Magnavox Concert Grande - 1960

[whitekingd]

I've got a BEAUTIFUL Magnavox stereo from 1960. However, the FM part of the radio does not work. It is dead, dead, dead. Am and phono work great. Anyone know of a repairman in Western Washington state? The shops I've tried look at you like you're from Mars when you mention a tube type!!

 

[rickr]

Tube amp repairs

Harold Hagen is the guy you want. He is located in Seattle Washington. He just finished a 1959 Magnavox tube amp, tuner, and multiplex for me. He also has rebuilt all my jukebox amps, and vintage tube type car radios. He does a great job. Please post some photos of your Magnavox for us sometime.

Here is a link to Harolds website.

Thanks!

http://www.eskimo.com/~hhagen/hagentech/jukeboxrepair.html

 

[3beltwesty]

Here my folks old Magnavox stereo from 1964 /5 is transistorized, no tubes. It has 2 15" woofers and 2 6x12 Treble horns.

If one has no used the unit is awhile, the contacts are such on cannot get any say FM, AM or photo, aux etc. One just rotates the selector knob and often all is well again.

With your tube type unit does it have a signal strength indicator? Is so see if the unit responds to a strong local station. Sometimes bypass caps can dry out in a radio section and one can get a indicator response and no audio.

electolytic caps are often a source of issues.

 

[cfz2882]

dead tube possible

might have a bad tube in the FM tuner-check for a tube that does not glow or
heat up in either AM or FM mode(even if tube lights up it could still be bad
or weak...)

 

[countryford]

If you were closer to Arizona, I would recomend my partner Steve. He worked for 20+ years repairing radios, jukeboxes, pinballs, and arcade games. Now he has a full time job repairing all of our tube style tvs and radios.

 

[lordkenmore]

a tube that does not glow

This might be worth checking. Although--word of warning--a tube not glowing might not necessarily mean it's bad. Many years ago, I had a tubed radio that didn't work. Someone suggested that I could fix it by finding the tube that wasn't glowing. I did that, replaced the tube, and found the radio still didn't work. Apparently the glow wasn't easy to see in that particular tube.

Although, another time, I did fix a radio that no tubes glowing. I knew this radio was an AC/DC type, which has the tubes wired in serial, like some Christmas tree lights. So I figured it quite likely one of the heaters had gone bye-bye. A quick continuity check, and I found the bad tube.

 

[whitekingd]

All the tubes check excellent on multiple testers. It does have a tuning eye, and it doesn't indicate anything at all. I will call Harold Hagen for sure. Thank you rickr and all for the advice!