Fisher Price Stereo Turntable from 1983!

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Does this thing even work still? The 1983 Fisher Price STEREO Turntable!
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@stefanegger Месяц назад

Better than most Suitcase players ;)

@scooterboi8761 Месяц назад

Lowering the tone arm when you lower the dust cover...genius.

@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE Месяц назад

I've got 2k singles, I'm 62 and I love early 80s players like those 😊

@Trance88 Месяц назад

Crazy to think back in '83, Fisher Price was a division of the Quaker Oats company! I would've loved this as a kid.

@larrylarry1 Месяц назад

Sewing machine oil is my go to lubricant.

@TonyBanks21 Месяц назад

Cool little record player

@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE Месяц назад

I found a working one in a dumpster last September 😊

@TonyBanks21 Месяц назад

Did you save it ??

@TorontoJon Месяц назад

Best dumpster dive ever! Impressive. :)

@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE Месяц назад

@@TorontoJon - have you seen my stuff?

@morse.500thomas6 Месяц назад

I had one of those when I was a kid very cool had to share it with my sister

@lizkrinsky5209 Месяц назад

Some kid can say that their first stereo was a Fisher lol.

@georgeprice4212 Месяц назад

My first record player was an all plastic GE, Christmas 1972.

@robertlandrum1971 Месяц назад

My first record player was a red and white Mattel player. I remember playing my Michael Jackson “Thriller” LP on it. It was the early 80s and I was in my pre-teen to early teenage years.

@jmacdermott8871 Месяц назад

The tightness of that belt might be slowing the motor down a bit, perhaps?

@BubbaBigDude Месяц назад

Dude this is a really cool vintage find!!

@almueller2446 Месяц назад

I remember my niece having the closing play which was a Fisher-Price product also but it played 45 like you slid the 45 in it and close the door and you played it. That's about all I remember about it though, but this was interesting. Thanks for sharing it

@ralphreinhardt6020 Месяц назад

You have to PULL the plastic volume knob off ! Then place the Deoxit red spray tube in/on the little hole on the volume potentiometer. For thee Deoxit to be effective. 😂😂😂 Yes I was yelling at the video for you to do that. 😂😂😂😂

@TorontoJon Месяц назад

I could hear you yelling all the way into Canada. Shhh! Haha! Just kidding. :)

@TorontoJon Месяц назад

An excellent point about how to use and where to apply Deoxit. :)

@ralphreinhardt6020 Месяц назад

@@TorontoJon right on ! 🤣🤣🤣

@MikeDearinger-hs1bj Месяц назад

I got one of these several years ago at garage sale for $5. It works well but was missing dust cover. Surprised by the sound this system produces. Thanks for posting.

@JeremyLeePotocki Месяц назад

At that time I was graduating from the Fisher Price suitcase record player to a more standard yet cheap all in one stereo. The one I got was a Emerson M2330 that my parents got at a Walmart.

@GeneSavage Месяц назад

Leave it to Fisher Price. This is full of clever design choices! I never knew they did a stereo version. I would have killed for this as a kid.

@dougbrowning82 Месяц назад

Fisher-Price was by then a division of Mattel, who had developed several electronic toys, including their own video game console. And Fisher-Price also owned the View-Master 3D picture viewer.

@TorontoJon Месяц назад

Wow! I had no idea that a Fisher-Price turntable stereo system like that existed with external speakers. I have the Fisher-Price toy music box record player and plastic disks (I bought for $15 from a local antiques mall vendor and I have the one my family had originally) and the Fisher-Price portable record player (I bought for $25 and it included about a dozen Disney and Sesame Street records in great shape), but I honestly had no idea that 1983 stereo system existed. The sound is surprisingly good too. It must have been released for the tween or early teen market back in 1983. What a treat to see it, Record-ology. :)

@michaellomax2 Месяц назад

It does sound good for what it is.

@michelleknight8291 Месяц назад

Really interesting show.

@utp216 Месяц назад

Pretty cool you find that little turntable and the speakers that were sold with it.

@dmcintosh1967 Месяц назад

I would not recommend WD-40 for oiling a motor. Yes it will work but as it dries it leaves a stick residue behind that will cause the motor bearings to get stick in time. I recommend zoom spot oil or 3 in 1 electric motor oil.

@patientdog1651 Месяц назад

Great video as always! I think rim drive was more or less obsolete by the mid 70s so a unit made in 1983 would invariably be belt drive. The clue with this unit is the distance of the speed selector switch from the motor - the stepper linkage is usually near the motor so the switch would be on the left hand side for a rim drive. Also, the ease with which you changed speed - no clunk click as one would expect with a rim drive!

@dougbrowning82 Месяц назад

I had a cheap, plastic early 1980s Candle radio, phono, cassette system with a DC motor and rim drive. A lot of rim drive units had the speed selector on the right hand side. It made sense to some designers to have all the controls together. A link rod under the plinth connected the selector on the right to the stepper on the left. My last BSR changer, a Realistic branded C-141 was set up like that. All slide levers on the right. Off/on/auto in front, speed selector behind it, and size selector behind the tone arm rest. And the cuing lever was towards the back, beside the tone arm pivot. That machine also had linkages to put the drive in neutral and clamp the tone arm in the rest when turned off.

