If the tuning control knob is a bit of a problem to get hold of, with the fingers, get a piece of double sided tape stick it to the side of the knob and get a plastic top from a bottle and stick it to the tape, that way the length of the tuning -knob is increased and can be controlled better.
Hi Radiocruncher, thank you very much for this . It encouraged and helped me to repair a continuing problem with my example of the 2010D; the infamous ERROR 3. This is usually caused by the battery connectors not making proper contact with the radio due to either the contacts on the back case have bent, corrosion, lost connections to the two AA computer batteries and a need to clean some circuit board solder connections to the batteries. I did this and so far; so good. Your video also warned me not to dig any deeper into the innards of the fragile, elderly, but still great radio. The Rolls Royce of shortwave portables. 73s
Hi Jim. Im glad my video helped you out with you 2010D. They are tricky to work on as that FFC cable is so fragile. Well done fixing it and fingers crossed it keeps going for many years to come. 73 Graham
Hi Graham sorry to hear about your sad news my condolences. It's great to see you back in the workshop as always thanks for sharing, My best regards Chris
Thanks Chris. I have plenty of work on at the moment with 6 repairs in and another 2 on the way. Just need a puppy sitter and chicken feeder to get back up to full strength! Cheers Graham
I have 3 and they all work. One I Bought non working about 10 years ago. Had very low audio. I froze the output chip and it came to life and has worked ever since. Mind the internal rod anttena wires, they are short and fragile as are the flexie's.
Hi Simon. Yes those antenna wires were a real pain. I ended up taping them on temporarily with insulating tape after soldering them back on a couple or times. Strange that freezing your output sorted it permanently. Thanks for watching
Glad To See You Back Graham Not Really a Fan Of Those Digital Jobbies Too Much Bloody Surface Mounted Components But I am Sure Its a Very Good Radio Been Busy My Self Got That Hacker RP18 Finished It Really Is a Lovely Radio I Also Repaired 3 Roberts R200 Seta One Is a Tan One One a Red One And One a Green One,The Tan One And Red One Are Finished Just Doing The Cosmetics On The Green One And Waiting On Knobs From Jon, But Hes Haveing a Bit Of a Hard Time Getting His Set Up Working Right So Will Have To Wait On The Knobs For a While To Finish The Green One Then Gona Try And Find The Roberts R500 I Have Some Where and Have a Look At It Or Maybe Refurbish My Hacker VHF Only Set. No Rest For The Wicked Looking Forward To Your Next Video Graham. Regards Mike.
Hi Mike. I was wondering how you had got on with the RP18 and assume the resistors did the trick. The Sony certainly has been very tricky to work on. I did a restoration on a blue R200 recently for a customer. A bit unusual as it had woodworm! The Hacker VHF Herald is a lovely set if that's what you have and well worth restoring. I'm sure Jon will get you sorted soon as his replica knobs look great. Keep up the good work and thanks for watching. All the best Graham
Hope all is well your end Graham and that you are not working too hard! :O Thanks for sending the very nicely made PP9 battery (terminal) clip. However.........er.... you've made a mistake when you wired it up. You've put the black wire to the positive and the red wire to the negative (I might be going completely mad, but I think this is wrong). My Sinclair DM2 multimeter, which I have been restoring, has popped slightly. No harm done, as we all make mistakes, and (fingers crossed) I can still get my multimeter working again. Please, if you have made a batch of these clips, check the correct wires are going to the right terminals. Warmest regards Wayne and Nina.
Apologies if I got them the wrong way around. I am so used to making the battery packs now with the stud as the positive. So I should have wired the female connector as positive. Please let me know directly if you need any bits that I make and if you need a part for the multimeter let me know. Kind regards Graham
Bless you Graham and thanks, but I'll sort the multimeter, it can't be anything too serious. The display on it lights up, but I'm not getting anything out of the probes. There is only one chip on the board that is completely obsolete, but I don't think it's that. Anyway, I'll let you know how we get on. Keep up the good work. Wayne and Nina.
Graham, its very nice to have you back! Seems to me, you've worked on a radio very similar to this awhile ago? As always, looking forward to the job! Regards, ~Jack, VEG
Hi Jack. I hope you are well. Slowly getting back to normal here. The video I put out a while ago was of the same radio asking for help so is a bit of a spoiler for this series. I shot a lot of footage showing the process of elimination to get to that stage. Thanks for watching
Ima dork, all I had to do was look one video back and I will find my answer! :) All is well here, thanks for asking! I fully understand where you're at...just take your time...it will get a little easier....cheers mate! ~Jack, VEG
Condolences to you on the sad passing of your Mum. Good to see you back on line and I don't know if you're aware of it but there seems to something wrong with your microphone or audio equipment as there is a almost constant roar and is worse during the quiet periods.
