Great ending. Please explain how to remove a 300T chassis from the wooden frame. I removed all the screws , but it is still stuck ?? Thank-You very much.
I'm glad you fixed it anyway. The earlier aqua blue model with the older RCA Victor script below the volume control was the first good record player I had when I was a kid after I wore out a junk acoustic model. Loved the ending..Chipmunks.. You should just smash that record!
eBay really has become Fantasyland. Sellers think everything older than last month is a valuable artifact worth museum prices. Or/and they think shipping is $20 an ounce.
8:49 You're probably sick of reading this, but I'm still hoping to see you wire L & R in series on one of those Crosley cartridges to double the output voltage. It might not have been enough to make this machine palatable, but it would probably help with more marginal cases. I'll bet that amplifier had an over-done version of the low-volume bass-boost that GE and RCA loved so much; it was useful to make an under-powered amp sound good in a demonstration while keeping it from distorting at higher volumes; of course, a weak cartridge would keep the volume knob in the tinny zone. Anyway, that "WHITE GURL" thing at the end had a beat that was so annoying, it sounded as if the record was skipping.
Do u know where I can find a serial number for this turntable at. I got the same one but blue with the new RCA logo on the lid. Like to see if I can get a schematic to find out the amp is weak. Cartridge dose nothing so I tested the leads on the bottom of the board with aligater clips to a headjack to play music and it's low and distorted at max volume. I did jump 2 caps and one dose nothing (100mfd 15v) well the other drops the audio (2mfd 50v). Thank you.
I had that cartridge in my 1972 RCA Vibra record changer that I got when I was 6 years old. I used it for about 4 1/2 years. The arm broke and it skipped like crazy before that happened. The tone arm on this one is definitely different. It was a 4 speed, too.
If I'm not mistaken, RCA discontinued its consumer electronics division, and now on consumer electronics the RCA name is just licensed, while the product itself is built by any one of a dozen or so manufacturers. I can't remember where I read that. I remember RCA-branded Bluetooth speakers, and I swear I recall seeing an RCA-branded 'Crosley'-type record player a few years ago.
Hello rtvpn, It plays records, good fix for cheap. It's good you have a fun hobby during these uncertain, stay at home times. Glad your doing well. Best, C.
Hi. Can you point me to a schematic for that unit? I've been playing with low-distortion preamps for one-tube wonders, and I was wondering what this thing has for an amp and amp power supply.
That's why you see that crap keep getting relisted time after time because sellers assume somebody will be stupid enough and pull the trigger sooner or later.
Nice repair I hear ya about e bay e bay has been a ripoff for quite a while now especially the shipping charges and what some people want for stuff is crazy.
Nahh, on a cheapie old record players like this one, your better of staying with the cheap Crosley Chinesism cartridge and toss in another cheap preamp stage and a 12 volt power supply to give it some added boost. At the end of the day, you can still be all done for under $10.00 and, if your looking to bring something back to life so someone can get some use out of it, you really don’t want a $25-30 NOS cartridge in it because, 1. Your wasting a good NOS high voltage cartridge that could save nicer equipment and 2. Whoever gets this to use won’t be willing to invest another $30.00 plus into another NOS cartridge in the reasonably likely event that it fails on them too soon in a few years, so your efforts to make the machine useable and serviceable again will just end with a frustrated new owner tossing it in the trash anyway. On machines like this, I like to just install those cheap red Crosley cartridges onto the arm with some clear silicon chalk; just enough to hold it in place securely but still allow it to be easily removed from the arm when it needs replacement. Even with the added “Chinesism goodness”, you still have a tougher player than a new Crosley but its just as cheap to keep alive as the Crosley!
Most of these old American amps did run in Class A. So did many of the early solid state radios. With only 3 transistors there would be no possibility of anything else.
Stroke it really hard. Giggity. Anyway putting anything on ebay soon? Looking for an old school one like this that will play 33. Other speeds I'm not concerned about. Big fan been watching since 2018
In any decent sound system, all the volume you want should come from the final amp stage & volume control. That's why I don't like much modern pop music of any genre. Mastered so loud it clips the input stage of older and most newer gear.
I understand why they wanted to de-emphasize Nipper, since it was owned by other companies overseas. But that block-letter logo was about as ugly as they could make it. For whatever reason, that was the beginning of the long decline of RCA as a brand.
@@misterhat5823 Somebody must have. The Chrysler pentagram-star, another logo I intensely dislike, was phased in around that time. I was happy when they put Nipper back on the record label in the mid 1970s. It also hung around in inconspicuous places on their TVs for years; I assume they (RCA, GE, Thomson) were trying to retain ownership of it in the USA while being able to slap a label over it for any sets that were sold where they couldn't use it.
