Unreadable Exploded Views from atrociously bad copying? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Chris55000 · 16th Mar 2023, 3:04 pm

Does any Member have any tips for cleaning up a faint and atrociously badly copied exploded view diagram from a Denon Cassette Deck Service Manual please?

It's the UDR–F07 Cassette Deck from from a D–F07 Denon Component Hi–Fi system that's making noises of disintegrating plastics from the works somewhere, and the exploded view in the only pdf I can find is so atrociously badly copied that its impossible to make out details on it!

It's obvious that atrociously bad scan was taken from a paper original but I've not been able to find a paper original anywhere, or I would have bought one!

Chris Williams

paulsherwin · 16th Mar 2023, 3:10 pm

All you can do is read it into Gimp (or another image editor) and try adjusting the brightness and contrast. There are sharpening filters in there but they may not help much.

mickm3for · 16th Mar 2023, 3:37 pm

Hi this is at least readable have comp manual 20 meg to large to post here Mick

Nickthedentist · 16th Mar 2023, 7:49 pm

Could you track down a manual for a different model that uses the same deck?

Terry_VK5TM · 17th Mar 2023, 12:02 am

The old adage 'junk in = junk out' applies, basically, you can't make a silk purse out of a pigs ear, no matter how good your tools.

I've just been down the same path with stuff from an unrelated hobby.

Nuvistor · 17th Mar 2023, 11:53 am

I don’t know if Micks post #3 is the same manual but hifiengine have a complete manual for the D-F07 and appears quite readable.

Chris55000 · 17th Mar 2023, 7:53 pm

I can't get anything from HiFi Engine I'm afraid, their automated system of Judge, Jury and Executioner all in one barred me after only downloading one manual!

Chris Williams

dsergeant · 18th Mar 2023, 7:33 am

Really? I regularly download stuff from HiFi Engine and it has never complained.

jimjim1 · 19th Mar 2023, 2:15 am

Seems to be here.

https://archive.org/details/manual_D.../n117/mode/2up

Many download formats available lower down page.

Sample:-

16th Mar 2023, 3:04 pm	#1
Chris55000 Nonode Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walsall Wood, Aldridge, Walsall, UK. Posts: 2,649	Unreadable Exploded Views from atrociously bad copying? Does any Member have any tips for cleaning up a faint and atrociously badly copied exploded view diagram from a Denon Cassette Deck Service Manual please? It's the UDR–F07 Cassette Deck from from a D–F07 Denon Component Hi–Fi system that's making noises of disintegrating plastics from the works somewhere, and the exploded view in the only pdf I can find is so atrociously badly copied that its impossible to make out details on it! It's obvious that atrociously bad scan was taken from a paper original but I've not been able to find a paper original anywhere, or I would have bought one! Chris Williams __________________ It's an enigma, that's what it is! This thing's not fixed because it doesn't want to be fixed!

16th Mar 2023, 3:10 pm	#2
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 26,779	Re: Unreadable Exploded Views from atrociously bad copying? All you can do is read it into Gimp (or another image editor) and try adjusting the brightness and contrast. There are sharpening filters in there but they may not help much.

16th Mar 2023, 7:49 pm	#4
Nickthedentist Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 17,410	Re: Unreadable Exploded Views from atrociously bad copying? Could you track down a manual for a different model that uses the same deck?

17th Mar 2023, 12:02 am	#5
Terry_VK5TM Nonode Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Tintinara, South Australia, Australia Posts: 2,205	Re: Unreadable Exploded Views from atrociously bad copying? The old adage 'junk in = junk out' applies, basically, you can't make a silk purse out of a pigs ear, no matter how good your tools. I've just been down the same path with stuff from an unrelated hobby. __________________ Terry VK5TM https://www.vk5tm.com/

17th Mar 2023, 11:53 am	#6
Nuvistor Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 9,346	Re: Unreadable Exploded Views from atrociously bad copying? I don’t know if Micks post #3 is the same manual but hifiengine have a complete manual for the D-F07 and appears quite readable. __________________ Frank

16th Mar 2023, 3:37 pm	#3
mickm3for Heptode Join Date: May 2015 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK. Posts: 873	Re: Unreadable Exploded Views from atrociously bad copying? Hi this is at least readable have comp manual 20 meg to large to post here Mick Attached Thumbnails

17th Mar 2023, 7:53 pm	#7
Chris55000 Nonode Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walsall Wood, Aldridge, Walsall, UK. Posts: 2,649	Re: Unreadable Exploded Views from atrociously bad copying? I can't get anything from HiFi Engine I'm afraid, their automated system of Judge, Jury and Executioner all in one barred me after only downloading one manual! Chris Williams __________________ It's an enigma, that's what it is! This thing's not fixed because it doesn't want to be fixed!

18th Mar 2023, 7:33 am	#8
dsergeant Octode Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bracknell, Berkshire,UK. Posts: 1,150	Re: Unreadable Exploded Views from atrociously bad copying? Really? I regularly download stuff from HiFi Engine and it has never complained.

19th Mar 2023, 2:15 am	#9
jimjim1 Triode Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: London, UK. Posts: 16	Re: Unreadable Exploded Views from atrociously bad copying? Seems to be here. https://archive.org/details/manual_D.../n117/mode/2up Many download formats available lower down page. Sample:-