Thanks for your comments Leonard. I will have to review the footage. In some clips my 3D printer is going in tha background so it may be that. Thanks for watching, Graham
Hi Leonard. I have reviewed the footage and there does seem to be a hiss throughout the video. I will have a look at the original. Thanks for pointing it out.
Congratulations on the radio. I love this Sony ICF-2010 radio, I have one I'm always listening to broadcasters on it. Oliveira . SP / SP Br Blog.QSL do Brasil
I know this was six years ago, but I'm not impressed. You have two other of these radios and did not know that it requires AA batteries to function, and that the antenna is not for the medium wave band?
My 2010 has a weird thing. The manual tuning stops working as soon as I press one of the front panel buttons. I have to take all memory cells (double As) to make manual tuning again, but as soon as I press one front panel button, it goes back stopping again. And the function button has no function at all. I have been a shortwave searcher for all my years, but without manual tuning these days, such radios have no function at all.
Hi, sorry to hear about your mum, lost mine in 2010 so know what it feels like. May I ask for your guidance please? I have one of these radios and the external sockets seem to have failed, is there an easy way to replace them and if so what with? Regards Mike
Hi and thanks, shes sadly missed. The plugs are mostly connected to a jack board. How have they failed? You may need a replacement board unless you can source pcb mounted replacements
I stripped it down and found it was a little dirty inside. Now when I plug in jack plug with wire to it on Shortwave its great but on long wave and medium wave it causes the radio to be dead, without the jack plugged in MW and LW are good. But plugging in a wire always used to make MW/LW better. What may have gone wrong please?
Hello I bought my ICF2001D in Fiji, January 1986. Mint condition. Everything works. The radio as been sitting on my night stand for some 30 odd years. One thing, the volume is a little stiff. I don't want to take the back off. That would be pure suicide. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thank you Wayne in new Mexico
Hi Wayne. There is a product called fader lube that works well. It would have to be taken apart to be done though. There is a 2010/ 2001D group on groups io. If you join that then there is a repairer on there in the USA that should be able to help. Good luck, Graham
@@Radiocruncher Hi Graham Thanks for the info., this 2001D is a complex radio. Like a Rolex watch. Just don't want the mob down the street working on it. For it's time, the 2001D was a pretty darn good advanced radio. It wasn't cheap thought. Even at a duty free shop. Cheers Wayne
@@Radiocruncher Hello radio cruncher Yes, these radios are truly great radios. The radio sits on my nightstand now for 36 yrs. Eventually I'll get it serviced. As you know. This is not the kind of radio you have the mob down at the corner work on. You may agree. The antenna is the weak link in the chain. Not as sturdy as it could be. However, the Antenna stays folded all the time. Cheers Wayne
I have the same radio. It is switched on but the buttons, including the dial does not respond. It works for a while then they all cease responding. You are stuck at some frequency but cannot move anywhere. Do you know what might be the issue?
@@Radiocruncher Thank you. Another owner looks to have experienced exactly the same issue I am experiencing: "When I turn the radio on, it starts at 150kHz. I can then tune up all the way to 30 MHz with no problem, receiving station all the way up the dial, as long as I do all of my tuning with the tuning knob. However, as soon as I press any button (except the battery test button, which performs as it should), the whole radio locks up entirely, and goes to 150 kHz and the a8 memory position is listed. The tuning knob no longer works at this point either. If I turn the radio off and then turn it back on, the radio remains frozen on 150 kHz, no button works, and the tuning knob doesn't work either. If I take all the batteries out, and leave them out overnight, then put them back in the morning, I'm back to square one above - the radio works fine with the tuning knob, but as soon as I press a button, everything locks up".
Sounds like this could be a complex fix. Start by replacing the caps. There could be an issue with the flat film cable not seating properly or damaged. Hopefully not as these are irreplaceable
@@alparslanesmer4251Idk if you still have the radio, but if the board is somehow warped or the a8 button contact is failing so that it would make permanent contact, would you not end up with the radio not wanting to tune anywhere else and be blocked in that function (a8 engaged and holding)? Might be stupid or naïve, but that just popped in my mind, reading about your experience. Not even sure what I say makes any sense. If you try manual tuning and then, in the process, use a8 to save any chosen frequency, and the radio blocks in that position, then that would probably confirm a sticky contact on a8. Or dismiss if it doesn’t and the radio gets back to 150, and blocks from there. Then I have no idea.
