darkhawk22
New Member
I purchased an SX-980 from good ol eBay recently and of course it was listed as all functions tested and working properly. Well as to be expected some did not. The FM and AM tuners are working and the output circuit seems to be working well with the exception that the right channel took a few minutes to come around and start outputting as much as the left. Also, it was partially damaged in shipping (the wood casing). I can probably fix the wood casing fairly easily as it was cracked along the seam on one side only. The next issue is the heavy dust coating, again something I should be able to take care of with some elbow grease. I'm working on changing out the main face bulbs (one holder broke as it was brittle from age) but my primary concerns are as follows:
1. How to change the function Lamps? - Two of them are non-functional. (See photo) how do I get past this point?
2. The Phono 1 input didn't seem to work at all and the Phono 2 input was intermittent. I went ahead and have cleaned the connections in the back but have not retested it yet. Is there anything further that I should check at this point?
The seller did provide a fair partial refund. So if I can get it back to 100% then it will be a great unit for the pricing.
1. How to change the function Lamps? - Two of them are non-functional. (See photo) how do I get past this point?
2. The Phono 1 input didn't seem to work at all and the Phono 2 input was intermittent. I went ahead and have cleaned the connections in the back but have not retested it yet. Is there anything further that I should check at this point?
The seller did provide a fair partial refund. So if I can get it back to 100% then it will be a great unit for the pricing.