Restoring a classic that appeared in a Bond movie. Philips Antoinette 22RL798. Part 1

Electronics Old and New by M Caldeira (Electronics Old and New)

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I have long lusted for this radio, a Philips 22RL798 Antoinette Transworld de Luxe, but the prices they fetch on the auction market are generally quite steep. However, good things come to those who wait, and it was my turn to get lucky... and with a Bond Girl, no less!
This model has become very sought-after due to the fact that one appeared in a James Bond movie (Diamonds Are Forever) in 1971. I don't know if it is that special, or if the quality lives up to the hype, but I'm anxious to find out.
Stick around and decide for yourself.
Enjoy the series.
PS: When I was trying to see if the FM was working, I was actually turning the AM tuning, but … it really didn’t work anyway :)
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@geoffquickfall Год назад

Thank you for your wonderful videos! Just picked up at the scrap yard an L6X38t/54 in abysmal shape. Lots of cosmetics needed, rusty battery hatch, glue, paint and grime on the exterior but no leatherette rips, chrome degradation. I am anticipating a full resto on the exterior. The insides, well we shall see but your video will help me with that although the circuits are slightly different, the attachments and layout look identical. Avid watcher and thanks! Geoff

@electronicsoldandnew Год назад

Good luck Geoff.

@greggaieck4808 2 года назад

Electronics old and new you are good at electronics restoration of vintage shortwave radio Receivers and Alignment

@Travis141123 Год назад

Found mine in a thrift shop for $20. Rough but still works. Awesome audio quality.

@electronicsoldandnew Год назад

👍

@robertcunningham1542 2 года назад

It looks like a nice radio, and a very nice project to tackle. There seems to be a lot more thoughtful engineering and product quality from electronic products that were built before the 1970's. Cudos to everyone who restores and preserves them. The electronics that are produced today won't be around in five years let alone fifty years.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

Agreed. These things were built to last. Thankfully

@greggaieck4808 2 года назад

Electronics old and new your vintage philps Antoinette 22rl 79 shortwave radio Receiver is so awesome 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👍📻😎📻😎🎊👍

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

thanks

@michaelmacdonald3408 2 года назад

Very nice radio neatly laid out good stuff.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍

@Dave85262 2 года назад

i always love listening and watching you work on these radios i knew personally from living in Germany in 1952-53. No, i don't understand most of what you're talking about yet I love to see and hear your great work come to fruition. Keep going!

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

Thanks. Will do.

@Michlag 2 года назад

Hi Manuel, finally vacation ended, and I'm happy and fully charged to go back to my beloved routine, of which you're an important pillar!

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍 Enjoy

@aryonllewellyn 2 года назад

My grandparents had one of these. Great radio. I received an Australian radio station on it one night. Happy memories. 😁

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍

@craxd1 8 дней назад

These were marketed as a Norelco in the US. That's right, the new electric shaver!

@dl7majstefan753 2 года назад

Nice Radio - congrats to the find! To the pot repair: A nylon screw M2.5mm through the broken pin with a nut on the other side could be more solid and long term stable - if there is enough space in the pot.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

The seems to be enough space, so I may still re-do it. Thanks.

@greggaieck4808 2 года назад

Electronics old and new I like your utube videos

@KB1UIF 2 года назад

Haha, you made me laugh when you said the super glue and bicarbonate of soda makes a good BOND !! No wonder it was in a Bond Movie !!

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

😊

@DavidTipton101 2 года назад

That's a nice looking Philips Manuel, I was impressed with the gull wing service panels. It's good you picked it up for a reasonable price too 😀

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

I got lucky with the price. They’re usually ridiculously expensive. Looks like I’m going to have to search for two whip antennas, though.

