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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A nice little NAD 3020 with the sound intermittently dropping out. Such an easy amp to work on, there’s a plate on the b...
23/09/2026

A nice little NAD 3020 with the sound intermittently dropping out. Such an easy amp to work on, there’s a plate on the bottom that can be removed to get access to the bottom of the circuit board, something not found on newer amps unfortunately!
Close inspection of the board showed several of the voltage regulators were badly dry jointed, as were some of the pins on the input sockets. No other problems were found, all the switches and controls worked perfectly so it’s now on test for a few days to make sure it behaves itself.

Marantz CD-52 Special Edition, came in with a mangled loading gear, luckily still available and now operating smoothly. ...
19/09/2026

Marantz CD-52 Special Edition, came in with a mangled loading gear, luckily still available and now operating smoothly. It’s a great sounding player that could be up for grabs if anyone is looking for one, alternatively I’ll just use it as part of my test gear.

I’ve got a very nice Pioneer turntable for sale if anyone is looking for one.It’s been in storage for a while but is now...
18/09/2026

I’ve got a very nice Pioneer turntable for sale if anyone is looking for one.
It’s been in storage for a while but is now fully serviced. It didn’t come with a dust cover but I have one from an identical model that could do with a bit of a polish.
Direct drive.
£150

A nice simple one for a change, an Arcam Subwoofer with a short circuit bridge rectifier diode. It’s now happily rattlin...
18/09/2026

A nice simple one for a change, an Arcam Subwoofer with a short circuit bridge rectifier diode. It’s now happily rattling everything off the shelves in my workshop!

Oh God not another one 😧Not my favourite piece of vintage hifi 😂
18/09/2026

Oh God not another one 😧
Not my favourite piece of vintage hifi 😂

This Sony is finally ready to go home, it's taken up a lot of my time over the last few weeks so I'm glad to see the bac...
16/09/2026

This Sony is finally ready to go home, it's taken up a lot of my time over the last few weeks so I'm glad to see the back of it. There were a couple of problems, the tape decks needed a lot of work to clean up the remains of the drive belts and remove the goo from the pulleys, then the idler gears were split, very common on these decks, so they got replaced, all the leaf switches on both decks were showing high resistance across their contacts, so they were stripped and cleaned, that should have been it but the two reel drive belts I obtained from an official supplier had the wrong cross section and I had to order some of a more suitable size, finally the decks were done. Now I had a problem with dc reaching the speaker outlets and tripping the protection circuit, it could only be coming from the STK output module so that got replaced and it's now sounding ok and no longer going into protection mode. Thankfully all the cd player needed was a service. This hifi had some sentimental value to it's owner so it was nice to get it going for them despite the many hours I spent on it.

Finally ready for a new home, this was sitting under my bench for a couple of years waiting for me to find time to sort ...
09/09/2026

Finally ready for a new home, this was sitting under my bench for a couple of years waiting for me to find time to sort it out. The turntable needed a service and a new belt, the radio worked fine, the tape deck seemed unrepairable at first but I found a way around the problem and it now works well. All in all a really nice retro music centre.

I could almost see the castle this morning!
09/09/2026

I could almost see the castle this morning!

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!

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