@@Radiocruncher I will email you soon, my Sony aw 07 speaker is very quiet and distorted, and not as loud as it should be, do you think the speaker needs replacing?
Arrrr, Bloody digital stuff!, Sony are and were great at making electronic thingies, good luck with repairing them when they shit the bed, so to say, Did you find the odd crystal that was needed for that other receiver?, Best Regards, J.
Hi Joe. Yes it's a bit out of my comfort zone but I will have a go at most things. This is the radio that I needed the crystal for. Luckily I did manage to find one. Regards Graham
Yes, the "AA" "computer batteries" *must* be installed, if you want it to power up, regardless of whether you are attempting to run it with the "D" batteries or the A/C adapter.
" Лучший переносной радиоприёмник Sony ICF 2001D - 2010" Вот ссылка - на русский перевод - всех настроек по "сервису мануалу". Немного потрудился и всё получилось. Пользуйтесь на удачу. vozhatim.org.ua/showthread.php?p=8361#post8361
SONY ICF-2001D
is the king of receivers.
I have many receivers, but this is my favorite.
If the tuning control knob is a bit of a problem to get hold of, with the fingers, get a piece of double sided tape stick it to the side of the knob and get a plastic top from a bottle and stick it to the tape, that way the length of the tuning -knob is increased and can be controlled better.
Useful tip thanks. It can be difficult to get hold of
Condolences on the passing of your mum, it's nice to see you back at the bench.
Thanks for your kind comment. More to come so thanks for watching
My sincere condolences on the passing of your Mum. Andrew
Thanks Andrew, appreciated
Hi Radiocruncher, thank you very much for this . It encouraged and helped me to repair a continuing problem with my example of the 2010D; the infamous ERROR 3. This is usually caused by the battery connectors not making proper contact with the radio due to either the contacts on the back case have bent, corrosion, lost connections to the two AA computer batteries and a need to clean some circuit board solder connections to the batteries. I did this and so far; so good. Your video also warned me not to dig any deeper into the innards of the fragile, elderly, but still great radio. The Rolls Royce of shortwave portables. 73s
Hi Jim. Im glad my video helped you out with you 2010D. They are tricky to work on as that FFC cable is so fragile. Well done fixing it and fingers crossed it keeps going for many years to come. 73 Graham
Hi Graham sorry to hear about your sad news my condolences. It's great to see you back in the workshop as always thanks for sharing, My best regards Chris
Thanks Chris. I have plenty of work on at the moment with 6 repairs in and another 2 on the way. Just need a puppy sitter and chicken feeder to get back up to full strength! Cheers Graham
Sorry to read about your Mum Graham, my condolences. Andrew
Thanks Andrew she will be sadly missed. All the best Graham
Hi Graham - condolences on the passing of your mum, I hope all is well, good to see you back.73 Rob
Thanks for that Rob. Yes all good here and keeping busy. Thanks for watching. Graham
+Radiocruncher I'm going to follow this repair as i also own the 2001d and i'm interested in replacing the weak display LED.
They are pretty tricky to work on Peter and beware of those film cables. Thanks for watching
I have 3 and they all work. One I Bought non working about 10 years ago. Had very low audio. I froze the output chip and it came to life and has worked ever since. Mind the internal rod anttena wires, they are short and fragile as are the flexie's.
Hi Simon. Yes those antenna wires were a real pain. I ended up taping them on temporarily with insulating tape after soldering them back on a couple or times. Strange that freezing your output sorted it permanently. Thanks for watching
Thanks for videoing the repair. Outstanding detective work :)
Thanks Mike. A very complex radio and j was glad to get to the bottom of it
Glad To See You Back Graham Not Really a Fan Of Those Digital Jobbies Too Much Bloody Surface Mounted Components But I am Sure Its a Very Good Radio Been Busy My Self Got That Hacker RP18 Finished It Really Is a Lovely Radio I Also Repaired 3 Roberts R200 Seta One Is a Tan One One a Red One And One a Green One,The Tan One And Red One Are Finished Just Doing The Cosmetics On The Green One And Waiting On Knobs From Jon, But Hes Haveing a Bit Of a Hard Time Getting His Set Up Working Right So Will Have To Wait On The Knobs For a While To Finish The Green One Then Gona Try And Find The Roberts R500 I Have Some Where and Have a Look At It Or Maybe Refurbish My Hacker VHF Only Set. No Rest For The Wicked Looking Forward To Your Next Video Graham. Regards Mike.
