Hi all.
I'm new to this forum, but very happy to see such a forum exists.
I've been fascinated with boomboxes since I was a child, and owned a Philips D8778 when I was a young teen (saved and bought it new myself
)
I miss the look of it, and the feeling it gave me, so I have started collecting old radioes, and got two Panasonics so far (GX300 and a RS462AS)
I haven't got a real boombox again though, until yesterday when my prayers were answered, and I found this beauty in the trash !
I found it at the local recycling center, where it's not really allowed to take things out, but I just could not let this get crushed, son I decided to "recue" it.
It is in very good condition, and only has a few marks on it, which I think was caused by it being thrown in the pile of old electronics scrap.
It is beyond me, why anyone would throw this away, but it's not the first time I´ve found golden trash;
At the same recycling center, I once found a PLAYING dab+ radio, and on the street by my apartment, I found Mocca Master, which still brews my coffee every morning.
Anyways, I'm over the moon as you can imagine, and can't believe my luck. Once I had made a power chord (I adapted a figure eight cable), it just turned on and pampered my ears with the richest sound, as soon as I tuned in on the first FM station. Wow.
I think it has been in a smoker home, as it had a thin layer of yellow-brownish varnish all over, but it doesn't smell, so I'm not sure.
It cleaned up fine, with a bit of elbow grease, a fine microfiber cloth, and some window/all purpose spray. I had to use a bit of white spirits as well to clean off some writing
with a marker (button text translated to Danish)
I suspect this was owned by an elderly person, that maybe passed away. Thanks to who ever owned this - I will take very good care of it!
Tapes play and sound fine, but fast forward and rewind doesn't work, and therefore not the fancy functions either (one side/one song repeat, and the auto seek buttons).
I can hear the motors though, so I'm guessing it just needs new belts. I have read that it's not an easy task, but it has to be done.
So the question is: where to get new belts??
I found these on Ebay, but the seller has so much bad feedback, so I would prefer to get them some where else, preferably in Europe, as import charges from outside EU are
silly high now.
Any help to get this back to fully working condition, will be very appreciated; Dissembly tips, repair manual, general info, everything really.
Thanks for reading
I'm new to this forum, but very happy to see such a forum exists.
I've been fascinated with boomboxes since I was a child, and owned a Philips D8778 when I was a young teen (saved and bought it new myself
)I miss the look of it, and the feeling it gave me, so I have started collecting old radioes, and got two Panasonics so far (GX300 and a RS462AS)
I haven't got a real boombox again though, until yesterday when my prayers were answered, and I found this beauty in the trash !
I found it at the local recycling center, where it's not really allowed to take things out, but I just could not let this get crushed, son I decided to "recue" it.
It is in very good condition, and only has a few marks on it, which I think was caused by it being thrown in the pile of old electronics scrap.
It is beyond me, why anyone would throw this away, but it's not the first time I´ve found golden trash;
At the same recycling center, I once found a PLAYING dab+ radio, and on the street by my apartment, I found Mocca Master, which still brews my coffee every morning.
Anyways, I'm over the moon as you can imagine, and can't believe my luck. Once I had made a power chord (I adapted a figure eight cable), it just turned on and pampered my ears with the richest sound, as soon as I tuned in on the first FM station. Wow.
I think it has been in a smoker home, as it had a thin layer of yellow-brownish varnish all over, but it doesn't smell, so I'm not sure.
It cleaned up fine, with a bit of elbow grease, a fine microfiber cloth, and some window/all purpose spray. I had to use a bit of white spirits as well to clean off some writing
with a marker (button text translated to Danish)
I suspect this was owned by an elderly person, that maybe passed away. Thanks to who ever owned this - I will take very good care of it!
Tapes play and sound fine, but fast forward and rewind doesn't work, and therefore not the fancy functions either (one side/one song repeat, and the auto seek buttons).
I can hear the motors though, so I'm guessing it just needs new belts. I have read that it's not an easy task, but it has to be done.
So the question is: where to get new belts??
I found these on Ebay, but the seller has so much bad feedback, so I would prefer to get them some where else, preferably in Europe, as import charges from outside EU are
silly high now.
Any help to get this back to fully working condition, will be very appreciated; Dissembly tips, repair manual, general info, everything really.
Thanks for reading
to forum. Congrats for this nice box. I believe that you can restore it.
