Motorola XC1FH Clock Radio

[AUdubon5425]

Another give-away at a garage sale I went to a few months ago. The speaker was rattling around inside the cabinet and the set was very dirty. The clock face was stained and the power/alarm knob was sloppily glued onto the shaft.

SO why even bother?

I guess I feel sorry for sets like these. It's a pocket transistor radio with a power transformer and low-end Telechron clock with no snooze or buzzer. I guess I put forth the effort because everyone else would have pitched this cheapie.

The radio and clock still worked fine. The cabinet took a lot of scrubbing, especially in the grill area. I reattached the speaker to the plastic stud (only one was left - it's pretty stable though.) I borrowed a steamer to get the knob off the shaft.

The hardest part was recreating the dial face. The original was discolored brown with stains on it. I scanned it and then realized I no longer had Paint Shop Pro since I reformatted my computer. I managed to finagle the image with some free software until it was "good enough for now." The plastic clock face was pretty yellowed and I'll polish it out one day, but it's miles better than it was.

When I get another copy of Paint Shop Pro I'll redo the dial face. The newest version is $70 and I'm not sure it'll run smoothly on my old computer. (I think I had PSP 7 before.) The only other repair needed is the time-set knob broke off the stud.