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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
I never saw a satellite radio receiver hooked up to a Norelco radio before. How does it work for you? Any problems with hum or AC line isolation? Years ago, I had a Grundig 2168 multi-band radio to which I connected a 1950s Webcor reel-to-reel tape deck; it worked well, but that was all tube-type equipment.
What is so difficult about recapping a Norelco radio? Do these sets have the filter caps mounted in such a way that they are difficult or nearly impossible to replace, or are the capacitors a special type which would be difficult to find here in the U.S.?
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The sat radio is just sitting there. Its actually cabled up to the Onkyo thats out of the pic. I could wire it up fairly easily if I wanted to. The Norelco has tape and phono inputs, and this particular receiver has line output only. I just never bothered to try it.
The chassis is just fairly tight, in typical Euro fashion. I could do it, I've been working on a '53 Philco TV set that would make this Norelco a walk in the park by comparison. I just haven't felt like messing with this because it works so well. I still need to find a proper main speaker for this. Its originally set up to have a 6x9" and a 4" speaker, but the 6x9 is bad. The hitch is its an 800 ohm speaker since this thing has no output transformer. I haven't had any luck in finding the proper speaker, so I may have to break down and wire in an output transformer to get it working.
Adam: Next time you get up north, try 740 CHWO. Its a Toronto station, but they play a lot of music from the 30s-60s. They also do old time radio at night. I listened to the Lone Ranger earlier.