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23rd Apr 2017, 3:07 pm | #1 |
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No playback from my Stellaphone ST451
Hi all,
I recently picked up a lovely 'little' Stellaphone ST451 from 1959, it's neat! However I am having a little problem; every function appears to work flawlessly apart from reading audio off the tape. It feeds and plays fine, but no audio. The valves are all glowing and the speaker hums, but I'm at a dead end. I've fiddled to no avail but this is verging on being outside of my comfort zone. Any help the folks here can provide would be greatly appreciated, as resources online are basically non-existent for this machine. Thanks in advance, PowerMac_G4 |
23rd Apr 2017, 5:57 pm | #2 |
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Re: No playback from my Stellaphone ST451
There's an entry in the radiomuseum here :
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/stella_...one_st451.html which might be a starting point. |
23rd Apr 2017, 8:09 pm | #3 |
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Re: No playback from my Stellaphone ST451
Probably more info on the Philips version.
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24th Apr 2017, 5:54 am | #4 |
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Re: No playback from my Stellaphone ST451
This is a Philips EL3527 in disguise....
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/philips_el3527_00.html Note that payback occurs with the green light (DM70) off. If it has those black waxy capacitors on the circuit board then change the lot. No messing.... Check the head connections and the rotary switch. This can be a root of many evils. Cheers, Steve P.
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24th Apr 2017, 9:21 am | #5 |
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