How To Restore Vintage Pioneer

This is it! The most complete Pioneer restoration how-to video on YouTube!

Please read this. Only use this video to help you restore your Pioneer or other receiver if you're very confident in your abilities. I'm not responsible if you damage something or hurt yourself. Most importantly, understand that this is MY take on doing a restoration. Others might have different ways of doing things, others may also think things in this video are just plain wrong. This is a long video, but there's probably things that I forgot to mention in places.

There really is no perfect model to use as the subject of this video because there is so much variation between all 70s Pioneer receivers - even amongst generations! Higher wattage receivers are far more complicated than this SX-535, so keep that in mind if you hope to use this as a guide for one of those. You will probably find that this video is not helpful in some ways, but still helpful in others.

If you have questions, you can leave them in the comments or send me an email. You can find my email in this channel's "about" section.

Links:
Right tools for the job:    • Must-Have Tools For Working On Vintag...  
Another "how it works" video:    • How A Vintage Receiver Works  
How to find parts:    • How To Find Parts For Vintage Receivers  
Don't blindly substitute transistors:    • Don't Blindly Substitute Transistors ...  
Lamp replacement:    • How To Re-Lamp Your Pioneer SX-X3X Re...  

Transistor substitutions (use with caution): https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.p...
Service manuals: www.hifiengine.com

Check out DieseJL:    / diesejl  



0:00 - Introduction
2:12 - Why Restore?
3:35 - What To Know
5:05 - How It Works
12:08 - How To Use Service Manual
24:34 - Parts To Buy
35:16 - Additional Background On This Particular Receiver
37:49 - Disassembly
42:15 - Preamp Detailed Restoration
43:32 - Using The Service Manual
49:08 - Desoldering
54:56 - Glue Removal
56:31 - Soldering
1:06:13 - Cleaning Controls
1:09:13 - Phono Preamp Restoration
1:17:24 - Power Amplifier Restoration
1:27:39 - Filter Capacitor Replacement
1:36:56 - Power Supply Restoration
1:44:57 - Tuner Board Restoration
1:46:08 - Adjustments
1:50:53 - Power Test
1:53:46 - Rant
1:56:23 - Conclusion