Sony ICR-4800 Radio Repair

Sony ICR-4800 Radio Repair

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Science & Technology

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• Sony
• ICR-4800
• Radio
• Repair
• Transistor

[denshisan]

That has good resolution of the radio

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks!

[HighFlyer186]

Another great video Rick, well done on the fix :-)

Regards, Peter

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Hey Peter,

Thanks. Lol, just think how boring it would be if they were all that easy. I just got back from picking up a customers Zenith console. This one will be more involved to fix if it can be fixed. Plus the customer is moving in one week so I have to get with it. Murphy has walked back into the room.

Regards,

Rick

[retrochad]

I usually don't get that lucky at getting the intermittent problem fixed so fast! I have seen a lot of this kind of problem, little micro-cracks in the solder joint, but often it's harder to pin down exactly where it is.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

I was not sure about it, but it was a volume problem. I could short out the audio with alligator clips going across the outside terminals of the volume control. But I could twist the circuit board anywhere and cause the problem. I was surprised and delighted that it worked.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks Ron,

Yes it is nice. I have shown harder ones like rewinding coils so it is nice to show one that is not so difficult to repair. As long as all the coils are good most of the 50s and 60s AA5 radio are not too hard to repair. I think it is a great place for beginners, the chassis are big and you can still get the tubes for those radios. Thanks.

Rick

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Hey John,

I wish I had kept one or two of my first transistor radios, but you know how it goes. When you first get it, it is great, then time passes and it is junk, then more time passes and then it is great again. You might try setting up an eBay search so that you get a email if someone post that radio on eBay. Thanks

Regards,

Rick

[Ronbob59]

Rick... Very nice fix. It's nice to get an easy one once in a while. Of course, it's only easy when you know how... and you definately "know how"!

Ron

[joernone]

Rick,

I think it was in 1957 when my parents bought me the first Philco transistor radio. It was black and white. I would slip the leather carrying strap over the handlebars of my bicycle and ride around listening to it. A few times the strap came out of the brass holders and the radio fell to the ground. Our town's radio repairman spent a lot of time touching up those cracked solder joints. He would charge me a buck to do it.

Wish I still had that radio.

Thanks.

Regards,

John