This 1971 Kenwood Receiver Is a Beast! Does It work?

Kenwood called it The Jumbo receiver because it’s huge in size and on features. A drum machine, spring reverb, microphone inputs, guitar inputs and timer just to name a few. Let’s open it up and see if we can get it to work for a demo.
Here are the topics covered and time stamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:12 Recap of Part One
0:29 Opening The Top Cover
1:00 First Startup With Dim Bulb/Variac
1:57 Whoops!
2:11 How Do I Turn That Timer Off!?
3:11 Any Sound Through Headphones?
3:53 Testing for DC on Speaker Outputs
4:51 Capacitor Coupled Output
5:13 Opening The Bottom Panel
5:33 Removing an Output Capacitor
5:42 Testing The Electrolytic Output Cap
6:15 Testing Power Output Transistors
6:17 All NPN Quasi-Complementary Output
6:30 Temporary Capacitor Fix
6:35 Re-Testing For Output DC
7:09 Testing With Speakers
7:42 Drum Machine Demo
8:57 Spring Reverb Demo
9:40 Microphone Demo
10:23 I’m a Really Good Singer
10:37 Name That Tune!
11:00 FM’s Dead. Let’s Demo AM
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[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

New Old Stock? Never seen one like the one in this vid, Liked vid Very unusual receiver, I miss alot of the older receivers, the Audio equipment nowadays has no soul

[@crimsonghost6454]

Its a time capsule. So cool.

[@dondrewecki1909]

Your methodical approach is equalled by few and surpassed by none.

[@FluxCondenser]

Wow, now that’s quite the compliment. Thanks, Don.

[@karimdailyjazz]

Nice receiver

[@Orcastruck]

Damn this looks sick

[@FluxCondenser]

It is, but I’ll fix it (hopefully) ;-)

[@hifi.david.]

can i have links to make that bulb tester?

[@FluxCondenser]

Dave, yes, I have a video on that. Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIS7gZ1sfauMY7s

[@pabsgabs]

I wish I knew half the stuff you know about electronics! lol

[@FluxCondenser]

Thanks, Pablo. Stay tuned, hopefully I can get the FM working on this thing.

[@BobWilson84]

Is there a FM stereo muting circuit sir? I’ve spent and embarrassing amount of time t-shooting no FM only to find I had FM muting on! DOH

[@FluxCondenser]

Ha! Yes there is, Bob. That’s the button I keep turning on and off when I was trying the FM. Doesn’t seem to be the issue. Stay tuned.

[@darthbubba866]

That *was* the name of the song. Service manual is on HiFi Engine.

[@FluxCondenser]

I believe I asked, “where the song’s from” (band, album), not song name. Yup, got the service manual.

[@darthbubba866]

@@FluxCondenser I'd have to look up that info, which would be cheating a little. Okay, I looked it up: the B.A.D. band, the particular album's title was a cheeky little dig at the British PM's address. The song also was in the movie Soundtrack: "Flashback." I should get extra points for that bit of trivia. :-)

[@FluxCondenser]

Bingo!

[@Riesdekoning]

Hello my friend...I am looking for several years too buy this "machine " and still have the original folder...is it possible too buy this from you?...I live in the Netherlands.

[@FluxCondenser]

Ries, thanks for your interest, but the great majority of the components I repair on my channel are for my own personal collection and are not for sale. I wish you great luck finding a KR-6170 of your own. They do come up occasionally on eBay. Take care.

[@Cubik303]

Would be interested to see if the “drum machine” board has markings from another manufacturer or if Kenwood developed that circuit themselves. Probably would have been cheaper to just license something from one of the organ manufacturers of the day.

[@Cubik303]

Schematic for the drum machine is in the service manual. It has 5 sounds: Bass Drum, Conga, Claves, HiHat and "SD" (Snare Drum?). Programming is accomplished via a diode matrix. All analog. No TTL or CMOS ICs! Sound generation is via simple LRC circuits and (what looks like) some white noise generation and shaping.

[@FluxCondenser]

Yes, SD is snare drum. The board appears to be similarly styled and marked as the others, so I believe it’s a Kenwood. Yeah, this thing isn’t discreet on the outside, but it’s discrete on the inside.

[@NovaluxStereophonic]

Is there an FM muting control that is activated?

[@FluxCondenser]

Yeah, there's a switch for FM muting and that's the one I keep selecting and unselecting in the video. Still nothing. Off-video I was able to briefly hear the FM for a second or two, but it abruptly shut off, never to return.

[@AdailtonNunes-sh6gh]

Bom dia campeão poderia esplicar em português por favor.

[@VideoDominion]

If I purchased one of these would you be interested in repairing it ?

[@FluxCondenser]

I’m sorry, I don’t do repairs for the public. I wish you luck if you can find someone,.

[@reneneron2971]

Pick me!