@0386rm Месяц назад

I really like it. I wish I could find one.

@CraiginOhioUSA Месяц назад

The close-and-play design with the lid was a great idea, for kids. Very interesting! The FP mono record players were everywhere, but I only saw the stereo model a few times. I never did own one, and I don't see them in used shops as an adult. I imagine anyone who ever used one, without reading the manual, would have been baffled by the raised arm. When I watched your video, my first thought was perhaps an auto-return cycle had not completed, since there was no cue lever.....What would happen, if the lid was somehow removed? I imagine it's designed to never come off. But if a violent child tore it off....You'd have to tear off that arm-lifter too, to make the thing truly manual. What an intriguing design, though. The record could never be scratched by your own hand, with the stylus. I wonder why not even one adult turntable ever used that concept? You could even make a spring-loaded lifter, and a lever/depresser that could stick onto any dustcover...I wonder if people would have bought that? That would have been a great late 1970s TV ad by Rondo, showing people in all the different situations they encounter, scratching records by hand- drunk at a party, elderly lady with shaking hand, naughty child with scolding mother, ...but no more, with Ronco's new Magic DJ Finger, you'll never destroy another favorite record again! Great post. Thanks for your hard work.

@dougbrowning82 Месяц назад

This is the cuing lever concept made foolproof. You must close the lid to drop the needle.

@toddblanks Месяц назад

When i was a child i had more record players than any child had toys. I was pretty destructive and wanted to know how each one worked. Anyway, i often used to amuse myself by playing my records at the wrong speeds. So, If this fisher price machine doesn't have the 78 rpm speed, its no childs toy😆

@dimebagdave77 Месяц назад

That's pretty darn sweet✌️ thanks!

@Corbs_vinyl_and_cassettes Месяц назад

take note apple. this turntable has a headphone jack

@xaenon Месяц назад

It had to; Bluetooth was still 30-odd years away when this was made.

@plan7a Месяц назад

It has buttons (well a switch) and sliders also (for volume); something else that is missing these days. And, the headphone jack is one that is universal - not a proprietary one where you need to have a special adaptor; or charged headphones!

@sethbramwell Месяц назад

More advanced than an IPhone!

@sethbramwell Месяц назад

@@xaenonwhooosh.

@SkiBumMSP Месяц назад

I remember having something similar to this when I was a kid. I don't even recall what the brand/model was. I do remember it was pretty much blue with white accents, and it was a component type system like this, with the separate speakers and turntable (not one of those "all-in-one" things). Love that name badge. You can tell they were trying to make it look like a name badge you would find on an actual high-end system. I will admit that old thing actually sounded pretty decent for what it was. That Enoch Light track was definitely sounding slow. I would imagine if somebody was willing to spend a little time and effort to restore it, it would make for a pretty decent little stereo set for somebody that just wanting to start playing with records. As another comment indicated, that thing is much better than most of those suitcase players, although it does not do 78.

@TheYak1978 Месяц назад

Had one as a child... I remember the stylus in the manual was an RS141.

@d.a.elliottjr.367 Месяц назад

I'm shocked this was made by a company that makes toys for very young kids. It's much more sophisticated than what I had as a teen.

@midinotes Месяц назад

So wanted to see some electronics inside the main unit... ah well! Would be a chance also to deox things and replace those hummy caps. I was really surprised at this, pretty decent for what it is and ingenious arm lowering mechanism. Great find!

@whittiertennyson6297 Месяц назад

This is like high end for kids hahahahaha

@dhpbear2 26 дней назад

14:52 - That hum is due to a bad filter cap in the power supply.

@Greg-et2dp Месяц назад

Record ology your RU-vid videos are awesome my friend

@xaenon Месяц назад

PUT SOME OIL IN THAT MOTOR. The grease/oil that was originally put into that motor will be dried/hardened, and that thing needs lubrication. You want to keep that motor; odds are is better quality than current versions. New lubrication might fix or minimize the speed discrepancies. Don't use penetrating oil except to loosen dried grease;l you'll want something like 3 in 1 in the little BLUE can. specifically for small motors. Sewing machine oil works good, too. Also, some new lithium grease on the platter spindle. The large volume of the speaker cabinets is to help provide a little better sound quality. Also, really tiny speakers look ridiculous. The tone arm 'lift' is there to help protect the sensitive needle from accidental drops. I knew it wasn't an AC motor in there; to use a 120V motor you'd need a much more robust switch on the tone arm pivot to switch the motor and amplifier on and off. Also, a two- (or multi-) speed turntable would need a more complicated mechanism to change speeds. In any case, you'd need a transformer and rectifier regardless because of the amplifier, so less manufacturing costs by using a cheap and readily-available two-speed DC motor. The transformer would also serve to eliminate any potential shock hazards and isolate most of the unit from line voltages. I know, plastic isn't conductive, but wet hands might get enough moisture inside to create a problem. If there's a Harbor Freight near you, go there an buy a set of Torx screwdrivers. You *WILL* need them in the future, and despite Harbor Freight's reputation, their hand tools are completely adequate for electronics servicing/repair, and not particularly expensive, either.

