That's a good tip to remember Simon. Check the fuseable resistors in this era of consumer grade stuff. It's a shame that the quality of the Sony gear had slipped so much by this time. Today I don't think much of their stuff is even made in Japan anymore except for maybe some of their high end broadcast equipment. TV cameras and such. ATB Doug.
Bloody Fuseable Resistors Hate Them They Used To Use Them All The Time Back in Day In Video Recorders Just To Save 10p On a Fuse !! Glad You Got It Sorted Simon Nice One ..Regards mike.
Nice video Simon and a good save. I'm a big fan of Sony stuff from the 70s. I've quite a few lol. Hope your well mate. The most oddball Sony receiver I have is an STR 700. Not too many of them about. Need a full restore though.
I quite agree it is a lovely looking receiver on the outside. Funny that they didn’t do the business with the electronics on the inside as the build cost must have been relatively high for all that bling. I thought the fault could be You spilled your bottle of Hi Karate aftershave into it ?
I got a BROWN one last week, belonged to a nicotine addict!! I spent ages looking for the same fault as here, gave up then as a last gasp I looked on YT. Exactly the same fault at the same resistor! Thanks for keeping me a BIT more sane than I was getting, well done. Like many on here I have LOADS of projects, I'll list them here and you can diagnose them for me too!?? Thanks again. Alan
Fabulous looking set there Simon, well done finding the resistor... Not at the highest-end of Sony gear for sure - but nevertheless - still a quality of product that is rarely seen nowadays, whatever the manufacturer.
I've got a Sony amplifier about that period was working might have the same chip it's got probably the power tranny Sanyo I think. Why can't you measure the current across the resistor to find out?
@@johnsweda2999 I could use a resistor and fuse, but it the space being a problem. All an LED would do is drop the volts slightly. The current in the circuit would soon blow the LED.
Metal look adds value. I've had many vintage receivers......Kenwood, Pioneer, Toshiba, Marantz. Never a Sony. Still have my Marantz & Kenwood gear getting very dusty. GAS Thaedra preamp, Phase Linear 400 & 5100 tuner into JBL L222's still working. I am partially deaf as a result. As far as using the tuner sections, I don't find much of anything appealing to listen to via OTA broadcast anymore. Too many talking heads and micro-managing midgets spoiled the fun.
I have a Sony STR 333L with no audio on tuner, so replacing the fuseable resistors was the solution like in one of your previous videos of this amp, unfortunately now the stations doesnt stop changing even if you stop moving the dial, any idea about the solution?
I have the same receiver and yes is a good looking cute litte receiver. My receiver has a problem with noise, something wrong with a transistor i guess. And the thing is loaded with fusable resistors, i count 10 on the shematic.
i have a sony st 242L, its a similar style to that but not as many bells and whistles. it also says made in west germany on it. i have to say the tuner itself has a great sound to it.
hello I would like to know if this sony equipement is good? I am from Argentina and in my country there is very little information about it. Thank you.
Big tuning scale and meters and a nice feel as you tune along, cant beat a analogue tuner for that. As time went along it did seem to all get less well made. Like you, Simon I feel rather overwhelmed by the stuff I have. I had a couple of radio rally sales this year but still loads of projects.
I was in the loft yesterday and found gear i had forgotten about. Some of the gear is lovely and couldn't bare to sell it. Others like this Sony wouldn't be a problem.
You do realise this is a 1978 receiver, right? It's self-evidently just a lower-end unit, Sony were still building quality into their better stuff into the 1990s.
