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Fixing up an old Marantz receiver.

Postby jmikec93 » 27 Jun 2012 08:23

I bought an old Marantz receiver off ebay. I've played the radio and my iPod through headphones because i dont have speakers yet. the left channel is extremely quite and the right has a hum, particularly with the treble up. also, the FM doesnt work. The FM not working isnt a huge issue, but if i can fix it up i would like to. Is it possible the problem is only with the headphone jack. I also want to give it a good cleaning and all. thanks for your help, i have a link to picture of the receiver below.

http://imgur.com/a/gn1P5/all
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Re: Fixing up an old Marantz receiver.

Postby rhomanski » 27 Jun 2012 20:56

What you have is a good starting point. To sound it's best, it needs a complete overhaul. If you have any electronics experience, you can do it yourself. Audiokarma has a Marantz forum full of people very knowledgeable about your receiver. You can learn all the tricks and quirks of your unit there. Don't overlook the other forums because the same info can be used for your receiver. So far from reading and studying their posts, I've managed to fix and overhaul 4 receivers, 2 integrated amps, 2 preamps, 2 power amps, 4 cassette decks, 2 turntables, a reverb amp, a signal processor, and 6 pairs of speakers. I'm working on another integrated amp right now. With enough studying and $100 in parts, you can have that old Marantz singing an opera instead of the blues.

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P.S. To answer your question, I doubt it's the headphone jack. It's possible it's just the capacitors though.
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Re: Fixing up an old Marantz receiver.

Postby jmikec93 » 29 Jun 2012 01:33

Thank you but i'm totally new to this. do you think this is a project i could accomplish or am i in over my head?
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Re: Fixing up an old Marantz receiver.

Postby Alec124c41 » 29 Jun 2012 01:53

I would suggest you start by cleaning every switch and pot in there. You might have to remove the faceplate to gain access. Caig Deoxit 5 is very good, and there are other contact/control cleaners (Richardsons, MG) that will work. Use the thin pipette to get the stuff inside the housings of the works, then work the switch/pot back and forth.

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Re: Fixing up an old Marantz receiver.

Postby josephazannieri » 29 Jun 2012 03:33

Yo jmikec93:

As usual, I follow up Alec, who makes a good suggestion, and add a little more detail. Your receiver is a Marantz 2220B, a '70's product. It has 20 watts per channel, and if in good shape, will sound pretty good, with a solid low end, and a sweet, slightly rolled off top end. But, it needs efficient speakers to produce large scale sound. You can get it to play loud, but you will need to be pretty close to speakers. I have one, and that's how mine behaves.

Anyway, the service manual for Marantz 2220B is found here.
http://www.hifiengine.com/manuals/marantz/2220b.shtml This is the VE companion website HIFI Engine, and you will have to start an account to download the manual, which is for free if you have an account. Just go to top of page, at right, next to the search block, and click on HFE.

The manual has a good diagnostic procedure to help you figure out why your FM doesn't work. Be sure that you out an FM antenna on the unit. Even a folded dipole, or 5 or 6 feet of stranded insulated #20 wire will work. Stick 3 feet in each 300 ohm antenna hole and adjust wires for maximum signal pickup. When you play AM be sure that the AM bar antenna on back of receiver is fully down and away from the back. This will increase the number of stations you get. You may have to rotate receiver to orient it toward your favorite AM station.

The hum and weakness in amp could be a power supply problem such as a bad rectifier or bad filter capacitor. My experience is that dirty controls such as Alec suggests usually behave erratically, and unit will behave properly when controls are wiggled. You can also just cycle the controls, even without cleaner, and this sometimes will cure the problem. Won't hurt to shoot controls with Deoxit or other contact cleaner, but may not cure your problem. Manual also shows specified voltages on chassis and the schematic diagram, which will guide you to likely failure points.

Any unit this old can have more than one problem at a time, and you will have to cure them all to get it to work properly. You will just have to figure it out a little at a time. You can use another amp with a .1 mFd 400 volt capacitor hooked to input as a signal probe to trace the sound through the amp. Tie test amp chassis to the chassis of amp under test to pervent hum. At some point, the sound coming through the test amp will identify the bad stage. BE CAREFUL! If you have not serviced a unit such as this, you may have to get some help from an experienced person so you don't inadvertently get shocked. If you can't read the schematic diagram or the block diagram, you will need some help to decipher them.

Take a look at manual and see if it assists you in feeling confident. If not, you may have to hire the job done, or get assistance from an experienced person. Job is doable, but may not be easy, and there is some risk. There are Youtube videos showing people servicing amps like this, which may show procedures and safety precautions.

And good luck from the old manual reader, and Youtube watcher,

Joe Z.
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Re: Fixing up an old Marantz receiver.

Postby jmikec93 » 29 Jun 2012 17:37

thank you. I'm going to start to deoxit it, hopefully after this weekend and take it from there.
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Re: Fixing up an old Marantz receiver.

Postby jmikec93 » 29 Jun 2012 21:49

When using the deoxit, just spray it all over?
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Re: Fixing up an old Marantz receiver.

Postby Blue Angel » 29 Jun 2012 22:05

No, that's wasteful. Insert the plastic reed into the can's nozzle and direct the deoxit directly to the parts you'd like to clean. Small pots (potentiometers) are open. Direct the reed at each individually. Larger pots such as volume, bass, treble and balance usually has small openings in their cylindrical cases. Direct the reed into the openings of these pots and ...press to spray.

A good idea would also be to rotate the large control pots during or after treatment.

If you are confident about treating the smaller pcb pots, take a good pic before disturbing their setting positions so you could reset them to their original adjustment. Then also rotate them while spraying.

All of this work should be done with the equipment unplugged from the mains power.

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Re: Fixing up an old Marantz receiver.

Postby jmikec93 » 30 Jun 2012 07:37

thank you. i was a little unsure.
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