How servicing has changed!
Talking about radio and TV over the last couple of months make you realise how things have changed from a servicing point of view. In …
What to look for when your TV, HiFi decides not to work properly
I have written a few articles of late relating to domestic equipment, TVs and HiFi etc. A lot of you have dropped me a line, …
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TV sets, what to buy, when to repair, how to look after…….
There comes a time, inevitably, when your old TV set eventually goes to meet its´ maker either suffering a serious illness or being beyond economical …
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Portable Radios!!
Well, owning a portable radio is one of those things you have to achieve before leaving this planet. Ever since Marconi got fed up …
Juke Boxes and a rusty tool box
I got chatting to a customer the other day about juke boxes. So I thought I would write and bore you again. Always been fascinated …
How to protect your electrical equipment, some Tips!
Well, I have written about Old TVs and radios, HiFi in the 50s-60s, servicing with a personal view of how things have changed. For better …
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British HiFi in the 50s and 60s, a golden age
In the 50s, Britain acquired quite a name in the HiFi world. The war effort had halted development and manufacturing of commercial radio and recording …
HISTORY OF THE CAR RADIO
Seems like cars have always had radios, but they didn’t. Here’s the true story: One evening, in 1929, two young men named William …
A brief history of time, Car radios!
Now, the radio and car were invented around about the same time, Marconi did the radio and another chap did the car. One day, …
Let’s have black & white 405 line television back!
In the 30s John Logie Baird was playing with his version of television. This was an electro-mechanical system and consisted of a metal disc …
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Bring back 78 rpm records???
A customer came in the other day, whilst I was repairing a 1950s record player. I actually had a 78rpm 10” record on the …
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