JVC RS5L

This is a lovely classic receiver from 1979 and was sold to me by a chap who was clearing out his late father’s shed. Generally speaking, it’s in quite good condition and after completing an FTR, the following issues were found:

• Rusty metal case lid

• Needs a deep clean inside and out

• Right channel has no output

• Failed and leaking electrolytic capacitors (replaced to progress testing)

• Controls all very noisy

• Tuning has a clunk when changing direction

• DC offset on left channel too high at 22mv

• Drawing too much standby power

My plan is to address the issues, bring this back to full working order and then restore it back to like new condition with new capacitors and a Bluetooth module.