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16th May 2022, 12:47 pm | #21 |
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Re: Philips 4307 - Playback issue
A very good call from Ben reference the drive belt being on the pulley 60Hz step.
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16th May 2022, 12:53 pm | #22 |
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Re: Philips 4307 - Playback issue
Thanks David. I learned that by accident in the early 1990s when working on an old ST451 which used a very similar chassis!
The crackling may well just be the volume pot, possibly the rec-pb multiway swtch (but these in my experience don't tend to give trouble on the N430X, unlike with say the Tandbergs) but if the sound cuts out then the germanium transistors and/or driver may have tin whiskers. Isolating these on a separate heatsink usually works at least in the short term. But maybe I'm jumping the gun.
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16th May 2022, 1:57 pm | #24 |
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Re: Philips 4307 - Playback issue
Yes the old Germanium transistors potentially having tin whiskers gets more difficult unless one can identify the problem transistors and replace them.
At the same time as giving the volume control and heads a clean, also would be worthwhile spraying the contacts of the Record/Playback switch then exercise the switch many times using the Record button just to be on the safe side. David |