@WECB640 2 года назад

I own one of these, and let me tell you it is one of my favorites. She's a work of art. Although I have done some electronic repairs to her, I did NOT know that the front could be removed for alignment of the RF deck. AMAZING! Looking forward to part #2 in the series. I know you'll be successful in getting the FM to work. 73 & stay safe.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍 Thanks

@ATOMSHAMRADIO 2 года назад

Nice job 👍📻⚛

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

thanks

@ukrainehamradio 2 года назад

Congratulations on your purchase of a wonderful radio! I saw this James Bond movie for the first time today and it's good too! It was funny when he "turned it off" by pressing on top in a place where there were no buttons at all)

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

The magic of film … must be some kind of ancient remote control 😊

@nigelbrockwell6237 2 года назад

I'm not really a lover of Philips equipment, mainly televisions, which I worked on some years ago when I was a television engineer. I know when they are working, they are good. I had to repair a volume control which had the same problem once. Let's hope the FM will be a straight forward fix. I don't particularly like metal grills in front of speakers, which don't sound as good as plastic or wood, but looking forward to your comment when the speaker is cleaned and back in the radio. l do like the look of the radio and I can remember seeing it in that Bond film.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

I’m liking this one more and more as I work on it. I was apprehensive, but it’s been behaving itself 😊

@sincerelyyours7538 2 года назад

Nice radio! It even has four, count 'em, four good-sized built in antennas with inputs for two more! Most of mine are lucky to have one and even luckier if that one antenna can climb out of my local QRM! Can't complain about serviceability on this one so kudos go to Philips for a change.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍 😊

@danielsaturnino5715 2 года назад

Looking good so far! And no magic smoke! :)

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍

@kevmichael2064 7 месяцев назад

Oh no it looks like water 🌊💦 got in to it 😭.. That would be a loss...I know Phillips made good shortwave radios in the 1960s and 1970s...I want One

@mcimpoeru 2 года назад

Welcome, welcome back to the channel, welcome to the new project. You seem to like a lot the word welcome…

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

I do. But it’s not exclusive. Anyone is welcome to use it too 😊

@KB1UIF 2 года назад

I found one of these radios about a year ago at my local recycling center. I know it needs quite a lot of work on the battery compartment alone. I hope to get around to doing some work on it soon. I expect I will need replace all the battery springs. That's the part I'm not looking forward to. wish me luck !

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

Good luck, and have fun

@ATOMSHAMRADIO 2 года назад

I never knew that was in a bond movie thats new to me wow📻⚛👍

@jake359nl 2 года назад

It appeared in Diamonds Are Forever where it stands on the desk of Blofeld...

@ATOMSHAMRADIO 2 года назад

@@jake359nl yeah thats it iam a bond fan some of this details you dont pay attention on wow📻📻💯💯⚛

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍

@radio-ged4626 2 года назад

So, you expect this radio to talk? No Mr Bond I expect the FM to die. Great job as always, hope the FM fault is fixable, I'm sure it is.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍

@VE3FAL1Fred 3 месяца назад

I have the same radio and having issues with receive as well with mine. Need to play or will sell if no go as I have way too many projects on the go.

@ATOMSHAMRADIO 2 года назад

That is a sweet radio i love it📻⚛👍

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍

@Radiocruncher 2 года назад

These are great radios Manuel. I had one given to me last year. It was on my channel about 11 months ago. I don’t think mines the same model number though as there were a few variants. Great work on yours so far and it’s going to be interesting to see why FM isn’t working. Cheers Graham

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

I do like this one. I saw your video before starting on this. It’s is the model that precedes this one.

@Donno308 2 года назад

It seems that Philips have come a long way since the early days in terms of serviceability. Judging by the incorrect disassembly instructions it seems they still like to make production changes without updating the service data, but all in all you can’t complain about it being difficult to work on. I do hope you don’t have to pull apart all that mechanical stuff on the top! Good luck with it. Looking forward to the next episode! Cheers

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

It does seem a lot easier than the recent experiences we’ve both had 😊 The mysteries in the service data is probably there to keep us on our toes. I’m watching your last video right now. Smoke is one thing, but when you don’t know where it comes from … not so good.

