to go out with that guy!
I have a Grundig Hifi Studio RPC 300 An the capacitors short out all the time :(
Wow, SW from Colorado with no antenna.....
Would have been interesting to see min max on low end of first reservoir.
rust on the resistor lead next to sb fuse
Snuck in that Underground video lol
nice
My transformer in mine starts melting and smoking everytime i plug it in and i get nothing through the speakers. PLEASE HELP
Connor F56194
Some of these German radios were notorious for melting down their power transformers. Shango actually has a another video with one with a failed power transformer.
greetings from germany ;-)
nice to see the old Frako Caps, this brand will not produce more
It’s looks like a Videoton R4900
Oh boy, that eclectic build style copied exactly from late tube era German receivers, just with transistors on heatsinks put in place of valves on PCB. They are usually terrible when you actually have to change any component - tracks lift from PCB if you even look at them funny and there is never an access to required part of PCB from behind unless you spend half an hour dismantling the whole chassis.
25:39 . . . KDAY 93,5
Those Frako capacitors are kinda crappy.
I have some NOS Frako caps and they just short out lol :s
What's with all the mexican stations there....you'd think you're in mexico city.
Those darn capacitors! Its ALWAYS the capacitors! Replace every one of them asap!
I'm joking.
Speaker Sex Just remove the headphone jack and restart it a few times!
Yes lol
Germans were slow to cheapen up their ways after going solid state. They still approached building their sets like tube chassis. I wonder what they thought back then when then saw a cheap Korean radio built with one flimsy board.
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my mum has one them radiogrammes bought in 1972. I remembered it being delivered and it look like a coffin being dragged in the house. the trouble with it is that it won't die and my mother still uses it to this day. low end is bit iffy.
hmm german made means it was built to work last and not fail unless its like 60 years old then it can fail as most german stuff like japan stuff cheapy an crap now but back in the earily days was built to last
sirmugman True German, and Japanese stuff is still good quality, problem is neither country makes much electronics themselves these days, instead farming it out.
Today´s German made stuff (especially cars) are crap. Nothing is made in Germany anymore and you just pay for the name. I am a German and I have a 7 series BMW and a Lincoln Towncar. Guess what, the Lincoln is lightyears more reliable even at 200k+ miles, easier to repair and the parts are still at least 70% cheaper even including shipping from the US. Same goes for electronics. Even Japanese electronics and cars are either completely made in China or of Chinese sourced parts. There are no big local manufacturers left outside of China, aside from some small struggling companies. One TV I have is an old plasma made by Pioneer in 2004. Pioneer was, at least in my opinion, the last quality Japanese brand. Their rear projection TVs were even better, such nice workmanship. All long gone. Now all we get is crappy Samsung and LG stuff, Sony is half decent but nothing compared to the 80s/90s quality. Grundig and Telefunken is made in China nowadays, nothing but the name left. Same goes for long gone American brands like Zenith.
Samsung is only successful because they build cheap and that is what
people today want, not reliability. Ask all those millions who had their
great Samsung TV die after 2 years because of crappy capacitors in the
power supply and let them tell you what they think. Same goes for their
refrigerators, I hava a 2500$ one that I just kept alive after 2 years
by swapping parts myself. Older models used to last 10-20 years without
major service. I also had a Samsung range that went out after 2 years
with no replacement parts (electronics) available. Their stuff is pure
junk, no matter how flashy their TVs look in the store. I once was
convinced they make good electronics but you get the message after every
single thing they made craps out after 2 years right after the warranty
runs out. The only untouched appliance is a washing machine, but it
does not get much use after I got another one from Bosch. For
appliances, I stick with Bosch´s premium tiers from now on. As for TV,
maybe Sony or even LG but never ever a Samsung product again.
Therefore, no need to tell me how great Samsung is, after spending 7000$+ on their
crap.
Never expected you to read it in full, too many sentences to handle....fanboys with nothing more than insults and no arguments at all don´t make the impression to read much in their live...
@@eaglevision993 Samsung and LG is the top leaders of flat panel displays and that’s why every LCD/LED/OLED is made by them like the retina display in a iPhone and iPad.
What's with all the Mexican stations? Trump wouldn't approve of that.
A great repair video. Lots of common sense plus tons of experience shown here. As for Mexican radio stations, I haven't heard Spanish spoken in 12 years on the streets since I moved to PA. There are no Spanish radio stations. I have to search in the kitchen of our local restaurants to find a couple, but they are as rare as hen's teeth. Once in a great while you can find a Mexican transferring funds at our local Kmart Western Union. Where I used to live in NJ, it was non stop Spanish. The Spanish population in northern NJ for unknown reasons changed the demographics and displaced much of the black population over the last 55 years. Again 066, great video. Keep up the good work.
ArcadeMachine15 (wescoolya) he lives in la.... there's going to be lots of Spanish stations....la is full of Hispanics
I think that the Spanish station at the bottom of the FM dial is Guatemalan actually, they also broadcast as a low powered TV station on channel 6.
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The German stuff is so much higher quality all the way around, cabinets are better, components are superior and styling is night and day better looking than american or japanese stuff.
Hmm .. jazz in double 4 time …
Those WIMA capacitors are junk.
good job my freind iam not surprised that you did not find the schematic for it i have an newer models for grundig and i could not find them as well so i do like you did or in other way i re build the circuit if the damage is big
so thanks for posting this video and god bless you
good job my freind iam not surprised that you did not find the schematic for it i have an newer models for grundig and i could not find them as well so i do like you did or in other way i re build the circuit if the damage is big
so thanks for posting this video and god bless you