Sharp

I never know what to expect with these old Sharp systems, 40 years ago they were very innovative but gave us a lot of problems under guarantee, so I guess the ones that made it this far are doing pretty well. First up was the turntable, it would wouldn’t load the tray, there was no […]

Yet another Sharp vertical turntable, don’t know what I’ve done to deserve these things, but seemingly I’m not the first person to look at it. I was told it had poor volume on the turntable but all I had was a nasty hum with some interference in the background. Looking at the motor control /

I have another VZ-3000 in for repair, looks like this one has had a repair attempt sometime in the past as most of the screws holding the vertical turntable in place were either loose or not even in the threads. The turntable belt looked like it had been replaced but the door / tone arm

I’m not sure what I did wrong in a previous life but I seem to get a constant stream of these in for repair. Ok, they’re an interesting item, especially to anyone that likes something a bit retro, and when working properly, they perform very well. I remember working on them when they were new