@greggaieck4808 2 года назад

Electronics old and new me and my cousin are going to a Swap meet in September 11 Sunday morning at 8 am in Milwaukee 2022

@andrewagner2035 2 года назад

Greetings from Cape Town. I saw one at my local antique shop a few weeks ago, but in bad condition. I will go look tomorrow again and see if its still there.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

These are indeed este, Never saw one in a shop before.

@andrewagner2035 Год назад

There 2 now at this antique shop, whats the value? I can send pics.

@andrewagner2035 Год назад

I may need to move fast!

@chrisclark6192 2 года назад

Hi Manuel. That is a nice looking radio, I have never seen one before. Could this be Philips equivalent to a Grundig satellit?. It will be interesting to see how the performance compares to the Grundig models. Looking forward to seeing your progress. Cheers Chris.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

I guess it was made to be on the same level as the satellit, but I think Grundig went much farther to create a perfect radio. We’ll see how this one performs.

@nicodenhaak3961 2 года назад

The fm, and medium wave are very good on this radio. But shortwave is not. It's no competion for a sattelite in that regard. I also own this 22RL798, which is a stripped down version of the L6X38t. I do own that one also, a very early model from 1965, with a totally different dial. Great radio Manuel, and you where smart to strip her down to clean it properly. Have fun! Be sure to check the discriminator diodes in the FM... Best regards from the Netherlands, Nico den Haak.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

Thanks for the tip. I’m going to open up the FM section as I believe the signal isn’t getting out of the first stage.

@whiskerlesswalrus 2 года назад

Wow its pricey because it was in a James Bond film-try finding that little Packard Bell radio that was used in the TV show Gilligans Island- that one gets pretty outrageous too when one comes up for sale if one ever does come up for sale.

@J.kAntique 8 месяцев назад

Hello

@claudio6493 2 года назад

My Philips radio works fine in FM but not in MW or LW or shortwave bands just noise but no stations tuned... Any advice on where to have a look? Again FM stations perfectly tuned with a great clear audio......no easy to dismantle a lot of small screws to remove it

@siddiqmasih533 10 месяцев назад

Sir very nice. Today i found L6 radio from flea mRket. It does not work. Someone has cut the battery connections. Please let me know how to connect battery connections. 2. There is no sound. No handle and dial cover. Can you please guide me from where I can get missing parts. What should I do it may start working. I love this radio very much. I like your way of describing. Where is your workshop? Waiting your kind response.

@tubeDude48 2 года назад

👍👍👍

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

😊

@horatiohornblower868 2 года назад

Obviously Antoinette has spent quite some time in a damp environment. Maybe this transistor radio was used on a boat? But for a high end radio rust should not to be found on the speaker. Here the Dutchmen have been a bit miserly with chrome.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

It looks like something spilt on it. Not sure, but salvageable.

@andygozzo72 2 года назад

there was an earlier version L6X38T , almost identical, and i've seen pics of a Pye branded version, model 6000, has 'woodgrain' front, brown? sides and top , i have the 22RL798(i think..? cant check at the mo as in storage) unfortunately looks like someone has been 'twiddling' some trimmers in FM tuner, FM doesnt work right, AM bands seem 'ok' .. i paid £40 for in in the late 1990s i've always wondered how to dismantle the thing as up to seeing this, couldnt work it out!

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

Hope it helps you to restore yours.

@maartenschapendonk6345 2 года назад

If you look for a Dutch radio ask the Dutch 😉 Brave to do a Philips again

@claudio6493 2 года назад

I saw a while ago that Philips produced also professional hf receivers for military Sigint use unfortunately not easy to find them.....

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

😊 Thanks

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

Must be very rare

@maartenschapendonk6345 2 года назад

@@claudio6493 do you have a model number?

