GE Clock/Radio restoration model # C4690A

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ธ.ค. 2024

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  • @billdepalma161
    @billdepalma161 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome job she’s a beauty great video GE was the best in the 80’s

  • @mikimike
    @mikimike 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to have a GE radio just like that. It was the first time I ever saw vacuum-tube digital read-out, but I remember it being a very good radio.

  • @dvortv
    @dvortv 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have the same radio, it actually dates to 1974. They made one prior to this (I don't remember the model #) but these are the only two with those style tubes and this is the second digital clock radio ever made by GE.

  • @BonzaiFPV
    @BonzaiFPV ปีที่แล้ว

    I skipped ahead and totally got confused because i thought for a sec the tube one had a normal modern display in it haha 😂😂 got scared for a sec
    Also side note: the dual light bulb that illuminates the radio is actually the same exact part/shroud used on other old mechanical digital clocks. Kinda cool.

  • @pcno2832
    @pcno2832 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    10:47 Those slide pots look like something out of Ike Turners studio after one of their famous extended snow sessions. It's a cool radio thought. I've never seen those one-digit tubes before, though I had an APF calculator with a whole 8 digit display in one tube of that style. The original speaker didn't sound bad to me (a little crunchy maybe, but a little cleaning might cure that); much better than most clock radios, though I'll guess that that cost 3 or 4 times the price of an average clock radio when it was new. I can't picture any significant improvement unless the electronics are also upgraded. I'd keep it as it; it seems special enough to be worth preserving in its original form.

    • @pcno2832
      @pcno2832 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Reaching the end of the video, I see it's too late to save the old speaker. Oh well, t least you found a way to make the new one fit.

  • @davismv
    @davismv 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job, I also do restoration on older GE clock videos

    • @pascpa10
      @pascpa10 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have the C4690A but the LEDs are very dim. Does GE restore these?

  • @woodyblakemore8401
    @woodyblakemore8401 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job.

  • @SSmith-fm9kg
    @SSmith-fm9kg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first was the GE model C4390A, 1971, with the same blue tubes. VERY hard to find these days. The display tubes eventually get so dark, they can't be seen.

  • @tomalcolm
    @tomalcolm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is great. Maybe I'll crack open my ghetto blaster for a tune up and cleaning now. Get rid of some of the cracking in the volume switch, and other issues.
    I was actually searching TH-cam for a solution to my GE clock radio problem. The clock is displaying minute and seconds instead of hours and minutes. Any idea how to fix that?

    • @Kasey1776
      @Kasey1776 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Button issue I think

  • @aidanhawkins6491
    @aidanhawkins6491 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It dates to 1974-75

  • @chuckmcdougall7905
    @chuckmcdougall7905 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have one and I'm pretty sure the tuner knob doesn't have aluminum