Welcome Guest! Be sure you know and follow the Phorum Rules before posting. Thank you and Enjoy! (January 12, 2025) x

Thread Closed

Inoperable tone controls
#1

I'm restoring a Philco 48-482 and have it sounding pretty good after replacing a gazillion caps and resistors and going through the complicated FM alignment. A remaining problem is the separate Bass and Treble controls. They are both totally dead with no noticable effect at all. At first I was puzzled by the fact that the ground terminals didn't seem to ever been used but I have since found a post here on the Phorum that the pots are sometimes grounded within. Still, I went ahead and wired them to the schematic. Still dead. I checked the resistance and the ohm meter gives perfect readings, the treble is 500k and the Bass is 1 M, and the tap seems to operate well, one is linear and the other has a taper. Logic is telling me that with the correct resistance the pot should be working. What am I missing? As a lot of you guys know, this radio is a lot of work. I hate to give up and go without the tone controls. Thank you for any knowledge that you can share.
Alan


Messages In This Thread
Inoperable tone controls - by lasurveyor - 11-15-2016, 03:44 PM
RE: Inoperable tone controls - by klondike98 - 11-15-2016, 07:11 PM
RE: Inoperable tone controls - by lasurveyor - 11-15-2016, 08:12 PM
RE: Inoperable tone controls - by lasurveyor - 11-15-2016, 08:24 PM
RE: Inoperable tone controls - by Jim Koehler - 11-15-2016, 07:28 PM
RE: Inoperable tone controls - by lasurveyor - 11-15-2016, 08:27 PM
RE: Inoperable tone controls - by Radioroslyn - 11-15-2016, 09:24 PM
RE: Inoperable tone controls - by Radioroslyn - 11-15-2016, 09:40 PM
RE: Inoperable tone controls - by lasurveyor - 11-15-2016, 10:39 PM
RE: Inoperable tone controls - by Radioroslyn - 11-15-2016, 10:56 PM
RE: Inoperable tone controls - by lasurveyor - 11-15-2016, 11:25 PM
RE: Inoperable tone controls - by klondike98 - 11-15-2016, 09:41 PM
RE: Inoperable tone controls - by Radioroslyn - 11-16-2016, 12:07 AM
RE: Inoperable tone controls - by lasurveyor - 11-16-2016, 02:10 AM



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)
[-]
Recent Posts
Plug Voltages Needed For A 1943 CRV-20130 Power Supply
hello david, I have a similar generator in my collection that features a cast iron, single-cylinder Briggs & Stratt...radiorich — 01:00 AM
under chassis parts locator diagram for 1938 Zenith 9s262
Has anyone gone to the trouble of creating an under chassis parts locator image?  Yes, I can identify components by foll...bobloney — 08:57 PM
Plug Voltages Needed For A 1943 CRV-20130 Power Supply
Try looking at this site the book mark is for a old generator that I was given. David    https://radionerds.com/index.ph...David — 08:36 PM
Plug Voltages Needed For A 1943 CRV-20130 Power Supply
Hello Everyone, I am looking for voltage identification for all the pin positions on the socket of a CRV-20130 power su...Tonym4704 — 08:16 PM
Philco P45-6365 Universal Transformer Instruction Manual
Can anyone guide me to where this may be found?GRG — 03:00 PM
54C Complete Teardown/Rebuild
I don't think that I have encountered a 12Z3 before, curious how it uses one of those but includes a #43, which is a 25 ...Arran — 02:17 PM
HiFi (Chifi) tube amp build - but my own design.
It's the other forum. I'm also in DIY, but mostly read there. Honestly, I kinda jumped into this without much thought to...TV MAN — 10:43 AM
Philco 71 Code 125
Hello,  I am in need of a schematic for this radio. Mine has the three separate circular tube shields and a shadow me...dconant — 08:06 AM
Stromberg Carlson 1500 Squeal
And life just keeps getting more complicated.dconant — 07:57 AM
54C Complete Teardown/Rebuild
Hello Roy, here is this one sincerely Richardradiorich — 12:45 AM

[-]
Who's Online
There are currently no members online.

>