@claudio6493 2 года назад

Yes L6X36/T/02

@michaelwitas9482 2 года назад

I've got a 22RL798 with low volume which I will someday try to repair. I once had a L6X38T, the previous version of this radio, in mint condition which I regret selling. The L6X38T had a built in earphone that pulled out from the rear of the radio. It also had a gain control where the fine tuning control is on the 22RL798. Most of the radios I see one bay in the US are the L6X38T version.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

I’ve read about that previous version. At first I wasn’t sure which one this was but the fine tuning control gave it away 😊

@michaelwitas9482 2 года назад

@@electronicsoldandnew One thing I've heard about this radio is that the metal traces on the band selector switches wear away, making the radio not operational. Not sure if this is true but I hear this is an unusually difficult radio to repair even though the actual circuitry appears to be fairly ordinary. The radio is heavy but has sort of a delicate feel to it.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

It does seems delicate. I hope the band switches don’t force me to do deep surgery 😊

@michaelwitas9482 2 года назад

@@electronicsoldandnew One more thing. . . the radios sold in North America were branded as "Norelco", which was Philips North American division. But they appear to be identical to the Philips branded ones except for nameplates and perhaps some trim.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍

@edgardelgado5952 Год назад

Lo tengo me lo regalaron hoy y estoy muy interesado en hacerlo funcione saludos desde Boconó Trujillo Venezuela me gustaría que me hagas llegar el plano o diagrama del radio te lo agradecería

@kevmichael2064 7 месяцев назад

I would like to have this one...I can get this where I live... because I do have Philips radio stereos... from the 1980s and early 1990s but no Philips radio with Shortwave....I am going to the thrift store in my country to look for one

@electronicsoldandnew 7 месяцев назад

👍 good luck

@BjornV78 2 года назад

In the series Chernobyl, they used a russian Selena world receiver radio. i think that hype has not reached Ebay etc yet :-)

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

It probably will soon.

@Radiola11 6 месяцев назад

How did you take the sides off the radio? Thank you

@chicodosradios 2 года назад

fantástico. curioso que a semana passada reparei um igual para a minha coleção. a minha maior dificuldade foi o papel que fica por trás do quadrante. foi muito complicado porque eu não tinha as molas nem onde agarrar o papel. como sempre grande video. cumprimentos

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

Obrigado.

@chicodosradios 2 года назад

@@electronicsoldandnew se puder veja a minha colecção no radio museum procure por Francisco Martins

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍 Assim farei. Obrigado

@chicodosradios 2 года назад

@@electronicsoldandnew depois diga alguma coisa

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍

@zjandanny 2 года назад

You are using the wrong side of the radio for finding FM signal. You should use the left side. Thats why it's not finding any signal on FM. I have 2 of these, one isn't turning on, it doesn't do anything. What should i check first? I'm not used to working with radio's, just somesort of a collector. It should have worked when last used. You are missing a small plastic part for putting the short wave antenne in when it's down.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

I’m aware of the tuning on the left side, and added a comment to that effect in the description. Diagnosing a fault king-distance is tricky. I normally go through the entire procedure as described in this and subsequent videos, as well as in restoration videos of my other sets. I hope that they help you with yours.

@claudio6493 2 года назад

Hi... I got one...... In great conditions.... 👍👍😉

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍

@paulbennell3313 2 года назад

That's a good looking radio and it was obviously pricey when it was new judging by the feature count. I hardly ever replace pots. What I usually find, assuming a quick squirt of switch cleaner doesn't sort it is that it needs removing and dismantling. The problem is nearly always the centre contact, the metal ring that goes round the spindle that the sliding contact works against. The metal ring is very often caked in crud and a proper clean up of this part normally restores correct operation. Now I'm not such a skinflint that I resent buying a new pot for about £2. The problem is that there are very few electronics shops left and parts have to be obtained online with the almost universal £10 charge for delivery. Yeah...£12 for a volume pot... I need to get a couple of 33 ohm resistors for my record player but when you consider the items might cost 50p - £1 only to have £10 carriage cost slapped on top, it's not really a matter of being a skinflint. Obviously the way to do it is to buy a lot of stuff at the same time but in my case there's nothing else I need. Anyway, I digress somewhat, rant over. Returning to the subject at hand, this radio looks very promising and even though it's a Philips it doesn't look like it'll be unduly baffling to deal with. Once it's done, you'll have to adopt a white Persian cat who can sit in your lap as you utter the immortal words "We've been expecting you Mr. Bond"...

