Vintage SONY Digital Clock Radio ICF-C12W no audio

[CapLeaker]

you can tweek it without equipment pretty well,
you set the dial to the frequency of a known radio station,
then mess with the cans till you get that station with the strongest audio you can.
BUT you must use a plastic tool because a metal screwdriver effects the tuning

that would be a last resort measure…

[Agent24]

Go to your local ham radio club and politely ask for help.

Good idea! Why didn't I think of that?.... haha

[UserXP]

Good idea! Why didn't I think of that?.... haha

I just might do that, it's an excellent piece of advice, never crossed my mind! 🙂
I will post back the outcome.

[UserXP]

Hello, guys. I have been quite busy for the past few weeks, so I didn't have much spare time to work on the radio. I did, however, manage to get in touch with the local radio club and they recommended visiting them as they have several members who deal with older pieces of electronics in the field of radio. But, I didn't have the time to do that as they are open only on two specific days per week after 7 pm, but I definitely intend to visit them as soon as possible.
Now, and idea comes to my mind. If you remember, I replaced the original Tracon capacitors in this unit going with with the same ratings from the single same manufacturer (WE). I now have the idea, since I mended the damaged IF transformer and got promising results, that maybe I should go closer to the original caps. My other working unit has Rubycon CE W series (light blues sleeve) capacitors inside rated at 85°C. Do you know which modern Rubycon series is the closest equivalent of this exact series? I am thinking about ordering them if they are still produced in all the same ratings and go with the Japanese caps altogether. This will also provide me with proper spare caps for my other unit should I need to do any other replacements as well.
Thanks as always for any info on this.

[stj]

those are general purpose caps, i wouldnt bother.