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Radio repair
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AHM
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Extra scratchy when you touch the AF gain?
Squirt some spray pot cleaner on the pot?
Or get a quote from Kenwood service?
(Do the Intarwebs report this as a common failure mode?)
Do you have at least minimal mechanical abilities?
It would cost you almost as much as the radio is worth just to ship it somewhere. If it has audio at any point on the volume control, its very likely just a dirty pot.
Get a can of non chlorinated CRC brand or other, electronics spray cleaner, remove the top cover and spray the volume pot as you work it back and forth. It's about a $5 fix and takes about 15 minutes. It will save you over a $100+ in shipping alone.
AHM
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Total upvotes for the detailed advice,
but you made me want to be specific about the potion:
Amazon product ASIN B005T6I9HQ
Never bought any, never used it,
but just in case the formula is special,
might as well get the right stuff.
(There are other brands - this one is labeled unambiguously).
The two brick-and-mortar places I'd try in Mass are:
I love Fran, the owner of the place in Littleton (the Mill is in back),
but You-Do-It is much, much larger, and I don't understand whether
Fran's got the stuff. (It's the end of the world if Y-D-I doesn't).
Depending on which is closer, call first.
Unless you want to combine it with a Mill visit.
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-> Fran will be willing to work on it. <-
good old fashioned carbon tetrachloride spray was our go to back in the day.
But as others have said the scratchy and low volume is a 100% indicator of the potentiometer being dirty. Use a electronics cleaner and spray liberally onto the part getting as much as you can into any opening you see. Move the control full sweep a couple of times and repeat.
PS I bet CRC Electronics cleaner is available at most auto part stores
But as others have said the scratchy and low volume is a 100% indicator of the potentiometer being dirty. Use a electronics cleaner and spray liberally onto the part getting as much as you can into any opening you see. Move the control full sweep a couple of times and repeat.
PS I bet CRC Electronics cleaner is available at most auto part stores
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Appreciate the replies, wish to confirm that E+ is also a repair shop ? asking as the website I found makes no mention of service - I would very much enjoy going there, its been a while since I have been into a radio store; a really long while and as mentioned we could visit the Mill and maybe find that S&W 327 I have been searching for.
Thanks for the suggestion of Kenwood, the center did very quickly return my email stating that they were not interested due to the age of the receiver.
Thanks for the suggestion of Kenwood, the center did very quickly return my email stating that they were not interested due to the age of the receiver.
Google Deoxit D5 spray cleaner...I've been fixing pro sound equipment for 40+ years and it's all I'll use when I need to clean pots. Don't use WD-40. I've repaired many amps with ruined pots because the owner tried that. Bad JuJu..
AHM
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Call Fran up and explain the problem.
One of the last times I was in there,
he was up to his elbows in VHS player.
(Not saying he wasn't replacing a belt,
but he knows which way the electron bounces).
