Very very brave of you to tackle the dismantling of the switching unit. It can be a real nightmare, I know :) did it once and never want to have to do so again. Great radio. Thanks for sharing. Regards from Madeira.
Wow, getting these back into service is indeed a labor of love. Wonderful restoration, you are indeed a jack of all trades! I love the Grundig, have ever since the early 1970's when I purchased a Grundig Reel to Reel at a pawn shop in El Paso Texas.
Well done resto! Great tip on using EE Toolkit on an iPad to modulate the IF carrier coming from an inexpensive RF generator. I have that app but hadn't thought to use it in that fashion until now. The cabinet looks great, too!
I'll always recall when i was like 19yrs old in about 1976. I was working for an audio repair place and needed to get a part for sooner radio. i visited a radio repair shop and the tech was working on a Grundig console hifi. I asked him how he felt about working on those 'Foreign Jobs'. He looked up at me and in a very thick German accent replied, 'Well, they're not foreign to me"! Nice work...Thanx for the great video. BTW at 68 they still look 'Foreign to me' 😂
"Wunschklang" has to be some Grundig marketing gibberish - literally it translates as "desired sound" but what on earth is that supposed to mean? I had a quick web search and skimmed an article about the concept back from the 50s. If I understand that correctly, the "Wunschklang" button enables the four tone control potentiometers, while the "Speech" and "Music" buttons remove them from the circuit - so basically it allowed the listener to adjust the sound as desired. Apparently "Wunschklang" was also the name of the entire tone control network.
Really impressed with your skill and patience. Attention to detail is praiseworthy, as also your practical approach to restoring this vintage beauty. Kudos to you. I have a Grundig 2067, with just MW & SW, no FM. It is in an average condition only. Don't have the skills to work on it. Nor any good technician around. I have a question, is it possible to get a replacement for the EM84 Valve Magic Eye? Mine is not working properly. Can you guide me to a source? Thanks
recently got the same model for $95 bucks working from a collector from an antique radio club we are in. mine is the us version. mine has am/shortwave/fm. the other thing that is different from this version you have is where yours says speach or whichever mine says voice and whatever else for the us market. sadly i havent been able to find a phono for this unit which i would like to find. great radio overall and i dont plan on selling mine. what turntable or phono would work with this unit.
At the 22:20 mark you mention that you feel a modulated signal into the ECH81. Does it matter which grid plate you feed the signal, there are 5 grid plates.
idk why but that 1.3k always burn up shangoo066 had a grundig too who that resistor burnt up and i also have a grundig 1088 same here lmao my therory is the filter cap that shorts that resistor and make it really hot but idk who knows its very common that those swithches become bad i havent look at mines but it kinda works now at least
Very nice work indeed. I'm working on one now and would have love to have seen a little more detail in the alignment procedures. I can't seem to find a service manual for it, just a schematic, if you could suggest where I can buy a copy of the service manual, that would be great. Thank you for posting a great video.
@@rodsradios Thank you. Yes, I did download the schematic from RadioMuseum. Unfortunately, I was looking for the maintenance procedure for alignment which was not available.
@@worldwide1376 Hi again, The alignment instructions are indeed available here, ---while the first page on the right hand side shows the schematic, if you scroll down at that area, the third page is the alignment instruction list. While it's in German, Mr Google translate should be of help here.
I'm afraid I have given away this radio already , but if you want to see my other restorations have a look at my channel:- ru-vid.com/show-UCaZ6Z1V1xCMGTt8ha18pThgvideos