bellarmine
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Hi Hemiguy,hemiguy2006 said:
Wow, nice box! Pristine condition, and the packing, the sender did an excellent job.
Hope this isn't waking up a too-old post, I notice you're still active so thought I'd pass on a tip to help you out:
The Hum you hear with the line-in, it appears when you select the Phono input, and if you ground the jacks with your finger it goes away. The hum is rather loud for a line in though, so I learned if you want to select the line input, make sure all 3 selector buttons (Radio,Tape,Phone) are popped OUT, so none are selected. The Line-in is direct, so none of the buttons have to be selected. You can even select one with a line-in and 'mix' the signals together.
If I may, to introduce myself, let me tell you about a mutual interest: Recently I found one of these Clairtone 7979 boxes myself at my local dump! Here's a pic:
http://bayimg.com/OaFOeAAff
Boy does it sound good! Not perfect cosmetic shape, but not too shabby, have all the buttons except one, amplifier works perfect. I'm going to print myself a cardboard copy of the aplique around the cassette door, then it'll look a whole lot better. Tuner is a bit intermittant, going to look for a bad solder joint. Currently debugging the tape circuit, motor ran at first then stopped, I've got it down to a couple parts on the PCB, wrote myself a mini-schematic of the motor power circuit. Be nice if I could find a schematic for the cassette circuit, but proud I was able to figure it out for myself.
I really like the full complement of controls inputs outputs etc. The digital clock with alarm is a nice touch. And yes, the touch-sensitive tuner knob is a very novel feature, took me a little whilr to figure it out, and the power plug polarity affecting it too. At very least I've got a real good portable amplifier with line-in, phono-in and 8" bass drivers, lot of noise! Amazed to find they're actually worth several hundred dollars, hard to believe.
Well, hope that helps Hemiguy, all the best!
Bellarmine