Hi Mike. I was wondering how you had got on with the RP18 and assume the resistors did the trick. The Sony certainly has been very tricky to work on. I did a restoration on a blue R200 recently for a customer. A bit unusual as it had woodworm! The Hacker VHF Herald is a lovely set if that's what you have and well worth restoring. I'm sure Jon will get you sorted soon as his replica knobs look great. Keep up the good work and thanks for watching. All the best Graham
Hope all is well your end Graham and that you are not working too hard! :O Thanks for sending the very nicely made PP9 battery (terminal) clip. However.........er.... you've made a mistake when you wired it up. You've put the black wire to the positive and the red wire to the negative (I might be going completely mad, but I think this is wrong). My Sinclair DM2 multimeter, which I have been restoring, has popped slightly. No harm done, as we all make mistakes, and (fingers crossed) I can still get my multimeter working again. Please, if you have made a batch of these clips, check the correct wires are going to the right terminals. Warmest regards Wayne and Nina.
Apologies if I got them the wrong way around. I am so used to making the battery packs now with the stud as the positive. So I should have wired the female connector as positive. Please let me know directly if you need any bits that I make and if you need a part for the multimeter let me know. Kind regards Graham
Bless you Graham and thanks, but I'll sort the multimeter, it can't be anything too serious. The display on it lights up, but I'm not getting anything out of the probes. There is only one chip on the board that is completely obsolete, but I don't think it's that. Anyway, I'll let you know how we get on. Keep up the good work. Wayne and Nina.
Graham, its very nice to have you back! Seems to me, you've worked on a radio very similar to this awhile ago? As always, looking forward to the job! Regards, ~Jack, VEG
Hi Jack. I hope you are well. Slowly getting back to normal here. The video I put out a while ago was of the same radio asking for help so is a bit of a spoiler for this series. I shot a lot of footage showing the process of elimination to get to that stage. Thanks for watching
Ima dork, all I had to do was look one video back and I will find my answer! :) All is well here, thanks for asking! I fully understand where you're at...just take your time...it will get a little easier....cheers mate! ~Jack, VEG
Condolences to you on the sad passing of your Mum. Good to see you back on line and I don't know if you're aware of it but there seems to something wrong with your microphone or audio equipment as there is a almost constant roar and is worse during the quiet periods.
Thanks for your comments Leonard. I will have to review the footage. In some clips my 3D printer is going in tha background so it may be that. Thanks for watching, Graham
Hi Leonard. I have reviewed the footage and there does seem to be a hiss throughout the video. I will have a look at the original. Thanks for pointing it out.
Congratulations on the radio.
I love this Sony ICF-2010 radio, I have one
I'm always listening to broadcasters on it.
Oliveira .
SP / SP
Br
Blog.QSL do Brasil
A great radio as most of Sony products are .
I know this was six years ago, but I'm not impressed. You have two other of these radios and did not know that it requires AA batteries to function, and that the antenna is not for the medium wave band?
This was the 1st one I had ever taken apart and I didn’t know the radio very well. Thanks for watching though
Great video.I would be very tahnkfull if you could tell me the full lenght of the antena,because mine is broken on the top part.thanks in advanve
My 2010 has a weird thing. The manual tuning stops working as soon as I press one of the front panel buttons. I have to take all memory cells (double As) to make manual tuning again, but as soon as I press one front panel button, it goes back stopping again. And the function button has no function at all. I have been a shortwave searcher for all my years, but without manual tuning these days, such radios have no function at all.
That’s a shame. It could be an issue with the capacitors as these sets are getting old now
what do you use to record these videos ?,.... very useful to retrace actions taken
Hi Ron. I used a full HD camcorder for this video. I’ve changed equipment since I started live-streaming though
Hi, sorry to hear about your mum, lost mine in 2010 so know what it feels like. May I ask for your guidance please? I have one of these radios and the external sockets seem to have failed, is there an easy way to replace them and if so what with? Regards Mike
Hi and thanks, shes sadly missed. The plugs are mostly connected to a jack board. How have they failed? You may need a replacement board unless you can source pcb mounted replacements
I stripped it down and found it was a little dirty inside. Now when I plug in jack plug with wire to it on Shortwave its great but on long wave and medium wave it causes the radio to be dead, without the jack plugged in MW and LW are good. But plugging in a wire always used to make MW/LW better. What may have gone wrong please?
You will have to get the service manual and trace the components back along the Jack plug traces. There may be a resistor gone open circuit
Hello
I bought my ICF2001D in Fiji, January 1986. Mint condition. Everything works. The radio as been sitting on my night stand for some 30 odd years. One thing, the volume is a little stiff. I don't want to take the back off. That would be pure suicide. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thank you
Wayne in new Mexico
Hi Wayne. There is a product called fader lube that works well. It would have to be taken apart to be done though. There is a 2010/ 2001D group on groups io. If you join that then there is a repairer on there in the USA that should be able to help. Good luck, Graham
@@Radiocruncher
Hi Graham
Thanks for the info., this 2001D is a complex radio.
