A lot of us have something for these type of Kmart Walgreens CVS radios because we all admired the high-dollar ones but we could not afford them so this is what we ended up with.
Looking into my crystal ball I see a time in the future when you, older, decide to restore the FM tuner to perfect functionality. That's a hot radio from about 1973? Oh, keep all of those extra features (line input, Bluetooth). Always handy to have an amplified speaker hanging around.
I remember Soundesign radios being sold at the Walgreens drug store near my childhood home. They were usually slightly lower priced than the major Japanese brands and considered as "throw away" products when they stopped working or developed problems. I had a Sears multi-band radio in the mid-1970's that was obviously made by Soundesign and looked very much like the multi band radios that Realtone/Soundesign had sold a few years earlier under their own brand name. It was a good performer and I had several years of use from it.
I actually like the case, maybe one day you will come across a radio board, and throw it into the case. Im sure you could come across one. Or just leave it as an amplifier .
Well, I can't find any schematics to show if the capacitors are inside the I.F. cans or not. Weird fault, and when it's weird it's usually the oscillator circuit. I guess you tried tuning another transistor radio set near it to see if it whines? Did you measure the voltages on the F.M. oscillator? Also when you swapped out the F.M. oscillator transistor - was it an exact part or an equivalent? Just interested to know - not trying to teach my granny how to suck eggs 😀
I mentioned in a post above I have a dead fm receiver, does the whine indecate that the oscillator is working as it does effect another radio in my case. I used to do that in the 70's tune two radios and then put the output from a cassette player to random points in the radio, eventually if I got them in the right places it would transmit to the other radio.
@@jimjones1652 Yes as I understand it. The oscillator causes a whine in the other radio when you alter the tuning. This shows that the oscillator is working.
I enjoyed the video and watched it to get a few hints on how to fix it, I have an old receiver with dead FM and I'll try the frequencey test to see it it picks that up. Aren't there small capacitors in the IF transformers I seem to remember seeing a video where one went bad.
@@Synthematix vitamin and mineral upkeep, sunshine, mild outdoor activity like walking to keep respiratory up, cough up phlegm and dont let it linger. I had to prop myself up at night to keep thr coughing fits to a minimum and get some sleep. It'll pass. Just refrain from being dormant.
How are you testing those transistor leads so dang quickly one handed and not shorting the leads with your probe? Lol if I tried that the whole thing would go up in smoke.
It's good you did something with it. However, I can't help but be a bit disappointed as the troubleshooting was getting good. I don't like that unresolved feeling.
I dont either, its gonna bug me. However everything is reversible in the event i get another flywheel and i decide to mess with it . Right now its a good portable speaker
Наука
Yes the tubular ceramic capacitors in those if cans are failing
A lot of us have something for these type of Kmart Walgreens CVS radios because we all admired the high-dollar ones but we could not afford them so this is what we ended up with.
Realtone Electronics changed their name to Soundesign in '68. I'd be willing to bet that it's from around that era.
The first 800 number call was 1967.
Looking into my crystal ball I see a time in the future when you, older, decide to restore the FM tuner to perfect functionality. That's a hot radio from about 1973? Oh, keep all of those extra features (line input, Bluetooth). Always handy to have an amplified speaker hanging around.
Nice one.
I think I saw a 1976 date code on the speaker.
Lol: Oh did I say something?
Her death will not interfere with her reelection campaign....😂
5-th wealthiest person in Congress. 20 years with a chauffeur who was a Chinese spy. Voted for every war. Scumbag....
Thanks for troubleshooting despite a conclusion on why it was not performing.
I couldn't figure it out. It has the signs of silver mica disease, but ive never seen a tiny transformer get this disease
I remember Soundesign radios being sold at the Walgreens drug store near my childhood home. They were usually slightly lower priced than the major Japanese brands and considered as "throw away" products when they stopped working or developed problems. I had a Sears multi-band radio in the mid-1970's that was obviously made by Soundesign and looked very much like the multi band radios that Realtone/Soundesign had sold a few years earlier under their own brand name. It was a good performer and I had several years of use from it.
yep great idea of recycling very good idea you , must be good with chopsticks using one hand with two probes😊 great video thank again.
Oh wow, I had that little Toshiba walkman when I was a kid. It was great, but sadly broke after many years of use.
The cassette in mind is buggered. Alot of plastics failures. Radio still works decent though.
Ah, crap. Boy I’ve sure said that many times!!!
I actually like the case, maybe one day you will come across a radio board, and throw it into the case.
Im sure you could come across one.
Or just leave it as an amplifier .
Doesn't even look like the yellow cap has a negative side marking .Wonder if it's non-polar type electrolytic ?
Well, I can't find any schematics to show if the capacitors are inside the I.F. cans or not. Weird fault, and when it's weird it's usually the oscillator circuit. I guess you tried tuning another transistor radio set near it to see if it whines? Did you measure the voltages on the F.M. oscillator? Also when you swapped out the F.M. oscillator transistor - was it an exact part or an equivalent? Just interested to know - not trying to teach my granny how to suck eggs 😀
I mentioned in a post above I have a dead fm receiver, does the whine indecate that the oscillator is working as it does effect another radio in my case.
I used to do that in the 70's tune two radios and then put the output from a cassette player to random points in the radio, eventually if I got them in the right places it would transmit to the other radio.
@@jimjones1652 Yes as I understand it. The oscillator causes a whine in the other radio when you alter the tuning. This shows that the oscillator is working.
Thanks @@radio-ged4626
I enjoyed the video and watched it to get a few hints on how to fix it, I have an old receiver with dead FM and I'll try the frequencey test to see it it picks that up. Aren't there small capacitors in the IF transformers I seem to remember seeing a video where one went bad.
This has the symptoms of that, but ive never seen an if transformer this size with SMD, or tiny caps inside.
Maybe @Shango066 knows.
If you or Shango066 don't know then.... Nobody knows!
Oh well,,,,,!
Good luck, that ain't no Sony.
Google says 800 numbers started in 1967.
The sliding volume an tone controls are very 70's.
How you doing jordan, i can remember when they were using transistors as diodes
Tired, but pushing on
Ive got bloody covid mate, i feel like a hammered piece of meat@@JordanPier
@@Synthematix vitamin and mineral upkeep, sunshine, mild outdoor activity like walking to keep respiratory up, cough up phlegm and dont let it linger.
I had to prop myself up at night to keep thr coughing fits to a minimum and get some sleep.
It'll pass. Just refrain from being dormant.
How are you testing those transistor leads so dang quickly one handed and not shorting the leads with your probe? Lol if I tried that the whole thing would go up in smoke.
Been doing this too long, lol.
It's good you did something with it.
However, I can't help but be a bit disappointed as the troubleshooting was getting good.
I don't like that unresolved feeling.
I dont either, its gonna bug me. However everything is reversible in the event i get another flywheel and i decide to mess with it .
Right now its a good portable speaker
Mostly dead. "But I'm getting better "