Metra Electronics DAT Combo Uživatelský manuál stáhnout pdf (Strana 38)

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It takes only a few hours to

install a modern

radio

in

the case of

an antique telephone,

but you'll

end

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Time

was when

telephones

came

in

wooden

boxes with

cranks

and

earpieces.

Mounted

on the

wall

at

some level or other,

the then

new

-fangled creations could

be

util-

ized

only

with

a preposterous

amount

of

stretching

or

stooping -and only

if the party

line wasn't

engaged.

Today, most

of

these phones

have gone

the way

of

the Stanley Steamer,

though a

few still

lurk in

attics

and antique

shops

(the

one

in the photos

was picked up

at a

country

sale for a

five

-dollar

bill). And

though their days as telephones

are over,

such oldies can

be returned

to service

in a

way

grandpop

would

never

have dreamed

of

-as a conversation

-inspiring

cabinet

for a

table

radio.

Strip

Treatment.

The old

oak

wall tele-

phone

in the photos

took

its first steps to-

ward its new

role when

it was dusted,

then

given

the strip treatment.

All of the

old

wiring and

small parts

were

removed from

the

inside of the

main case,

leaving only

the

box and

the exterior

paraphernalia.

The

front -hinged

lid of the telephone

came

off

when

we removed the

screws

from

42

one side of the three

brass hinges. We

then

cleaned up the main cabinet and

the

wooden

back,

removing a

variety of grease,

pencil

marks, and stains.

What

we

didn't

touch,

of course,

were

the

dents and

scratches

(re-

member, we

wanted this to be an antique!).

Almost any

long and

narrow radio chassis

could

have gone

into the telephone

cabinet.

The type or age of

the

radio really

made

precious little difference

as long as

the

radio

worked

and

would

fit

in the main compart-

ment. Though

we were tempted at

one

point to

use

a

small,

battery- powered

tran-

sistor job,

we eventually

settled on a

new

G -E T1220A

AM /FM table

model

(which,

incidentally,

uses an

AC

/DC

circuit).

Trial Run.

Once

the etched

circuit board

had been

removed from

the radio's

plastic

case,

we

temporarily

lined up the chassis

and

marked the

mounting

holes for

its

con-

trols.

Since

we wanted to mount

the dial

plate separately,

we

cut

it free from the cabi-

net

with

a

hacksaw

blade. Having

smoothed

off the

rough edges,

we laid the dial on

the

side

of the

telephone

case, carefully

traced

around

it, then

slid the

radio chassis

into

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