1977 JCPenney 4-Mode Stereo System

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  • Опубликовано: 1 авг 2015
  • This vintage JCPenney unit has an AM/FM Stereo receiver, 8-Track Player, Cassette Recorder and a 2-speed semi-automatic turntable. It's model #683-1770. I paid $11 and change for it. Let's find out if I got my money's worth.

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  • @jimmcclainpresents4908
    @jimmcclainpresents4908 2 года назад +4

    My mother bought me this exact unit at a garage sale in 1982. I had it all through college! Thanks for the memories!

  • @Sy1462
    @Sy1462 День назад

    I did odd jobs around town for a year or two to get enough money to buy this from the JcPenney Christmas catalog as a kid. That was a pile of money in 1977 lol. Great video, thanks for the memories!

  • @vanilla_moan_pie5036
    @vanilla_moan_pie5036 2 года назад +3

    I just found one of these in my basement of a hoarder house I bought. She's really dusty but she works!! This video helped me find the model so I can figure out the rest of how it works. Thanks!

  • @stray8535
    @stray8535 2 года назад +4

    I had this exact system...My parents bought it in 1979 for me for Christmas.

  • @skbuschmann
    @skbuschmann Год назад +2

    I had this stereo as a teenager. It was given to my aunt when I moved away . I got it back a couple years ago from my cousin . The light doesn't come on now unsure if anything works yet since I don't have speakers but might turn it into a shelf for my music room if it doesn't work. It's very sentimental to me. Yours is in great condition we wore mine out

  • @hoknes
    @hoknes 6 лет назад +5

    I got this record player for my 10th birthday on January 15 1981 in Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada. I presume my mother bought this record player for me either at Sears Canada or Eatons or The Bay. I kept it for 10 yrs and then sold it to a friend. I loved that it played 8 tracks and cassettes. I did my first audio recordings on blank tapes immediately and have some still from 1983 singing along with The Beatles.

  • @DonovanColbert

    I had this. Looking at it today, I love how the turntable was isolated on springs, looked like it had a headshell and a counterweight - although they were just decoration - but it LOOKED like a much higher end system than it was.

  • @johnrenteria75
    @johnrenteria75 7 лет назад +5

    i used to love these all in one units..they should really bring them back. i would love one for my bedroom

  • @Wolfie66
    @Wolfie66 7 лет назад +11

    I had this exact unit when I was a kid. I remember that the tuner was great!

  • @ChaplainJoe1
    @ChaplainJoe1 4 года назад +2

    I had one of these as a youth. It was my Christmas gift from mom. Been cruising ebay looking for a decent replacement. Thanks for the memories.

  • @vwestlife
    @vwestlife 8 лет назад +15

    I'm surprised it doesn't have the typical BSR idler-wheel record changer on top.

  • @bryede
    @bryede 8 лет назад +5

    I had one of these as a kid. It originally came with brown speakers that were maybe 18" tall and had a single 4 or 5" driver.

  • @cvbabc
    @cvbabc 3 года назад +3

    My mother has one that's 50+ years old with the same layout (no 8-track player) made by Panasonic. It has VU meters for both monitoring or recording levels. The knobs, levers and buttons all still work and are solid and tight.

  • @hankcromer2935
    @hankcromer2935 2 года назад +3

    Those aren’t bad at all. There is still one of those somewhere at my parents house. Unfortunately the original speakers aren’t with it. Played records on it a lot back during my teenage years. Sure beats the cheap record and cassette players that are out there now.

  • @oldjarhead386
    @oldjarhead386 Год назад +2

    I had one of these as a kid. And it was long before 1977. More like 1974-75.

  • @westsidewheelmen

    I haven’t tried to play a cassette or a record on mine since the 80s and I don’t think my family ever owned an eight track. But once the speakers settle down (lots of static for about a minute, or when you move the dial) the FM radio is perfect.

  • @Azathoth43
    @Azathoth43 7 лет назад +2

    We had one of these when I was growing up. Found much music I loved on it. Thanks for the memories.

  • @adventuringwithjordan1331
    @adventuringwithjordan1331 3 года назад +3

    I had one very similar by MacDonald Instruments. Looks like this JCP could have been manufactured by them. Nice video!

  • @kachoo2135
    @kachoo2135 6 лет назад +3

    This is a nice stereo. I had gotten one sort of like it when I worked in a computer company almost 40:years ago. Mine did not have eight track but it had cassette and I had lots of records. It was so much fun making my own tapes.

  • @astorpowell-pedersen8068

    I just bought this for $1 at a "junk" sale, I'm so excited