Steve Hill TV and Audio Services

Steve Hill TV and Audio Services Aerial and Satellite installations, Television & Hi-Fi repairs and set ups. www.stevehilltelevisionservices.co.uk
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So back to the Sharp music centre, everything now works, including the tape deck that I thought I would have to give up ...
05/09/2026

So back to the Sharp music centre, everything now works, including the tape deck that I thought I would have to give up on. The take up reel takes it's drive from the capstan spindle via an idler wheel, on the capstan spindle was a rubber sleeve that had melted and was no longer available as a spare part. I scratched my head for a while and then found some thick rubber sleeving with the perfect inside and outside diameter, not easy to fit but I now have drive to the supply reel. It all needs lengthy testing but it's looking good for this nice old system.

I had this lovely old Rogers speaker brought in with an open circuit voice coil on the bass / midrange driver. I can't r...
03/09/2026

I had this lovely old Rogers speaker brought in with an open circuit voice coil on the bass / midrange driver. I can't really take credit for this one as I sent the driver off to a specialist company for repair. Before doing that I had looked around for a replacement driver only to discover they were going for nearly £500, and as you can't chuck any old driver in one of these, repair was the (much) cheaper option!

What should have been an easy dish install...unfortunately the Wisteria had other ideas 🙄 I was even asked to prune it w...
29/08/2026

What should have been an easy dish install...unfortunately the Wisteria had other ideas 🙄 I was even asked to prune it while I was up there!

The supervisor has arrived, not sure he approves of my work 🤔
29/08/2026

The supervisor has arrived, not sure he approves of my work 🤔

Final testing for this Dual turntable before it goes home…what better than a bit of Black Sabbath 🤘
26/08/2026

Final testing for this Dual turntable before it goes home…what better than a bit of Black Sabbath 🤘

This Sony came in with tape deck problems, it was no wonder as all the drive belts had turned to liquid rubber, not easy...
26/08/2026

This Sony came in with tape deck problems, it was no wonder as all the drive belts had turned to liquid rubber, not easy to clean up as it gets everywhere, plenty of alcohol, kitchen roll and dozens of cotton buds later it’s almost ready for the new belts, but not before I replace the two drive gears on the take-up idlers, both are split and so don’t sit tight on the motor shaft, I had one in stock but have had to order the other, now put to one side while I get on with something else.

I've seen a lot of Yamaha gear over the years but never one this old, made sometime in the 1970's. It's come in with a l...
23/08/2026

I've seen a lot of Yamaha gear over the years but never one this old, made sometime in the 1970's. It's come in with a loud mains hum and inoperative tape deck. I look forward to sorting this one out.

An ‘interesting’ little system that’s definitely not made to be worked on, occasionally the cd would be ejected as soon ...
22/08/2026

An ‘interesting’ little system that’s definitely not made to be worked on, occasionally the cd would be ejected as soon as it was put in, sometimes there was grinding of gears and sometimes it would take the cd back in before it could be grabbed when ejected…all traced to the two cd position micro switches, they both read a few hundred ohms across the contacts, a fiddly job to take apart and clean, and probably irreplaceable if I messed up, but all done and now accepting and ejecting the disc smoothly. While it was in pieces I gave the laser and mechanism a good clean.

Rotel power amp not powering up, three fuses blown inside because two output transistors and one driver had gone short c...
20/08/2026

Rotel power amp not powering up, three fuses blown inside because two output transistors and one driver had gone short circuit.

Very nice Audiolab CD player in, not powering up…quite obvious why, three rows of bulging capacitors!
13/08/2026

Very nice Audiolab CD player in, not powering up…quite obvious why, three rows of bulging capacitors!

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