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Schanz 12-12-2014 06:04 PM

Too cute to leave behind
 
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This is more modern than I'm used to picking up but I couldn't just leave it at the flea market. GE am/fm with external tape and phono hookups. It's tube and it's heavy. The speakers are in the doors but there are no wires. Must use the hinges I guess. It powers on but doesn't produce much but static like most antique radios with shot caps.


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dieseljeep 12-12-2014 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Schanz (Post 3121159)
This is more modern than I'm used to picking up but I couldn't just leave it at the flea market. GE am/fm with external tape and phono hookups. It's tube and it's heavy. The speakers are in the doors but there are no wires. Must use the hinges I guess. It powers on but doesn't produce much but static like most antique radios with shot caps.


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The speakers were powered through the hinges, but if you wanted to separate the speakers, they included set of patch cords with RCA type plugs that plugged into the speakers and jacks on the back of the radio.
A lot of times, the hinges would need contact cleaning, as the speakers would become intermittant. Most of the times, the speaker cables were missing, if the hinge connectors were always used. :sigh:

Electronic M 12-12-2014 09:06 PM

I'll have to add that to list of those GE's that I lust after...There were radio-phono and radio-phono-monochrome TV versions too. I had a chance to buy one of the radio-phono units once, but I had limited cash, and wanted other stuff more...I hear the TV version had a blue face CRT.

Schanz 12-12-2014 09:14 PM

Ah, that's what the rca jacks in the back are for. I found the jack in the speaker as well. I assumed the hinges were the contact. No other possibilities. It's in great shape except for a little water stain. Can't wait to crack it open. Got it for $10 out the door. Not bad.

Schanz 12-12-2014 09:28 PM

Looks like I have some work to do. That filter cap looks like cheese.

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Schanz 12-12-2014 09:31 PM

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Oops. Here's the pic.

magnasonic66 12-13-2014 07:02 AM

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You're right, that was too cute to leave behind. I had a tube AM-FM stereo record player in walnut, same speaker hookups, and years later, the white French Provincial Custom Decorator, with a Daylight Blue television, radio, and phono.

dieseljeep 12-13-2014 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Schanz (Post 3121174)
Oops. Here's the pic.

That's the super-deluxe model with the power transformer and the 6AQ5 outputs. Hard to tell from the first pictures.
I have the smaller table model with the swing out speakers. Series-string chassis with 50C5, or similar output stage. Still a neat little piece.

Schanz 12-13-2014 09:28 PM

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I was surprised to see the speakers are two-ways. Hopefully the schematic is out there somewhere at least for the cap list.

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wa2ise 12-20-2014 10:23 PM

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...2&d=1418475618

Almost looks like the ancestor of the boombox... Just needs a handle on top. :D

Electronic M 12-21-2014 01:20 AM

Ya'd have to be king kong to carry that TV combo around on your shoulder for any length of time though...

zeno 12-21-2014 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Schanz (Post 3121240)
I was surprised to see the speakers are two-ways. Hopefully the schematic is out there somewhere at least for the cap list.

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Put up the model # & I will see if I got a Sams.
Neat & rare set, $10 a bargain. Once and a while GE got it
right, I thinks this is one they did.

73 Zeno:smoke:

Schanz 12-21-2014 09:40 PM

According to the back panel, it's a T2002A (maple). T2000A and T2001A are walnut and cherry respectively. A schematic would sure make ordering caps easier.

zeno 12-22-2014 04:57 PM

Sorry I dont have the Sams on this one.

73 Zeno:smoke:

Schanz 07-01-2018 03:56 PM

Well, this thread is now 3.5 years old. I finally pulled this radio off the shelf and started the restore. While waiting on capacitors to come in, I checked out the speakers and cleaned pots. One tweeter is open. Hunting for a new 1.5" tweeter. This one is rated as 1/4 watt. Don't think I'll find anything that low. Looking at one on partsexpress that's 15 watts. I can get under 10 if I look at a 6 ohm model. Anyway, anxious to see how things go this week. If anyone has a source for cheap, low watt tweeters, please let me know.
BTW, the yellow grill cloth is not original. The original is faded but not too bad looking.


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