I have to say that your YT channel is way more entertaining than our tv here in England its full of programs that are far and few worth watching ... where as here I can learn something worth while. Really enjoyed your walk / talk through process on this fine Grundig Satellit 3400 receiver, I have repaired a few radio's of very basic faults ... but nothing compared to the depth of knowledge you have and your ability to follow circuit diagrams. I can understand the good feeling when finally the repair works and voices appear through the speaker ... thanks for sharing your knowledge and work with us.
I bought a 3400 and the drum doesn't spin. I was very worried, I thought the worst. but this video of yours reassured me and helped me definitively to solve. I don't know how to thank. Grazie ciao!!!!
I noticed you stopped at Radio China International, this station has an interest with me. I've been a long time shortwave listener and picking up NHK Japan, Radio Australia and Radio China was one of my main challenges. I would write to them and enjoyed receiving replies from them. 2013 and 2015 I was invited to visit Radio China International, with others from other countries. The more I see this radio the more I'm liking it. That "Short_wave_info" looks like something I could make use of, the phone app I use for shortwave info isn't that good, so will give your one a ago. The Grundig 3400 is coming along well, great job.
Hola hice los trabajos tal cual hiciste tu Obtuve buenos resultados todo igual y la misma mecánica que tu has seguido , buenísimos resultados , Gracias ,
Interesting, to hear amateur radio-bands with this machine. It must have a veeeeery good sw-part. Be careful, when you make the alignment. This is pearl. I love it.
Treat yourself to a dedicated SW receiver. A Yaesu FRG 7 for example. Now that would make a brilliant restoration. It would help me no end lol. SW INFO is brilliant. If you click on the flag of any station it will show you on Google maps where it is, and if you zoom in you can see the actual transmitter site. Cheers Lynton.
Thanks for the mention Manuel. Turret tuner cleaning is very therapeutic but is essential as well. That screw not coming out was a pain. I’ve had to drill them out in the past. They may have used locktite on the threads. The receiver works very well indeed and the frequency readout seems pretty accurate. I liked the shortwave site as well so I will add that to my list. Cheers Graham
My pleasure Graham. I know that the regular viewers on this topic are pretty much a common pool that view many of the same channels, so my logic is that we can help promote each other and provide viewers with new interesting channels if they don’t know about them yet. I’m getting stuck into the alignment, which on this set is incredibly comprehensive, so it should keep me busy for a while 😊
@@electronicsoldandnew I've done a couple alignments on turret tuners in the past. It never seems to go with how the service manual states and takes an absolute age to do so good luck
The radio is coming along well Manuel. Thanks for the reference to Short-Wave, we can't get much here but I might find something with the help of the website.
Such a large RF shield, it must have been a challenge to fabricate the two halves to fit together so well. They used to make a special paper for cleaning paper-paths in printers. It works well for cleaning that type of switch. My dad liked the thin cardboard used to make matchbook covers. That is thicker than the cleaning paper, but would also hold a little solvent if you needed it. I would have used a small amount of Deoxit on the drum-switches too Regarding that stubborn screw, it reminded me of the old saying: "Don't force it, use a bigger hammer".
Man, you really inspired me to buy at the local flea market dirty cheap and labeled as "non-working" Grundig C4500 and Blaupunkt Riviera-94800 of the 70s and restore them. Yes, these are very simple devices, but this is the first try. Of course, there are many questions about the restoration of the appearance. Can you suggest any sites of restorers where I can ask for advice? And if possible - an immodest question. After the restoration, do you sell the radio or keep it in your collection?
I normally keep mine, but most of the restorations I do these days are on radios that belong to friends, and friends of friends. I’ve sold a few, but that is not a goal. As for the sites, I think the restoration forums may give you a better idea. Just search on google.
Enjoying having a look at your channel. Interesting to see all the engineering that goes into a Grundig Satellit 3400 Having lived in SA I wonder if you have ever worked on the Barlow Wadley XCR-30 and done an alignment. Seems a simple set but the alignment is another story
Great work as always. A rather stupid question.. I also have a 3400 and I serviced it some months ago. Like you I take pics all the time to not forget how to put what I do together again... however in the case of the 3400 I forgot something which I could not find a place for while reassembling... as I guess its still fresh for you maybe you know. It's 4 little rings that can sit between a small screw and the surface, ''embedding'' the screwhead... Any idea where they need to go? ;)
@@electronicsoldandnew thanks for the swift response. Yes I always start out with a empty rack tray, and I even remember taking them off.. except where I did that... Never mind, the mystery remains unsolved.
