What Boombox Are You Cranking Up Right Now??

[H3NK3L]

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.

Pretty easy fix, the lights are more or less accessible on these : they are on a long but not wide little pcb on the backside of the "white box" behind the screen, the pcb clips out (pretty fragile though), and the bulbs are well marked, you can get the rubber tubes off them (they look like glass fuses) and slip them over a white or amber led (+added resistor) and to stick to original these kind of bulbs are still available if you would like to switch them out. There are not soldered but clipped in, just like glass fuses. I loooooveeeeee my 55 (but its screen slowly went totally dead, segment by segment ) so I sortof made a "screen" myself. Really hate how the circuit strips (the big white strips around the "white box" often dont age well and cant be repaired

 

[Radio raheem]

Pretty easy fix, the lights are more or less accessible on these : they are on a long but not wide little pcb on the backside of the "white box" behind the screen, the pcb clips out (pretty fragile though), and the bulbs are well marked, you can get the rubber tubes off them (they look like glass fuses) and slip them over a white or amber led (+added resistor) and to stick to original these kind of bulbs are still available if you would like to switch them out. There are not soldered but clipped in, just like glass fuses. I loooooveeeeee my 55 (but its screen slowly went totally dead, segment by segment ) so I sortof made a "screen" myself. Really hate how the circuit strips (the big white strips around the "white box" often dont age well and cant be repaired View attachment 57876

do you know what these are called now bud....they used to be called doorbell lamps and used to get them on ebay but i cant find any now sunshine

 

[Radio raheem]

do you know what these are called now bud....they used to be called doorbell lamps and used to get them on ebay but i cant find any now sunshine

found them bud

10 x Fuse Lamp 12V 150mA 1,8W 6x30mm / Lampen Pilotlampen Lamps Skalenlampen | eBay

Das Fachwissen im Umgang mit elektrischem Strom und der jeweils geltenden Bestimmungen ist für den Einbau unerlässlich. Hier finden Sie alle verfügbaren Varianten von "Fuse" Lampen. Ersatzteile / Spare Parts.

www.ebay.de

 

[H3NK3L]

found them bud

10 x Fuse Lamp 12V 150mA 1,8W 6x30mm / Lampen Pilotlampen Lamps Skalenlampen | eBay

Das Fachwissen im Umgang mit elektrischem Strom und der jeweils geltenden Bestimmungen ist für den Einbau unerlässlich. Hier finden Sie alle verfügbaren Varianten von "Fuse" Lampen. Ersatzteile / Spare Parts.

www.ebay.de

You may want to get them out and measure them, they are pretty short... And from memory they are something like 12v 500mA... (but that is marked on their PCB, right underneath them.

I usually find these looking for "technics light bulb replacement"..will be looking doe "fuse lamp" from now on lol

 

[H3NK3L]

found them bud

10 x Fuse Lamp 12V 150mA 1,8W 6x30mm / Lampen Pilotlampen Lamps Skalenlampen | eBay

Das Fachwissen im Umgang mit elektrischem Strom und der jeweils geltenden Bestimmungen ist für den Einbau unerlässlich. Hier finden Sie alle verfügbaren Varianten von "Fuse" Lampen. Ersatzteile / Spare Parts.

www.ebay.de

12V 0,2A 3cm long, the blue rubber tube slides off

 

[H3NK3L]

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.

equaliser not working may be an issue with the switch that allows you to select equaliser pass through/recording/playback.

On mine that switch / those 3 switches, needed a very thourough clean to get the equaliser to work more than intermittently, with a special liking to get stuck in the REC postion (audible when recording and using the rec level sliders as volume buttons) Buth then again when I got mine...its insides looked as if they lived in a cathouse or at least some kindof of lodging for short multicolored haired animals (or humans addicted to hairdy ?) and has vintage dust in it... so lots of things came back to life on it after the first thourough cleaning of buttons and switches and circuit boards and such.

(we may be getting of topic and more or less crossing over into the Tech Talk part of things)

 

[Transistorized]

Listening to some Christmas tunes on the DJ-Tech. It's colorful and represents the Holiday well

 

[Hisrudeness]

 

[Transistorized]

This one is getting used at the moment.

 

[boomblaster]

Currently my Sharp CT-6001 and before that my Sharp GT303SB. Never full volume though. I live in Japan...

 

[Brutus442]

12V 0,2A 3cm long, the blue rubber tube slides off View attachment 57877

You're lucky if they just slide off. When I replaced my 55's bulbs, I had a hell of a time removing this so I wouldn't damage them for reuse. I found that rolling them back and coiling it like a doughnut worked best. I did struggle a bit with fitting them over the new bulbs but patience was the key.

 

[Ghettoboom767]

So lately it's been the JVC RC-M60JW! Such clear sound and the deck is Majic!!

