Thanks brother. I bought my v49 6 years ago, but adult life caught up with me and I had to put it away, I didn't even use it in the pandemic since I had a broken leg... anyway this month I decided to set up my studio at home and when I dusted it off it was infested with cockroaches, with this video I had the courage to disassemble it and clean it completely... now it's as good as new. It was very satisfying to do the maintenance by myself, again thank you very much.
THANK YOU !!!! [2ND] then [DOWN-ARROW] then [2ND] then [DOWN-ARROW] (about ten times) cured this beast of it's black screen problem!!!! I had resorted to lighting the screen with a flashlight!
Thanks for this most interesting video about a vintage tube checker. Many of those labels, such as the 35C5, are familiar since I grew up in my Dad's radio and TV store in the 1950s. I would spend many after-school hours with a B&K tester using punch cards, testing and labeling those glass tubes, such that the service techs new from the start whether the failed tubes were the problem and easily replaced, or whether further diagnostics were required.
I am glad it brought back some good memories. I remember my dad (an auto mechanic) opening up the back of the TV, pulling all the tubes, and taking them to Radio Shack and testing them. It seemed like magic then which makes it so interesting to me now that I can understand it!
I have an airbnb with an old console - not working. I love the piece, and want to spice it up with usable turntable or at least bluetooth speakers. Love input from others!
Really good video I may have to do a job on one of these in the near future. How many times did the car cut you while doing thus job? Ouch. Every time I get cut working on a car it just makes me work that much harder to get the job done faster and more efficiently. With all of the work needed for removing the intake, it is probably makes sense to just replace both sensors at the same while you are at it, to save any future head aches. Great video man!
Very informative! I seem to have a different problem though... my thermostat shuts off and reboots when trying to start the AC. Maybe the board needs a snubber? (or at least a better one?)
I worked in a NASA calibration lab in the mid 70's with HP frequency synthesizers similar to yours. Thank you for your tenacity. These days, labor costs would justify trashing it instead of repairing it. The video itself is a wealth of experience to be shared over and over again.
I've tried about a dozen times. No matter how you adjust this on a bench like this it's off when you connect it to a tire. It's either tank pressure or working pressure. This is why these are trash
Hey Hey! Thanks for your video, very fun to watch. I recently picked up a vintage Magnavox entertainment center, but the Turntable was not included... The new turntable is connected to phono, but it fades out whenever it's turned on, and the power and amp go out. In other forums, they said it was due to the phono connection expecting the turntable and thinking there are no records to play and shuts off the system- they also suggest soldering a jumper between the "hot" and return wires of the turntable power harness. I'd love to know your thoughts on that and if you can do a demo of the soldering needed to make it work. I do not have the old Turntable and wondering if its the right solution because one end of the harness won't be connected to anything...
It's been awhile since I worked on it, but when phono is selected it expects the turntable to turn the amp on and off. You can make a jumper wire from automotive connectors and jump the bottom 2 wires on connector shown here: 1drv.ms/i/s!AgRy1tCE6lTdgv9ASoAqC5xi_o_pKA?e=WuufOj
What is the correct term or name of those blue tires to buy them in case they are damaged? Great video. Greetins from Mexico. I will try to fix mi Alexis Keyboards i have 3 with keyboard bug. This model ALESIS V61 it is my favorite to performance i have four of them actually.
Hey you sound like you know what you’re talking about. Are you available to fix my K ProMedia 2.1? It stopped working and there is no green light on the satellite speaker.
I picked up that identical one at a flea market and it turned out to be garbage! They are designed not to be adjusted or repaired. I looked for parts online and they were hard to find and hard to get. It is also one of the hardest pancake air compressors to open up.
For me, the record player is the most important part. I owned 3 of these in the 60 s to 70's I'm considering trying to find a nice one now, but if the changer doesn't work, I'm probably wasting my time.
Great video! You edited out the unimportant or repetitive parts and left in your mistakes. That's so refreshing on RU-vid, almost nobody does that. When they edit out the difficult parts or their mistakes it leaves the viewer feeling like an idiot because they struggled or made a mistake. Thanks!
