So I snagged a SCR-8 today on craigslist, and I spent some time cleaning it up and taking note of what needs some work.
I really wanted a box to bump an ipod shuffle on vacation, the beach, camping, etc, and i hooked that up to test, and it works fine in stereo. both VU meters light up.
When I flip to radio (fm & am) the left channel works fully, and the right channel, only the tweeter works. The VU meter also only works for the right channel. If I enable "wide" some sound starts coming out of the left woofer as well as the tweeter, but its still quieter than the right side. I'm kinda puzzled with this, and any ideas/points in the right direction are appreciated.
The tape deck is non functional, but i flipped to that mode, hit play, and tapped on the head and the VU meter lit up on both sides, and sound seemed to come out of both channels. So the one channel not functioning thing, seems to only be radio related.
The second thing: the antenna was loose when I got it, and upon opening it up I found some pieces of broken plastic from the screwpost where the antenna and metal bracket attach. There were only two pieces, the rest is gone, it's about 3/5ths of the complete broken screwpost. What's my best option for trying to restore this? I was going off this thread viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10691 which describes two methods, one for a completely missing post, and one for a broken one. Would it be worth it to try and use the pieces I have and just rebuild the other half? Or just rebuild the whole thing?
I really wanted a box to bump an ipod shuffle on vacation, the beach, camping, etc, and i hooked that up to test, and it works fine in stereo. both VU meters light up.
When I flip to radio (fm & am) the left channel works fully, and the right channel, only the tweeter works. The VU meter also only works for the right channel. If I enable "wide" some sound starts coming out of the left woofer as well as the tweeter, but its still quieter than the right side. I'm kinda puzzled with this, and any ideas/points in the right direction are appreciated.
The tape deck is non functional, but i flipped to that mode, hit play, and tapped on the head and the VU meter lit up on both sides, and sound seemed to come out of both channels. So the one channel not functioning thing, seems to only be radio related.
The second thing: the antenna was loose when I got it, and upon opening it up I found some pieces of broken plastic from the screwpost where the antenna and metal bracket attach. There were only two pieces, the rest is gone, it's about 3/5ths of the complete broken screwpost. What's my best option for trying to restore this? I was going off this thread viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10691 which describes two methods, one for a completely missing post, and one for a broken one. Would it be worth it to try and use the pieces I have and just rebuild the other half? Or just rebuild the whole thing?