Manuel, as i´ve heard during your reception tests, you live in a rural environment. My urban environment causes many noise interference on SW by many computers, monitors, plc modems and other stuff. Listening on SW is nearly impossible here.
Yes, this area is a little rural, even though it takes me 15 minutes to drive to my office in the centre of Funchal. It makes for a more quiet (electrically) environment. I have also been extremely lucky with the mini-whip antenna that I’m always talking about.
I have wanted to have pc boards made for me, but the problem I have is that with any house that makes the boards, you have to send them the Gerber files and I have been unable to get any software to work so that I could send those files. I have tried KiCAD most recently, but I needed files for the library and I did all the steps indicated to download the files and install them, but when I look for them, they aren't there! There are several boards I need to be made but unless I can get a working software to make the design, I am out of luck!
Hello there! Any idea how to replace a broken FM tuning coil? These things with the ferrite core inside. I found a lot of old radios without housing and one has a broken coil (the plastic thing is broken as are the ferrit cores inside. Its just lose wire (but still connected). I was able to measure both coils (ohm). Could i use just use two (newer) adjustable coils with a ferrite core? They measure the same ohms as the broken ones (2,2 and 1,2). If its possible (does not need to be perfect) i think i also need to connect the small capacitors too which where inside the broken one.
Hello Sir, I've same model .But this have problem. FM is not working. Even spare parts not available. I hope you can guide me. Thanks a lot. Kewal Krishan, India
Unfortunately our government decided to kill Voice of Australia (Shortwave) a few years ago, deciding Shortwave was dead. Chinese stations very quickly took over the frequencies we use to have. It's really disappointing that decision was made.
Hello Again, my real name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris, I was wondering if you and your band would still like to do the other way Round Extended Word Lyrics But in you’re own Words Pretty Please? and sing it differently in the exact different versions for all of us Fans and just Reuse and Remix the Original Extended Background songs For this particular song from the Korgis, Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime, why don’t you and you’re band Replace the Synthesizer Strings Sound for those Two Musette 🪗 sounds and make those Two Musette Accordion’s 3 to 8 and a half times more Deeper then the Original Synthesizer Strings Sound that they have used for this Purticular Extended Type of Original Background Song Called Everybody's got to Learn Sometime by The Korgis Pretty Please? and also Replace the Xylophone Sound to a 36 Times More Deeper Chime Bells And Even an 74 Times More Deeper Still Drums Sound, Because it is Still one of my Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Favourite original Extended Type of Background Song Ever Since I was about 10 Years of Age Thank You Very Very Much X X X X X
Sorry. My band is fully booked until Xmas. We’re doing “wish you a merry Christmas” to the tune of “stairway to heaven”, and we need all the time available to practice, as we’re replacing all string instruments with handsaws, played with pure 3-d printed PLA bows, and it’s tough.
I have to say that your YT channel is way more entertaining than our tv here in England its full of programs that are far and few worth watching ... where as here I can learn something worth while.
Really enjoyed your walk / talk through process on this fine Grundig Satellit 3400 receiver, I have repaired a few radio's of very basic faults ... but nothing compared to the depth of knowledge you have and your ability to follow circuit diagrams.
I can understand the good feeling when finally the repair works and voices appear through the speaker ... thanks for sharing your knowledge and work with us.
My pleasure
I bought a 3400 and the drum doesn't spin. I was very worried, I thought the worst. but this video of yours reassured me and helped me definitively to solve. I don't know how to thank. Grazie ciao!!!!
It’s a pleasure. 😊
I noticed you stopped at Radio China International, this station has an interest with me. I've been a long time shortwave listener and picking up NHK Japan, Radio Australia and Radio China was one of my main challenges. I would write to them and enjoyed receiving replies from them. 2013 and 2015 I was invited to visit Radio China International, with others from other countries. The more I see this radio the more I'm liking it. That "Short_wave_info" looks like something I could make use of, the phone app I use for shortwave info isn't that good, so will give your one a ago. The Grundig 3400 is coming along well, great job.