Like a Rolex watch. Just don't want the mob down the street working on it.
For it's time, the 2001D was a pretty darn good advanced radio. It wasn't cheap thought. Even at a duty free shop.
Cheers
Wayne
They are great radios and I have a few of them here. I’ve just finished an extensive repair on one for a group member
@@Radiocruncher
Hello radio cruncher
Yes, these radios are truly great radios. The radio sits on my nightstand now for 36 yrs. Eventually I'll get it serviced. As you know. This is not the kind of radio you have the mob down at the corner work on. You may agree. The antenna is the weak link in the chain. Not as sturdy as it could be. However, the Antenna stays folded all the time.
Cheers
Wayne
I have not watched it all..and think the strange piece goes on the battery door..
The little piece was part of the FFC connector
My 2010 acts deaf if the 2 AA batteries are dead. I have not watched the video and you have if fixed by now.
Its just a general comment
I have a 2001D not even unboxed how is the Prince for this?
That would fetch a good amount if you were to sell it. Very nice radios
🎉
I have the same radio. It is switched on but the buttons, including the dial does not respond. It works for a while then they all cease responding. You are stuck at some frequency but cannot move anywhere. Do you know what might be the issue?
Could be the power supply capacitors. Sounds like the PLL is going out of lock
@@Radiocruncher Thank you. Another owner looks to have experienced exactly the same issue I am experiencing: "When I turn the radio on, it starts at 150kHz. I can then tune up all the way to 30 MHz with no problem, receiving station all the way up the dial, as long as I do all of my tuning with the tuning knob. However, as soon as I press any button (except the battery test button, which performs as it should), the whole radio locks up entirely, and goes to 150 kHz and the a8 memory position is listed. The tuning knob no longer works at this point either. If I turn the radio off and then turn it back on, the radio remains frozen on 150 kHz, no button works, and the tuning knob doesn't work either. If I take all the batteries out, and leave them out overnight, then put them back in the morning, I'm back to square one above - the radio works fine with the tuning knob, but as soon as I press a button, everything locks up".
Sounds like this could be a complex fix. Start by replacing the caps. There could be an issue with the flat film cable not seating properly or damaged. Hopefully not as these are irreplaceable
@@alparslanesmer4251Idk if you still have the radio, but if the board is somehow warped or the a8 button contact is failing so that it would make permanent contact, would you not end up with the radio not wanting to tune anywhere else and be blocked in that function (a8 engaged and holding)? Might be stupid or naïve, but that just popped in my mind, reading about your experience. Not even sure what I say makes any sense. If you try manual tuning and then, in the process, use a8 to save any chosen frequency, and the radio blocks in that position, then that would probably confirm a sticky contact on a8. Or dismiss if it doesn’t and the radio gets back to 150, and blocks from there. Then I have no idea.
Hi can I send you one of my radios for a service please?
Hi Paul. Drop me an email to graham@radiocruncher.com and let me have some detail. Thanks Graham
@@Radiocruncher I will email you soon, my Sony aw 07 speaker is very quiet and distorted, and not as loud as it should be, do you think the speaker needs replacing?
Arrrr, Bloody digital stuff!, Sony are and were great at making electronic thingies, good luck with repairing them when they shit the bed, so to say,
Did you find the odd crystal that was needed for that other receiver?,
Best Regards, J.
And, that job looks like a royal pain in the ass.
Hi Joe. Yes it's a bit out of my comfort zone but I will have a go at most things. This is the radio that I needed the crystal for. Luckily I did manage to find one. Regards Graham
Average Joe Hi nice to see your still keeping it real ! LOL
Do those AA memory batteries need to be put in specifically to power it on? that is my question who can answer it
Yes, the "AA" "computer batteries" *must* be installed, if you want it to power up, regardless of whether you are attempting to run it with the "D" batteries or the A/C adapter.
Hi...D65005C198 Entegre help please..
С левого бока есть заветная кнопка блокирующая включение!
" Лучший переносной радиоприёмник Sony ICF 2001D - 2010"
Вот ссылка - на русский перевод - всех настроек по "сервису мануалу". Немного потрудился и всё получилось. Пользуйтесь на удачу. vozhatim.org.ua/showthread.php?p=8361#post8361
Thanks for the info. I do have the service manual for this radio but the online reference is very useful