 

[Transistorized]

I must have played hours and hours worth of cassettes on almost every radio I have on my wall of boom. Then the day comes where I decide I need to pull out the M90 because it needs to be used.

After listening to this machine, I wonder why the heck I don't play it more? The C100F and the M90 both blow all the others out of the water.

Maybe, it's the lack of flashing lights.....Not sure. But what I can say for certain is, this machine doesn't need flashy lights. Every time I listen to it, it reminds me that it shines in kicking ass and doesn't need any dang lights

The best way I know to put it is, the C100F is a "hold my beer" radio. But the M90 comes out of shadows of nowhere and becomes noticed through pure excellence.

 

[floyd]

I put together a bad ass jvc from a PC 11 and a PC 55.
The thing sounds awesome and is built like a tank.

 

[H3NK3L]

I put together a bad ass jvc from a PC 11 and a PC 55.
The thing sounds awesome and is built like a tank.
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woooow, had both pc11 and pc55...never tried the 55 speakers on the 11...but its def a powerhouse and built to last. Only issue I ever had was with one little plastic wheel in the tapedeck, sortof excrusion on it that locks something in place, and that over time had bent.

PS : The yellowing of the handle is quite easy to remove with some sunlight, plastic foil and some haidressers hydroperoxide gel

 

[floyd]

woooow, had both pc11 and pc55...never tried the 55 speakers on the 11...but its def a powerhouse and built to last. Only issue I ever had was with one little plastic wheel in the tapedeck, sortof excrusion on it that locks something in place, and that over time had bent.

PS : The yellowing of the handle is quite easy to remove with some sunlight, plastic foil and some haidressers hydroperoxide gel

I had to modify the PC 55 speaker cabinets a bit because the pcs 55 uses different side plates so the mounting holes are spaced differently.

 

[floyd]

I put together a bad ass jvc from a PC 11 and a PC 55.
The thing sounds awesome and is built like a tank.
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I also replaced the jvc tweeters with sony fh 7 tweeters and the difference is amazing because the jvc tweeters as nice as they are made almost no sound.

 

[Ghettoman]

Them Pc55 Speakers look way nicer than the original Pc11 speakers.. i bought a Pc11 in the late 90s from a flea market for £15, kept it for years, sold it for next to nothing, i bought a Pc55 from my friend in 1996 for £50 on my 26th birthday, he bought it brand new in early 80s from Lasky's in Manchester, i sold it (or swapped it) to Reno about 8 years later.. i had 3 Pc55's a few years ago, Sold them to Member Nickfish for £75 each, fully working with Good LCD's with No Missing Segments, if i only knew what they were going to sell for now.

 

[floyd]

Them Pc55 Speakers look way nicer than the original Pc11 speakers.. i bought a Pc11 in the late 90s from a flea market for £15, kept it for years, sold it for next to nothing, i bought a Pc55 from my friend in 1996 for £50 on my 26th birthday, he bought it brand new in early 80s from Lasky's in Manchester, i sold it (or swapped it) to Reno about 8 years later.. i had 3 Pc55's a few years ago, Sold them to Member Nickfish for £75 each, fully working with Good LCD's with No Missing Segments, if i only knew what they were going to sell for now.

My pc 550 got ruined when I discovered a small water leak in the roof of the garage and the one thing that got wet was my pc 550 I was working on.
Then my fully working PC 55 just went to hell all of the sudden. The power amp part still works on line in but that's it.
My pc 11 which I've had for 25 years that I paid $20.00 for at a yard sale has been sitting and needed the belts done but I was too lazy so now I'm trying to revive whatever I can and I been wanting to see how the PC 11 would sound with the PC 55 speakers. Somehow it sounds better than a PC 11 and just as good if not better than a PC 55. Not to mention the tweeters that were in the PC 55 were useless which was surprising but the sony fh 7 tweeters I put in are awesome sounding.

 

[Radio raheem]

My pc 550 got ruined when I discovered a small water leak in the roof of the garage and the one thing that got wet was my pc 550 I was working on.
Then my fully working PC 55 just went to he'll all of the sudden.
My pc 11 which I've had for 25 years that I paid $20.00 for at a yard sale has been sitting and needed the belts done but I was too lazy so now I'm trying to revive whatever I can and I been wanting to see how the PC 11 would sound with the PC 55 speakers. Somehow it sounds better than a PC 11 and just as good if not better than a PC 55. Not to mention the tweeters that were in the PC 55 were useless which was surprising but the sony fh 7 tweeters I put in are awesome sounding.

this is like my sharp gf 9000 normally these sound wank with no power but mine wants more lad lol

i agree the pc 11 does sound better than a 55 just not as powerful bro and yea the 55 tweeters are not much cop