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

I have the same experience as you do regarding pots, and also the crazy costs of components that need to be sent from across the world 😊 I’ll have to make do with our cat, because getting a Persian will cost more than the radio 😊

@paulbennell3313 2 года назад

@@electronicsoldandnew Well, your cat is at least suitably fluffy even if the wrong colour!

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

True 😊

@ricardoaliasdelatorre6836 2 года назад

So much work ahead, but step by step you'll won it. By the way, Manuel don't you think that audio has more bass than treble... I've seen you tweaking the treble pot, gets a little better but not so much. I wonder if those poliester(strip colour) are guilty of the low treble sound, did you checked them??. Probably I'm wrong, and it's Philips usual sound.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

I haven’t checked any caps other than the elctrolytics. Time to check the others.

@jimsimpson1006 2 года назад

At 3:50 I think you were trying to tune FM with the right hand knob instead of the left one, though maybe it wouldn’t have made much difference. Lovely looking radio, although I have heard reports that the performance is fairly mediocre.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

Yes, I realised that on my final viewing and made a note of that fact in the comments. However, it wasn’t giving me any joy even when I later did the testing again.

@andrewagner2035 Год назад

Greetings from Cape Town. I have just found 2 of these in an antique shop. Marginal condition. How much $ shall I offer?

@electronicsoldandnew Год назад

Look up the offers on ebay as that will give you a better idea.

@mariopessoa46 5 месяцев назад

Eu tenho um philipsantoniette

@electronicsoldandnew 5 месяцев назад

👍

@siddiqmasih533 10 месяцев назад

Sir you are great. I have such radio which is not working. How can i connect you. Do you have any connect No. Please help me. Waiting for your kind reply.

@electronicsoldandnew 10 месяцев назад

Sorry, I only do this as a personal hobby.

@mattiadesantis8008 Месяц назад

Where to get service manual in english??

@electronicsoldandnew Месяц назад

Elektrotanya.com

@mattiadesantis8008 Месяц назад

@@electronicsoldandnew thanks!!

@greggaieck4808 2 года назад

Electronics old and new my hobbys are painting pictures and lisining to shortwave and ssb iam thinking about getting my ham license

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

👍

@batterymakermarkii2654 2 года назад

You’re gonna be cussing at that set

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

We’ll see 😊

@muhammadrafique3903 Год назад

SiR great great 🏝🇵🇰

@electronicsoldandnew Год назад

👍

@johnmadow5331 2 года назад

I had NordMende, Type Globetraveler IV Type-970.1.1 E with unknown condition except physical condition outside is excellent condition with dial tuner is very hard to turn. I am wondering do you interested to service this type radio. I hasd original service mauual and I am not radio repairman. I asked many radio persons and no one answer my e-mail except the world "not interested".

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

I’m afraid my living in Madeira makes that type of project impossible, as the costs and risks of shipping are very high.

@johnmadow5331 2 года назад

@@electronicsoldandnew where is Mederira? how far from Maryland?

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

Madeira is an island that’s part of portugal.

@johnmadow5331 2 года назад

@@electronicsoldandnew sorry, I never send anything that far. I brought so many things from Middle East, England. Most item took time to reach America. Some never arrived!

@mackfisher4487 2 года назад

Manuel be careful of your radio budgeting the Phillips restoration may take an evil twist and next year result in a higher ransom fee possibly as women think diamonds are forever.

@electronicsoldandnew 2 года назад

They already do, but neither of them has actually tried a Dr No on my purchases. Also, Diamonds are indeed forever, so what’s the rush in trying to get them? They shouldn’t have a problem with a decade or two of waiting. The diamonds aren’t going to change.