Hello friends,
My name is Harish, from India, I am new around here. Just recently I found this wonderful community. It made me search for my beloved M90.
Yes, back in the mid 90s when I was a kid my father brought me a used M90 from Qatar, ever since it was my companion till my teenage days, there was not a single day spent (while I am home) without playing a song on my M90. After 7-8 years of abuse, the deck playing mechanism gave up. By that time we bought a new Audio CD player (Panasonic SC AK27) and the M90 was given away for free to my uncle (in 2002).
Its a shame that I dont have a single pic from it's glorious days.
Years have gone, during all these years, I've used several audio video devices, but none of them could satisfy me like the M90 did. Recently while surfing internet, I found this wonderful community, saw some awesome M90s and other Boomboxes. This made me search for my M90.
I contacted my uncle, he said it was given to a local radio mechanic, they couldn't fix the tape deck. Hence they are going to fit an USB module to it. I said, I want it back and want to restore it. I went there and found the repairing shop, oh crap it was like a junkyard and I found my M90 in a pile of electronic waste. i realized it was given to this mechanic few years back and it was lying unattended for years. Finally I got my M90 back after 14 long years.
The condition of M90 was horrible, when I lift it up, the back cover came off (all screw mounts are broken, not a single screw left). Someone ripped off the top right hand potion of the body and pulled out the right tweeter. All screw mounts were broken on the tape mechanism as well.Basically the deck was sitting there without a single screw. Woofer surrounds are torn, full of dust and dirt, signs of rust are there. Front body panel paint and labels are almost gone. Radio scale glass is missing.
I brought it home, cleaned the dust and turned it on. Wow she is not dead, But nothing happening at the tape deck, no lights, nothing. Its completely dead.(no idea why). I can hear some noises from the radio but again no signal. Line in seems to be working fine.
I played some music from my laptop. She is still loud with one tweeter missing. Left side woofer was sounding horrible, thanks to the torn surround. Amplifier seems to be working perfect. But the pots are not in good condition. Bass/treble/balance/volume pots are almost worn out. Definitely need some service. No bulgy caps or burnt components found. I am posting some pics and a small video here. Have a look.
Have a look at her playing some music.
https://youtu.be/F0U4oMXGLg0
Today, I opened and removed everything,
.
probably the oldest machine in my home.
Being a complete beginner at restoring and repairing electronic devices, I need your helps and advises on this project. This is going to take some time. Seems like I may not be able to find some parts. I might need to fix the broken body parts myself. Also I have plans to fix a bluetooth receiver as well. Help muh appreciated.
My name is Harish, from India, I am new around here. Just recently I found this wonderful community. It made me search for my beloved M90.
Yes, back in the mid 90s when I was a kid my father brought me a used M90 from Qatar, ever since it was my companion till my teenage days, there was not a single day spent (while I am home) without playing a song on my M90. After 7-8 years of abuse, the deck playing mechanism gave up. By that time we bought a new Audio CD player (Panasonic SC AK27) and the M90 was given away for free to my uncle (in 2002).
Its a shame that I dont have a single pic from it's glorious days.Years have gone, during all these years, I've used several audio video devices, but none of them could satisfy me like the M90 did. Recently while surfing internet, I found this wonderful community, saw some awesome M90s and other Boomboxes. This made me search for my M90.
I contacted my uncle, he said it was given to a local radio mechanic, they couldn't fix the tape deck. Hence they are going to fit an USB module to it. I said, I want it back and want to restore it. I went there and found the repairing shop, oh crap it was like a junkyard and I found my M90 in a pile of electronic waste. i realized it was given to this mechanic few years back and it was lying unattended for years. Finally I got my M90 back after 14 long years.
The condition of M90 was horrible, when I lift it up, the back cover came off (all screw mounts are broken, not a single screw left). Someone ripped off the top right hand potion of the body and pulled out the right tweeter.
All screw mounts were broken on the tape mechanism as well.Basically the deck was sitting there without a single screw. Woofer surrounds are torn, full of dust and dirt, signs of rust are there. Front body panel paint and labels are almost gone. Radio scale glass is missing.I brought it home, cleaned the dust and turned it on. Wow she is not dead, But nothing happening at the tape deck, no lights, nothing. Its completely dead.(no idea why). I can hear some noises from the radio but again no signal. Line in seems to be working fine.
I played some music from my laptop. She is still loud with one tweeter missing. Left side woofer was sounding horrible, thanks to the torn surround. Amplifier seems to be working perfect. But the pots are not in good condition. Bass/treble/balance/volume pots are almost worn out. Definitely need some service. No bulgy caps or burnt components found. I am posting some pics and a small video here. Have a look.Have a look at her playing some music.
https://youtu.be/F0U4oMXGLg0
Today, I opened and removed everything,
.probably the oldest machine in my home.
Being a complete beginner at restoring and repairing electronic devices, I need your helps and advises on this project. This is going to take some time. Seems like I may not be able to find some parts. I might need to fix the broken body parts myself. Also I have plans to fix a bluetooth receiver as well. Help muh appreciated.
