What Boombox Are You Cranking Up Right Now??
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Got this one, to my surprise, in near mint condition, at a price that made me expect a "for parts". It has no scratch or marks on any of it (many) aluminum surfaces...
Only had to remove a little bit of dust from behind its speaker grills, it even had been rebelted.... Switched out 1 tape button, the play button has the slightest bit of its chromed surface bubbling...
Originally bought it to restore another one I have but with a lot of issues...
Only did 1 thing on it : adding Bluetooth...
Made a Led-holder out of plastic sheeting so it was "easy" to fit behind the tuner window without having to remove anything, and so it has the same look and design the other leds (power, tuned, detuned, stereo) have, not to mess with the original design, added a multifunction metal button in the dip next to the antennas to keep it discreet.
Bluetooth is powered by a mains to usb (its a usb module), connected to the mains of the device - button and led are deported from the original bluetooth module pcb , I added a resistance to the blue led, so it was more in accordance to the light intensity of the original tuner and power leds. When bluetooth is off, led is off.
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My pride & joy! Paid £25 for this not working at all! Now fully restored rebelted both decks etc It's now perfect all round! I love these Silver's! 
OMG ...congrats, these are not the easiest to restore, extremely decent construction but hellish to disassemble and acces...and yours is the 2 deck system !!! (PS : love the philips 8614 in the background, those were the start of my descent into boomboxericities, great design, great sound, only 1 flaw....very unbalanced fysically, with the transofrmator on one side of it) !My pride & joy! Paid £25 for this not working at all! Now fully restored rebelted both decks etc It's now perfect all round! I love these Silver's!
Got a NOS Lloyds 8 track player today. Took a minute to figure out all the letters are worn off telling what is what for functions. Pulled out my collection of 8 tracks and am currently driving the wife crazy. Long live the 60-70's. I'll put on my trench coat latter for a John Cusack photo op. 
The final details... (3M metal ultraresristant labels, laserprinter)
Seleco restored. Plus parts/donor box
I've never heard of Seleco but it's a cool looking box.
I almost bought the Samsung version a couple of times.
I like the color of this one better.
First time I see this one, really like the look of it, the design of it and the grey/black/orange accent definately gives it a great style
This deck will put any Boombox to shame not to mention a good many home hi-fi tape decks.
That's probably a wise move I can get part of mine to turn on but both of the power lights don't go on so basically I use line in and amplifier part still works the EQ doesn't work either only the volume.
Well I have a front face panel if you ever need it lol. Plus the full set of tape deck buttons that whole panel with all that s*** on it Immaculate condition.