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Hola
hice los trabajos tal cual hiciste tu
Obtuve buenos resultados todo igual y la misma mecánica que tu has seguido , buenísimos resultados ,
Gracias ,
Interesting, to hear amateur radio-bands with this machine. It must have a veeeeery good sw-part. Be careful, when you make the alignment. This is pearl. I love it.
Thanks, will do!
Treat yourself to a dedicated SW receiver. A Yaesu FRG 7 for example. Now that would make a brilliant restoration. It would help me no end lol. SW INFO is brilliant. If you click on the flag of any station it will show you on Google maps where it is, and if you zoom in you can see the actual transmitter site. Cheers Lynton.
I will probably come across one of those one of these days. Looking forward to it.
Thanks for the mention Manuel. Turret tuner cleaning is very therapeutic but is essential as well. That screw not coming out was a pain. I’ve had to drill them out in the past. They may have used locktite on the threads. The receiver works very well indeed and the frequency readout seems pretty accurate. I liked the shortwave site as well so I will add that to my list. Cheers Graham
My pleasure Graham. I know that the regular viewers on this topic are pretty much a common pool that view many of the same channels, so my logic is that we can help promote each other and provide viewers with new interesting channels if they don’t know about them yet.
I’m getting stuck into the alignment, which on this set is incredibly comprehensive, so it should keep me busy for a while 😊
@@electronicsoldandnew I've done a couple alignments on turret tuners in the past. It never seems to go with how the service manual states and takes an absolute age to do so good luck
thanks Graham
You are a magician to me.
Love all your video's, fixing, allignment stuff and so forth.
thanks
The radio is coming along well Manuel. Thanks for the reference to Short-Wave, we can't get much here but I might find something with the help of the website.
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I understand your process...people shouldn't complain!
Interesting tuner design for a radio. Remenecent to the turret tuner of old televisions from the 1960's.
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Such a large RF shield, it must have been a challenge to fabricate the two halves to fit together so well.
They used to make a special paper for cleaning paper-paths in printers. It works well for cleaning that type of switch. My dad liked the thin cardboard used to make matchbook covers. That is thicker than the cleaning paper, but would also hold a little solvent if you needed it.
I would have used a small amount of Deoxit on the drum-switches too
Regarding that stubborn screw, it reminded me of the old saying: "Don't force it, use a bigger hammer".
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These are fantastic especially part 5 circuit only was great
Thank you
my pleasure
Great job, nice to see your actual work. The shortwave info channel looks interesting, I'll definitely give it a go.
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Manuel's new favorite shortwave receiver.
Absolutely 😊
These are really good receivers! My 3000 (they look identical inside) also had loose dial plates in the turret tuner
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Alignment seems pretty much spot-on even before you've touched it! Grundig didn't mess about when they made these.
It seems pretty well aligned, but I can’t resist going through the procedure anyway.
@@electronicsoldandnew I'd think you were ill if you didn't!
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Um dos meus restauros favoritos. Obrigado
Prazer Tiago. E o Zenith grandalhão ?
Man, that sounds great on SW!
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Man, you really inspired me to buy at the local flea market dirty cheap and labeled as "non-working" Grundig C4500 and Blaupunkt Riviera-94800 of the 70s and restore them. Yes, these are very simple devices, but this is the first try. Of course, there are many questions about the restoration of the appearance. Can you suggest any sites of restorers where I can ask for advice? And if possible - an immodest question. After the restoration, do you sell the radio or keep it in your collection?
I normally keep mine, but most of the restorations I do these days are on radios that belong to friends, and friends of friends. I’ve sold a few, but that is not a goal.
As for the sites, I think the restoration forums may give you a better idea. Just search on google.
Enjoying having a look at your channel. Interesting to see all the engineering that goes into a Grundig Satellit 3400 Having lived in SA I wonder if you have ever worked on the Barlow Wadley XCR-30 and done an alignment. Seems a simple set but the alignment is another story
No, I haven’t had that set come across my path … yet.