By 1975, RCA put nipper back on their records again. I'm not sure if this is true or not, but I heard they did it because of public complaints that liked that logo. I suppose it was a good idea, have the "new modern" RCA block letters while also emphasizing the roots of the company, even though they didn't take ownership of Victor until 1929.
TEAC Fan Maybe 1976 to say the least. RCA brought back the Nipper “His Master’s Voice” logo after a 7-year hiatus mainly on record albums. when RCA changed it to a modern logo, they ditched the Nipper logo and he would never see it for the next 7 years. Nipper was the original mascot known for the “His Master’s Voice” trademark since it first the scene in 1901 as the Victor Talking Machine Co. in Camden, NJ. After RCA ditched the Nipper logo, all records from 1968 through 1975 used the new modern RCA logo for record albums, and the label was orange with the block RCA logo was shown horizontally on the left and the name “Victor” on the right, and no Nipper in sight.
The British and Australian made EMI His Master's Voice brand(rightful owner of the Dog & Gramophone trademark) record players of the 1960s were far superior to these lowly RCA throwaway gadgets.
@@youtubeviewer7030 I had one of them years ago, modded it with a BSR C1 cart, put 2 cart out jacks on the back and run to a Realistic SA-10 amp and old Rola 8M speakers, used normal wire in the Merc instead of shielded, the hum was terrible, today I have 2 of these, the charcoal one found in hard rubbish years ago, found out the speaker is open, red one from ebay, came with seized motor, had to dismantle and lube it, seller received neu fb, in hindsight should have put in not as described item claim, sold as used
I came here from a video by Recordology about a Fisher Price phonograph! I actually posted a comment in there about how that video made me think of you! I'm already imagining you making a video on the same deck... "It might be a cheap junker record deck for kids... but it's still better than that cheap Chinese Crosley crap! Also, I'm shooting this on my Nokia N73, it may be twenty years old but the damn thing still works! And I got one of those MiniSD to MicroSD adapters meaning I can put a new memory card in there. And as for 5G, this thing ain't even got 4G!! You folks that think you can get COVID-19 off 5G? Really?? If that was right don't you think those... adult entertainment websites would be all over that?! Go 5G and you can actually download those ladies of loose virtue to... entrtain you for real!! You *CAN* download a car from 5G!! Dumbasses!! Still, it don't run Android and it ain't an iPhone, so it still ain't telling the NSA anything my mobile network ain't telling them!"
Good night I'm from Brazil, Arcos MG. I have one of these and I was in need of the scheme in details of current voltage and inductance of these inductors that go to valves 6j5 and 6sj7 to try to recover this beautiful device please if possible give me your email. Rf triplet 2432 .
And your playing of White Gurl has me thinking of Photonicinduction!!
Great ending. Please explain how to remove a 300T chassis from the wooden frame.
I removed all the screws , but it is still stuck ?? Thank-You very much.
There may be a screw on the underside of the cabinet. If not, the chassis is likely stuck and will need some aggressive pulling.
@@radiotvphononut Thank-You very much for the input, and prompt reply.
I have that Half-Breed record. By Cher. Cool old kiddie player.
Me too. I still have the same 45.
I did one a couple years back that was pretty similar. It was charcoal color. I ended up building a preamp for that one.
Here it is... ua-cam.com/video/olIZGK37i9M/v-deo.html
Mine was from 1967. Same amplifier.
White Gurl sounds pretty good at 78 rpm lol.
lol @ that last record. The stuff some people call "music" boggles the mind, doesn't it?
I'm glad you fixed it anyway. The earlier aqua blue model with the older RCA Victor script below the volume control was the first good record player I had when I was a kid after I wore out a junk acoustic model. Loved the ending..Chipmunks.. You should just smash that record!
Agree with you about ebay, rarely see a bargain nowadays .
eBay really has become Fantasyland. Sellers think everything older than last month is a valuable artifact worth museum prices. Or/and they think shipping is $20 an ounce.
@@RuneTheFirst true!
@@RuneTheFirst fleabay fleecebay
8:49 You're probably sick of reading this, but I'm still hoping to see you wire L & R in series on one of those Crosley cartridges to double the output voltage. It might not have been enough to make this machine palatable, but it would probably help with more marginal cases. I'll bet that amplifier had an over-done version of the low-volume bass-boost that GE and RCA loved so much; it was useful to make an under-powered amp sound good in a demonstration while keeping it from distorting at higher volumes; of course, a weak cartridge would keep the volume knob in the tinny zone. Anyway, that "WHITE GURL" thing at the end had a beat that was so annoying, it sounded as if the record was skipping.
