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Dieter Rams designed the T1000 for Braun back in the early 1960s but like many of Ram’s designs it still looks modern — a classic radio icon. Much has been written about the T1000 and its later CD version, popular… Continue Reading →
In this post I run through some repairs to one of my oldest audio items an Akai 4000D reel-to-reel tape recorder first manufactured in the 1970s. I bought the tape recorder second hand in the early seventies from an ad… Continue Reading →
Hello, do you have a Vectrex video games console which displays odd dots or lines like this one? If so, I’ll run through some ideas that helped fix the Vectrex video faults I found. Warning: The Vectrex has dangerously high… Continue Reading →
Has your Beogram CD 3300 stopped playing discs? Maybe it starts running for a few seconds and then displays a red question mark instead of a track number? Is so, it could be easy to repair. Warning: Disconnect mains power… Continue Reading →
Here at Radio Retro we had a dilemma. Like many others who captured their family’s precious moments on video in the 1980s, 90s and early noughties, before mobile was a thing, we have a problem — incompatible upgrade hell. This… Continue Reading →
Santa brought me two new tools this Christmas to help speed up faultfinding and diagnose issues with tech repair – a Neoteck Digital-Multimeter – that measures capacitance up to 100mF and a Dolla Tek T7 Multifunctional Tester also shows capacitance +… Continue Reading →
Radio Retro Popular Posts 2024 has become the year of the air fryer judging from Radio Retro’s analytics. I wrote a post about the Instant Pot Vortex Plus Close Basket Fault back in April 2023 and it’s now the most… Continue Reading →
Along with the routine work here at Radio Retro, I started volunteering at the local Repair Cafe earlier this year. So I thought it may be interesting to review the various items brought for repair along with their faults and… Continue Reading →
This follow up to my post Homebrew 1970s Hifi Stereo 25w Amplifier and FM Tuner and details the thinking behind its design, construction and restoration of my home-brew FM Tuner. I cover several faults discovered when powered up after it… Continue Reading →
Do you have a JVC R-S5 or JVC R-S7 receiver fault that is too quiet on FM radio or the sound level generally is poor? This post runs through some possible repairs to fix and restore your receiver to its… Continue Reading →
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