Welcome Guest! Be sure you know and follow the Phorum Rules before posting. Thank you and Enjoy! (January 12) x

Thread Closed
Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Philco 46-1203 Phono Cartridge
#2

Hi Dave,
I'm brand new here so not familiar yet with the various old radios.

Having serviced electronics since the 60's though, I'm assuming you
have a bad "cartridge" or "pickup" in the tonearm of the turntable.

You can find out if the input to the radio/amplifier is good by subbing
in the output of a cd player or some other audio source. Use the earphone output jack and connect to the input of your unit you are trying to restore.
It may work but the volume could be about right or too high (sounds distorted then) If it is still very low or not there at all, you may have a problem with the preamp stage (tube) of the radio/amplifier input.. or.. both that and a bad cartridge.

Depending on the age of this unit, it may use a crystal cartridge (just a guess) which have a faily high level output compared to the ceramic of later years and the "dynamic" used in recent years higher end products which is a very weak output needing additional boost - that's getting off the point, sorry.
I think there are a few sources for some of these old cartridges but all depends on what you may need. I'm not very familiar again with what is used in these old timers or what can be still be found. Have to search the various web sources of the antigue radio supplies/parts.

Best regards,
Harlan


Messages In This Thread
Philco 46-1203 Phono Cartridge - by David B - 01-29-2008, 08:35 PM
[No subject] - by Harlan - 02-02-2008, 06:55 PM
Repair - by David B - 02-02-2008, 07:53 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 02-03-2008, 04:28 PM
Philco - by David B - 02-03-2008, 06:01 PM



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)
[-]
Recent Posts
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
I am back to working on this radio and managed to get a couple of radio stations to come in. But can someone help me to ...osanders0311 — 01:58 PM
48-482 rear panel help
Hi Kettlechip and welcom to the Phorum. The back panel question is interesting. I have quite a few radios that use pow...MrFixr55 — 08:24 AM
Philco 46-480 Electronic Restoration
Not too much at all! :lol:  Sounds like you’re just dabbling into the hobby!jrblasde — 07:56 AM
Philco 46-480 Electronic Restoration
Hi Joseph, Fortunately, Ms. Fixr does not read my computer, or she would warn you against coming to me for sanity ch...MrFixr55 — 07:27 AM
48-482 rear panel help
There's a picture of one of the plastic covers in the following thread: I bought a full set of them in 2012 or so fro...klondike98 — 11:15 PM
Philco 46-480 Electronic Restoration
Good sanity check! You are correct—the first (as in, the most counterclockwise) position is for the push button presets....jrblasde — 11:05 PM
Philco 46-480 Electronic Restoration
Hi Joseph, First, verify that your band selector is in the correct position for what you want to do. I believe tha...MrFixr55 — 10:59 PM
Philco 46-480 Electronic Restoration
Got my replacement signal generator in the mail today! I was able to finish alignment of the IF section. I’ve got some t...jrblasde — 09:58 PM
The list of my radio & TV collection!
EdHolland. Glad you liked it. Thanks for the supportRadioSvit — 05:24 PM
The list of my radio & TV collection!
Great stuff, Peter thank you for posting.EdHolland — 04:06 PM

[-]
Who's Online
There are currently 1639 online users. [Complete List]
» 2 Member(s) | 1637 Guest(s)
AvatarAvatar

>