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Grundig Satellit 500 - Help needed
Hello... I am hoping fellow owners of the Sat 500 might point me in the right direction. I have inherited a Grundig Satellit 500 in excellent cosmetic condition. It has been used regularly up 2 weeks ago. I had it my possession for a day, and it worked flawlessly.
However, it now has developed a problem. After a few seconds of normal reception and audio, whatever station I am listening to disappears completely - all I hear is white noise, as if there were no station on that frequency whatsoever. All bands are like this... I cannot tune any station on FM, MW, LW, or SW. It's as if there were no stations whatsoever. All the other dials and buttons operate normally in this condition... it's just that there are no stations. If I then turn the unit off for a short while, 10 minutes or so, the last tuned station returns for 2 or 3 seconds, then vanishes. If I leave the receiver turned off for 6 or more hours, the station will come back and play for 1 minute, but no more, and then all of the bands are dead again. Is this a problem anyone has heard of? It is very frustrating to deal with as I was excited to finally have a Grundig receiver in my possession. ] If anyone has any tips or tricks, please let me know! They would be most appreciated! Thanks in advance, OnkyoMan Last edited by OnkyoMan : March 17th 11 at 06:25 AM |
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Grundig Satellit 500 - Help needed
On 3/17/2011 2:23 AM, OnkyoMan wrote:
Hello... I am hoping fellow owners of the Sat 500 might point me in the right direction. I have inherited a Grundig Satellit 500 in excellent cosmetic condition. It has been used regularly up 2 weeks ago. I had it my possession for a day, and it worked flawlessly. However, it now has developed a problem. After a few seconds of normal reception and audio, whatever station I am listening to disappears completely - all I hear is white noise, as if there were no station on that frequency whatsoever. All bands are like this... I cannot tune any station on FM, MW, LW, or SW. It's as if there were no stations whatsoever. All the other dials and buttons operate normally in this condition... it's just that there are no stations. If I then turn the unit off for a short while, 10 minutes or so, the last tuned station returns for 2 or 3 seconds, then vanishes. If I leave the receiver turned off for 6 or more hours, the station will come back and play for 1 minute, but no more, and then all of the bands are dead again. Is this a problem anyone has heard of? It is very frustrating to deal with as I was excited to finally have a Grundig receiver in my possession. ] If anyone has any tips or tricks, please let me know! They would be most appreciated! Thanks in advance, OnkyoMan It's likely that this is a thermal condition -- a component is malfunctioning once it warms up. If you're comfortable doing component-level repairs on what are probably very small parts, you could operate the radio with its circuitry exposed until the failure occurs, then carefully apply freeze spray (available under various brand names from many electronics suppliers) to components until you find the one that restores functionality when sprayed. Then replace it. (If the component is being stressed and overheated by a second defective part, you'll have to find and replace the culprit too.) It's also possible that this is a known failure mode for that model, and someone here can tell you exactly what to do. Failing that, search engines might reveal other owners who have had the same problem. Of course, moving to a very cold place like Antarctica and using the receiver outdoors might make repairs unnecessary. With all good wishes, Kevin, WB4AIO. -- http://nationalvanguard.org/ http://kevinalfredstrom.com/ |
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Grundig Satellit 500 - Help needed
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comes back! "OnkyoMan" wrote in message ... Hello... I am hoping fellow owners of the Sat 500 might point me in the right direction. I have inherited a Grundig Satellit 500 in excellent cosmetic condition. It has been used regularly up 2 weeks ago. I had it my possession for a day, and it worked flawlessly. However, it now has developed a problem. After a few seconds of normal reception and audio, whatever station I am listening to disappears completely - all I hear is white noise, as if there were no station on that frequency whatsoever. All bands are like this... I cannot tune any station on FM, MW, LW, or SW. It's as if there were no stations whatsoever. All the other dials and buttons operate normally in this condition... it's just that there are no stations. If I then turn the unit off for a short while, 10 minutes or so, the last tuned station returns for 2 or 3 seconds, then vanishes. If I leave the receiver turned off for 6 or more hours, the station will come back and play for 1 minute, but no more, and then all of the bands are dead again. Is this a problem anyone has heard of? It is very frustrating to deal with as I was excited to finally have a Grundig receiver in my possession. ] If anyone has any tips or tricks, please let me know! They would be most appreciated! Thanks in advance, OnkyoMan -- OnkyoMan __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5963 (20110317) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5964 (20110317) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com |
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Grundig Satellit 500 - Help needed
On 03/18/2011 08:48 PM, OnkyoMan wrote:
However, it now has developed a problem. After a few seconds of normal reception and audio, whatever station I am listening to disappears completely - all I hear is white noise, as if there were no station on that frequency whatsoever. All bands are like this... I cannot tune any station on FM, MW, LW, or SW. It's as if there were no stations whatsoever. All the other dials and buttons operate normally in this condition... it's just that there are no stations. If I then turn the unit off for a short while, 10 minutes or so, the last tuned station returns for 2 or 3 seconds, then vanishes. If I leave the receiver turned off for 6 or more hours, the station will come back and play for 1 minute, but no more, and then all of the bands are dead again. Is this a problem anyone has heard of? It is very frustrating to deal with as I was excited to finally have a Grundig receiver in my possession. ] Sounds like a bad component. Do you have any freeze spray? |
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Hi Art... thanks for your interest... Here are my responses to your questions:
Q : 1) Does the display show anything when it starts acting up ? The display behaves normally during this problem.. I can change frequencies, bands, and other options. The volume and everything else works as well. It's only white noise that comes up... the station (and all stations) are gone. 2) Did you try using an external p/s and/or good batteries, and if so do you get same response ? I have tried new akaline, and fully charged NiMH batteries.. several sets. They don't make a difference. 3) Before taking it apart have you tried cooling the whole radio by putting it in a fridge (not the freezer ) for a little while and see if the problem goes away (temporarily)? No! I haven't tried that yet, but I will give it a shot today and see what happens! I'll report back here. |
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Yesterday, I left the radio out in my 40F degree garage for about 9 hours, then turned it on, while I was out there with it.
No difference in radio behavior... FM came in strong for 2 mins, then disappeared. AM was completely dead. Do you still think it could be thermal related? |
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Grundig Satellit 500 - Help needed
On Mar 21, 12:06*am, OnkyoMan
wrote: Yesterday, I left the radio out in my 40F degree garage for about 9 hours, then turned it on, while I was out there with it. No difference in radio behavior... FM came in strong for 2 mins, then disappeared. *AM was completely dead. Do you still think it could be thermal related? -- OnkyoMan It is too early tell . Have you tried using an External p/s and notice any difference ? While powering it up can you measure the current and notice if it is same as when it goes into the non-fuctional condition ? Also , by tapping on the cabinet , is there an intermittant connection somewhere ? |
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Grundig Satellit 500 - Help needed
On 03/20/2011 09:06 PM, OnkyoMan wrote:
Yesterday, I left the radio out in my 40F degree garage for about 9 hours, then turned it on, while I was out there with it. No difference in radio behavior... FM came in strong for 2 mins, then disappeared. AM was completely dead. Do you still think it could be thermal related? I don't think you can find a fault that way. A cold solder joint or a faulty component would be very localized. The current flows through some abnormally high resistance and heats that area enough to deform it relative to surrounding areas. If you freeze the whole thing, nothing changes. |
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I've gotten some advice that it might be a trimmer capacitor which has been known to go bad on these radios. Does that make sense as a possibility to any of you?
Can you recommend a good source these capacitors? Thanks, Matt |
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