That Turret unit is like that in the KLF VEGA and VEGA Selina.
true
Great work as always. A rather stupid question.. I also have a 3400 and I serviced it some months ago. Like you I take pics all the time to not forget how to put what I do together again... however in the case of the 3400 I forgot something which I could not find a place for while reassembling... as I guess its still fresh for you maybe you know. It's 4 little rings that can sit between a small screw and the surface, ''embedding'' the screwhead... Any idea where they need to go? ;)
O haven’t found any such washers on the set so far. Are you sure it came out of your 3400?
@@electronicsoldandnew thanks for the swift response. Yes I always start out with a empty rack tray, and I even remember taking them off.. except where I did that... Never mind, the mystery remains unsolved.
You’ll be walking down the street one day and suddenly …
Maybe I missed this but is reception from your active antenna? It's very good.
Yes, the mini whip.
Hmmmm those guitars look untouched... the radio, on the other hand, is going great :)
I'm ashamed to admit that you are quite right.
Manuel, as i´ve heard during your reception tests, you live in a rural environment. My urban environment causes many noise interference on SW by many computers, monitors, plc modems and other stuff. Listening on SW is nearly impossible here.
Yes, this area is a little rural, even though it takes me 15 minutes to drive to my office in the centre of Funchal. It makes for a more quiet (electrically) environment. I have also been extremely lucky with the mini-whip antenna that I’m always talking about.
I have wanted to have pc boards made for me, but the problem I have is that with any house that makes the boards, you have to send them the Gerber files and I have been unable to get any software to work so that I could send those files. I have tried KiCAD most recently, but I needed files for the library and I did all the steps indicated to download the files and install them, but when I look for them, they aren't there! There are several boards I need to be made but unless I can get a working software to make the design, I am out of luck!
Easyeda is the simplest by far.
Hello there!
Any idea how to replace a broken FM tuning coil? These things with the ferrite core inside. I found a lot of old radios without housing and one has a broken coil (the plastic thing is broken as are the ferrit cores inside. Its just lose wire (but still connected). I was able to measure both coils (ohm). Could i use just use two (newer) adjustable coils with a ferrite core? They measure the same ohms as the broken ones (2,2 and 1,2).
If its possible (does not need to be perfect) i think i also need to connect the small capacitors too which where inside the broken one.
You can do that, but you’ll have to adjust the resonant frequency exactly for it to work properly.
@@electronicsoldandnew Oi! Perfect, thanks. Gonna try it (-: Keep up the good work!
Ha ha right at the end of the video no 5 I think your frequency alignment was between 300hz to 1000 hz with an output of 45 Db on the Snorometer
I need to do an alignment on that. 😊 😴
Hello Sir, I've same model .But this have problem. FM is not working. Even spare parts not available. I hope you can guide me. Thanks a lot.
Kewal Krishan, India
I’m afraid all I can do is in the videos that I’ve posted. Apologies.
Unfortunately our government decided to kill Voice of Australia (Shortwave) a few years ago, deciding Shortwave was dead. Chinese stations very quickly took over the frequencies we use to have. It's really disappointing that decision was made.
That seems to be a common trend.
Respect🎉🎉😅
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Hello Again, my real name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris, I was wondering if you and your band would still like to do the other way Round Extended Word Lyrics But in you’re own Words Pretty Please? and sing it differently in the exact different versions for all of us Fans and just Reuse and Remix the Original Extended Background songs For this particular song from the Korgis, Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime, why don’t you and you’re band Replace the Synthesizer Strings Sound for those Two Musette 🪗 sounds and make those Two Musette Accordion’s 3 to 8 and a half times more Deeper then the Original Synthesizer Strings Sound that they have used for this Purticular Extended Type of Original Background Song Called Everybody's got to Learn Sometime by The Korgis Pretty Please? and also Replace the Xylophone Sound to a 36 Times More Deeper Chime Bells And Even an 74 Times More Deeper Still Drums Sound, Because it is Still one of my Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Favourite original Extended Type of Background Song Ever Since I was about 10 Years of Age Thank You Very Very Much X X X X X
Sorry. My band is fully booked until Xmas. We’re doing “wish you a merry Christmas” to the tune of “stairway to heaven”, and we need all the time available to practice, as we’re replacing all string instruments with handsaws, played with pure 3-d printed PLA bows, and it’s tough.