The best part was Alvin singing about white squirrels! 🐿
Like it a peace of history
Tell us what you really think of Ebay.
Great video a lot of fun to watch.
Nice repair on this harvest gold child's record player. Very vintage.
Do u know where I can find a serial number for this turntable at. I got the same one but blue with the new RCA logo on the lid. Like to see if I can get a schematic to find out the amp is weak. Cartridge dose nothing so I tested the leads on the bottom of the board with aligater clips to a headjack to play music and it's low and distorted at max volume. I did jump 2 caps and one dose nothing (100mfd 15v) well the other drops the audio (2mfd 50v). Thank you.
I had that cartridge in my 1972 RCA Vibra record changer that I got when I was 6 years old. I used it for about 4 1/2 years. The arm broke and it skipped like crazy before that happened. The tone arm on this one is definitely different. It was a 4 speed, too.
Thanks for sharing the rap song at the end... LOL
Nowadays RCA means Really Crappy Appliance.
Chris S lol
Rancid Chinese Appliance, more like.
If I'm not mistaken, RCA discontinued its consumer electronics division, and now on consumer electronics the RCA name is just licensed, while the product itself is built by any one of a dozen or so manufacturers.
I can't remember where I read that. I remember RCA-branded Bluetooth speakers, and I swear I recall seeing an RCA-branded 'Crosley'-type record player a few years ago.
Hello rtvpn, It plays records, good fix for cheap. It's good you have a fun hobby during these uncertain, stay at home times. Glad your doing well. Best, C.
Smart record player. Doesn’t like mumble rap
Hi. Can you point me to a schematic for that unit? I've been playing with low-distortion preamps for one-tube wonders, and I was wondering what this thing has for an amp and amp power supply.
People on eBay charge so much for these things I don't know why!! I doubt they're actually worth that much.
That's why you see that crap keep getting relisted time after time because sellers assume somebody will be stupid enough and pull the trigger sooner or later.
With the economy flat-lined now and people out of work, I doubt they'll be selling that overpriced crap anytime soon.
Ending the video with chipmunk mumble rap
Nice repair I hear ya about e bay e bay has been a ripoff for quite a while now especially the shipping charges and what some people want for stuff is crazy.
Even on items marked as free shipping...you can bet they added shipping costs to the item price.
@@teacfan1080 ...business is business-!!
@@teacfan1080 free shipping is crap if you want to buy multiples, no postage discounts
With that mumble crap, how can you tell if the record is stuck or skipping? It all sounds like garbage on it's best day!
I don't think that record player was designed for playing contemporary music records. Regardless, it's a very interesting video. Cheers!
That tracking angle on an LP though.... yikes!
I don't think it was intended for music period.
Stroke it baby!!!!!! Play the Clarence Carter Strokin record!!!
Playing a bit fast...
Alvin, Simon, Theodore!!!
Nice I would love to meet you sometime or at least talk with you on the phone
Alvin and the chipmunks mumble rap. My favorite!
Nahh, on a cheapie old record players like this one, your better of staying with the cheap Crosley Chinesism cartridge and toss in another cheap preamp stage and a 12 volt power supply to give it some added boost. At the end of the day, you can still be all done for under $10.00 and, if your looking to bring something back to life so someone can get some use out of it, you really don’t want a $25-30 NOS cartridge in it because, 1. Your wasting a good NOS high voltage cartridge that could save nicer equipment and 2. Whoever gets this to use won’t be willing to invest another $30.00 plus into another NOS cartridge in the reasonably likely event that it fails on them too soon in a few years, so your efforts to make the machine useable and serviceable again will just end with a frustrated new owner tossing it in the trash anyway. On machines like this, I like to just install those cheap red Crosley cartridges onto the arm with some clear silicon chalk; just enough to hold it in place securely but still allow it to be easily removed from the arm when it needs replacement. Even with the added “Chinesism goodness”, you still have a tougher player than a new Crosley but its just as cheap to keep alive as the Crosley!
Have you tried wiring L & R in series? I'd expect that to make it possible to avoid the trouble of adding an amplifier stage.
The one tube wonders will have cleaner sound. They run in Class A, I don't think that solid state amp runs in class A.
The older solid state amps did tend to run class B and have a good bit of zero crossing distortion.
