this has been sitting unused for years at my now late-grandparents
the treble and balance bulbs were broken so i've replaced them with proper replacements
the 2 big red caps both show around 5000uF out of circuit and look perfect
everything seems to work fine but the volume is very very low, i have to turn it almost full which then gives hiss, it's clear at low volume but far too quiet to listen to.
balance works, there's not enough bass to tell if that actually works. FM stereo on all 5 channels works. remote control is mint and works perfectly(still dont understand why only P is an option and no T)
i've made a simple cable to connect my phone to the tape input and it's also too quiet to use
before i bin it or sell it for spares does anyone have any ideas? as a 5 year old i loved this machine.
a full re-cap for fun isn't going to happen, many of the replacement caps are now out of production or reduced to 2000 hour lifespans and i'm not "fixing" things that aren't broken just to waste many hours - i'm looking for a targetted repair - seems like it's the output stage, both speaker sets give the same volume and the headphone is quiet too
any ideas? any specific test points so i can narrow it down?
is Dillon still alive?
