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I think you will be able to get quite a good output eventually. I used the machine as an amp for meeting in a school hall through a couple of columns.. I had to use it in the record position with the rec. and stop buttons down. This was because there was a very heavy bass boost present if just left with function off. Maybe because of EQ needed for the tape heads being present. Also, so current not being fed to the motors. But a very faithful machine.

Hi, ive inherited a treasure trove of old electrical equipment including this machine. I get that its a power supply and yet i dont understand how it would be used. Can you help?

Remembers Tony the Cityline minibus driver who used to give us alternative teens a free ride on his bus. Many years later he became my next door neighbour.

Prick in the blue rover driving ike an ass on those little streets.

That house on Newmarket street is still that garish yellow!😆😉

Those roof-tops you can see in the first 2 minutes ... We got very pissed one night, so when we came out of Rizzy's (Monday night - drinks 50p) we climbed up the fire escape at the back of Sainsburys and climbed across the roofs as a 'short cut' - except the drop back down at the corner (Swifts ?) was too high so we had to go all the way back. Looking at that pitched roof above what was the co-op - I'm not sure how we made it ... ah, those were the days.

Ingenious how the winding for the motor also served as a step down transformer to power the amplifier.

Oh I love these beautiful old radios. Thanks for the upload.

Will this operate on batteries as well as house current please.?

I grew up in Norwich in the Unthank Road area in the 70s and 80s. Really enjoyed seeing how it was.

Could you repair one of these mic I sent it to you

Can receive it every evening here in Denmark but I think it has whooping 5KW today. Must be about 600km or so.

Great video. I have two of these radios. Both working well. If its not broken don't fix it.

Great video, I have not taken my apart, just wondering if the 4 screws from the back is the only one holding the cover on? Also, have you change the battery on this unit? thanks

Ecl82 tat is cool. 😀

Darren, I held such a tape recorder in my hands in 1980 and was dumbfounded by the simplicity of the cassette release/retention mechanism and thus still can't understand how and why it works like that. . This mechanism is clearly visible at 4:40. Could you make a video from the same angle slowly pressing the CASS button a few times? . Thank you very much !

Onya Dazza, look good together

I found your Hitachi WM20 video very helpful. The AR SW7100 is identical, and your video proved it

Great video! Just got one myself. Wont ff or rewind, but the mechanism inside seems to move freely. Maybe something wrong about the capstans (?). Do you know the size of the rubber belts on this one? And was it just unscrew the voltage switch? I see there are two screws on the switch - one on the top and one on the bottom. Will it make it removable so that I can accsess the cassette mechanism?

1969. The BSR deck mech gives it away. Bsr slightly changed that auto mech in mid 1970 for lighter tracking during engagement of the velocity trip.

Turntable from hell. Cracking job.

Does it play and record chrome tapes?

Nice job, those decks are tricky to get just right. Cabinet looks nice too.

Wow looks so good your the best super job 😀 Thanks cant wait to play something on it

Wow, that's a spartan radiogram. Really built on a cost but still a lot of metal and wood. These days it would be all plastic. Great job on the restoration. Really nice to see another video of yours. 👍

Thank god ..A Great video that is really interesting Just done a BSR UA 8 The dirt that washed off, i stripped the whole thing and washed the mechanism with warm oxy wash it still needed 2 washes..Thank you for showing this deck never seeen one exactly like it..Strange how it works the record sizes, Still automatic not like the later ones ..Great job Darren Brilliant video as always ..Hope you are keeping well ....

These were cheap but they did the job I have rebuilt lots of these BSR decks and they were made to last I have never had one worn out top video Darren

Wow, that is a real poverty spec radiogram, no FM & mono 🤣 It certainly needed a lot of work, I hope the owner is going to give it regular use!

Another enjoyable video. Thanks Darren,

Hi Darren, looks like the original spec from Alba was to produce a radiogram. with the lowest grade components available. The plastic BSR TT was a good start. I must admit it sounded slightly better than I thought it might.

Well done babes x

Good to see you back! 👍

Hello, my grandpa just passed me one of these units. What kind of tape would they take and is it easy to come by in the UK? I have never really used a reel to reel machine before.

Damn Lip Smacker

Have lived in Norwich all my life and will never leave here despite all the changes, it's still a great place to live. 😂

Hello! I own the same radio. Tell me, friends, where can I get such a Pioneer 4 ohm 1W speaker? I looked online, it wasn't even on eBay. I will be grateful for the information.

Thank you for the informative! video Absolute beginner here, just got one of these do you know by any chance how i would go about hooking this up to a computer or a phone to play videos on it ? Greetings from germany

Had one of these as a kid as my first record player. It was black with woodgrain. I loved that thing! Happy memories of playing my Mum's old 45s (not very carefully, sorry Mum), and then my own LPs. Very simple with very little to go wrong.

what is the huge building in the back at 1:47 to 1:51?

Thanks for the video! about to embark on replacing all the lights inside my mom's 202. Not sure I'm ambitious enough to swap for LEDs, although it looks slick. any idea what bulbs the original used? I have the schematic, but it lists a part number that nobody seems to have.

It is AM or FM signal?

I got one for Christmas 🎄 1976

That signal at the bottom of the long wave band is station ddr-h 145.68 khz rtty 50/85 German weather station

Thanks Darren, nice video. I also have an MVT 8000 with exactly the same problem. Great scanner but indeed a little hard to program like you said. I did not take the board out yet but it's clearly the so-called gold cap losing charge instantly. Where did you buy the cap you used and any idea how long it will keep the charge? 73 from PA.

Well done ❤

Thank you for this presentation, its exactly the type I learn from. Even though I'm a vintage radio collector, I find the new technology just as fascinating, especially the way you explained it.

Nice one Darren, looked extremely complicated to me, well done.

I have a little jasonkit in my my workshop feeding an old pa high z amp.And i must say it is a bit of a fm mono dx munster with a good anntena..Think you for the vid.I thought i was the only one left working with this type of stuff...Cheers...

My Dad had a Ferguson Videostar at this time. He worked in Norwich, Chapelfield. I can agree it was a heavy on the shoukder piece of kit! We were extremely privelged to have a 'video recorder'!

You built it so I'm sure you know, but I thought the white diode visible from the horn would be the mixer diode. The iris from the Gunn cavity appears to be further in. I've been a ham for over 40-years and a couple of times wanted to fiddle with 10ghz but found that the components are scarce as chicken's teeth with prices past the Moon. So, I never did.