Most of these old American amps did run in Class A. So did many of the early solid state radios. With only 3 transistors there would be no possibility of anything else.
Stroke it really hard.
Giggity.
Anyway putting anything on ebay soon? Looking for an old school one like this that will play 33. Other speeds I'm not concerned about.
Big fan been watching since 2018
In any decent sound system, all the volume you want should come from the final amp stage & volume control. That's why I don't like much modern pop music of any genre. Mastered so loud it clips the input stage of older and most newer gear.
What a beautiful (and meaningful) ending! I laughed and laughed!
It sounds better in that speed
I understand why they wanted to de-emphasize Nipper, since it was owned by other companies overseas. But that block-letter logo was about as ugly as they could make it. For whatever reason, that was the beginning of the long decline of RCA as a brand.
For some reason everyone liked block letters back then though.
@@misterhat5823 Somebody must have. The Chrysler pentagram-star, another logo I intensely dislike, was phased in around that time. I was happy when they put Nipper back on the record label in the mid 1970s. It also hung around in inconspicuous places on their TVs for years; I assume they (RCA, GE, Thomson) were trying to retain ownership of it in the USA while being able to slap a label over it for any sets that were sold where they couldn't use it.
By 1975, RCA put nipper back on their records again. I'm not sure if this is true or not, but I heard they did it because of public complaints that liked that logo. I suppose it was a good idea, have the "new modern" RCA block letters while also emphasizing the roots of the company, even though they didn't take ownership of Victor until 1929.
TEAC Fan Maybe 1976 to say the least. RCA brought back the Nipper “His Master’s Voice” logo after a 7-year hiatus mainly on record albums. when RCA changed it to a modern logo, they ditched the Nipper logo and he would never see it for the next 7 years. Nipper was the original mascot known for the “His Master’s Voice” trademark since it first the scene in 1901 as the Victor Talking Machine Co. in Camden, NJ.
After RCA ditched the Nipper logo, all records from 1968 through 1975 used the new modern RCA logo for record albums, and the label was orange with the block RCA logo was shown horizontally on the left and the name “Victor” on the right, and no Nipper in sight.
The British and Australian made EMI His Master's Voice brand(rightful owner of the Dog & Gramophone trademark) record players of the 1960s were far superior to these lowly RCA throwaway gadgets.
the HMV Mercury they came in three different colours red,grey and black interesting little record player only down side it had that transistor sound
@@youtubeviewer7030 I had one of them years ago, modded it with a BSR C1 cart, put 2 cart out jacks on the back and run to a Realistic SA-10 amp and old Rola 8M speakers, used normal wire in the Merc instead of shielded, the hum was terrible, today I have 2 of these, the charcoal one found in hard rubbish years ago, found out the speaker is open, red one from ebay, came with seized motor, had to dismantle and lube it, seller received neu fb, in hindsight should have put in not as described item claim, sold as used
wtched this on a RCA table yes it cheap made it wroks it made better then a crosly curiser
The GE Show ‘N Tell has a cheap tonearm and it needs replacement to play all records.
Hey, you can sell that one for about $2000 and call it the self-sampling model!
well that was a new intro.
One time I played Black Sabbath at 78 speed (yeah?) and I saw GOD man..........
I came here from a video by Recordology about a Fisher Price phonograph! I actually posted a comment in there about how that video made me think of you!
I'm already imagining you making a video on the same deck...
"It might be a cheap junker record deck for kids... but it's still better than that cheap Chinese Crosley crap!
Also, I'm shooting this on my Nokia N73, it may be twenty years old but the damn thing still works! And I got one of those MiniSD to MicroSD adapters meaning I can put a new memory card in there. And as for 5G, this thing ain't even got 4G!!
You folks that think you can get COVID-19 off 5G? Really?? If that was right don't you think those... adult entertainment websites would be all over that?! Go 5G and you can actually download those ladies of loose virtue to... entrtain you for real!! You *CAN* download a car from 5G!! Dumbasses!!
Still, it don't run Android and it ain't an iPhone, so it still ain't telling the NSA anything my mobile network ain't telling them!"
Lol you're the king of Mumble Rapp.
that last record I would use for skeet practice for my 12 Gauge
...well, ya can't please EVERYBODY-!!
Good night I'm from Brazil, Arcos MG. I have one of these and I was in need of the scheme in details of current voltage and inductance of these inductors that go to valves 6j5 and 6sj7 to try to recover this beautiful device please if possible give me your email. Rf triplet 2432 .
Do wish you’d sort your autofocus out😂😂
You need to find yourself a good American camera.
Focus the picture