@johncicci917 Месяц назад

Just a tip.... take a flat head screwdriver. Use a dremil or file and file a notch out of the middle and you should have enough grip to get those screws out... I've done it a lot. I repair and restore many old record players and the like

@graboid116 Месяц назад

This is like the little player i had but mine had a tuner on it

@bossoli60 Месяц назад

Had a tape player fisher price when I was little 😮

@MuzikJunky Месяц назад

Imagine if this was fully automatic and with quartz-locked direct drive! The Rolls-Royce of kiddie turntables? Peace.

@johnmarchington3146 Месяц назад

I was surprised with the way the unit performed. I don't think the speed variation is an issue, unless you possess perfect pitch and are playing music you know well. However, I suppose some voices might sound lower than they would normally. (Patsy Cline perhaps?) I would certainly look at replacing all the electrolytic capacitors as the unit must be many decades old (I think you said it was a product of the eighties) and that may well eliminate the hum. Nice one that you were able to find that it was belt-driven and that you had a suitable belt for it.

@Palosrob Месяц назад

Just want to point out for everyone watching that WD-40 is not a true lubricant it's a water displacement solution. It has its place in many uses. But I would strongly suggest you look into the 3- in- One oil family of lubricants. Just incredible!

@dougbrowning82 Месяц назад

The 3-in-1 brand is actually owned by the WD-40 Company. They make a whole range of cleaners, solvents, and lubricants under both brands.

@larryshaver3568 Месяц назад

it may have bad capacitors

@GaryKeepItSimple Месяц назад

If I was doing this I would not be running it with the hum more than you need to to fix the hum. The Hum is probably the main smoothing caps on the DC power supply.( Not filter caps that is something else). The motor needs attention as others have said.( Lube not WD40). The hum is on the main DC line feeding the Amplifier so therefore it is reasonable to assume the voltage on the DC line is either not consistent or the correct voltage. The Motor will not work properly with this HUM and Voltage issue. The speed may be OK if you get rid of the hum. Torq screwdrivers are around £5-10 a set in UK and the caps should be around £2-£5 . Well worth having a go at fixing. and if that is not the problem it will leave you with the parts for another day/project. Good Luck. Best wishes.

@w7777777s Месяц назад

I had that Disney Toby Tyler 45 Ep as a kid, and a couple of other ones, I wish I would have kept. I investigated the Fisher Price stereo as a middle age adult. Yes you can put new filter capacitors in, IF you can get those $?!&%

@Recordology Месяц назад

Agreed! It definitely is a quality product.

@ArthurJS123 Месяц назад

Lots of wow, lots of flutter, but I’m sure, lots of fun.

@shellac4682 Месяц назад

No! Don't use WD40 on a motor. It is not a proper lubricant - WD stands for water dispersal.

@plan7a Месяц назад

If you were to check the 'hum' it might reveal if this is making it peak (or over-peak) the sound. It could also be possible to 'filter out' the hum if digitizing a record, so this wouldn't be a major issue, perhaps? (Also you may be able to make a slight change to the speed issue - not just with the tone control, but also by adding some WD40 to the centre spindle hole. I doubt it will make a difference, but you never know! Or - if the 45 adaptor is heavy it could work better if you remove that and simply use one of your own - if that is lighter!). Just some thoughts on this one. (Interesting that it doesn't use batteries too; as a lot of Fisher-Price items do, of course!).🎶🎵🤔🤨

@timothymidkiff2894 Месяц назад

Astatic needle cartridges? Why's those not used anymore?

@user-zx8de8op9l Месяц назад

I'll keep using my Technics Sl-1200mk2

@Greg-et2dp Месяц назад

Record ology i wish you and miss record ology and your son and your pet bird 73s that means best wishes my friend

@ozzyprogdomino8815 Месяц назад

In the uk we didn’t get these fisher Price record players just the plastic toy pretend record player. We did have toy record players, that played real records from a company called Mettoy. This is a video of the one I got in 1978, if you interested in what they looked like. They were a form of direct drive, not belt drive. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vkG3qbUtFgY.htmlsi=MtNv7w79eXYd0Kka

@mm-xu5df Месяц назад

PKASTIC HAS TURNED YELLOWISH SINCE 1983

@j0hnf_uk Месяц назад

The record player hums because it doesn't know the words to the songs it plays. 😁🤦‍♂ (Bah-dum, tish!)

@plan7a Месяц назад

At first it sounded like an elephant, although it couldn't have been, because an elephant never forgets... Okay, I guess your joke was a lot better than mine, LOL.

@Greg-et2dp Месяц назад

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@Greg-et2dp Месяц назад

Record ology how much did it cost the fisher price ?