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I went to Goodwill today. While poking around the forgotten gadgets, I came across a dusty old Mega Watchman 525. It looked sad, had a broken antenna, was very dirty, and had no power cord. I almost decided to ignore it, but changed my mind. I explored the tangles nearby and found a good 12v power cord, plugged it in. The radio worked, but I got a weird, half-static snow image with V-hold issues. I was going to put it back, but it was only $5 with the cord, so in the end, I figured, what the heck.
Back home, I changed the antenna with a good one from a broken casio. I cleaned up the casing. Picture still looked lousy until I fiddled with the v-hold dial, and suddenly a sharp image appeared! There wasn’t anything wrong at all with that 525. Didn’t need caps (whew). So glad it worked. Aside from some dirt I easily cleaned, that Mega Watchman was in remarkably good shape after all!
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