Just picked up this JVC JR-S600

[Texas Tom]

Hi AKers, M
Christmas to you all!
Just picked up this JVC JR-S600 MKII
It's filthy and no sound, but I bought it anyway.

I am curious if anyone has seen one with this color on the equalizer panel.

 

[century tek]

Do you hear a distinct click a few seconds after you turn it on?

I believe that this receiver has pre out/main in jacks so there needs to be jumpers there. Hopefully, that's your "no sound" issue.

 

[Texas Tom]

Thank you century Tek. After I posted this, I realized I had not checked the jumpers.

I checked this morning and they were missing. I hooked up some patch cables and turned on the receiver! No sound

I do hear the speaker relay click.

 

[century tek]

Relay click is a very good sign that the amplifier portion of the receiver is working. Check the tape monitor and speaker switches.

 

[NAD80]

Texas Tom check out HiFi Engine for the service manual. https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/jvc/jr-s600.shtml Good luck with the JVC.

 

[Texas Tom]

My next step is lots of deoxit!

 

[goodolpg]

Don't recall seeing that color of EQ section before.

 

[ramzilla]

Never seen one that color either. Mine is just black. Wouldn't think some one cleaned
it with something and did that, because the lettering would be messed up also.
Good luck with fix.

 

[Texas Tom]

Well, I got distracted and worked on a different JVC receiver - a JR-S201. Replaced the lights and general clean up.

 

[mea2112]

I have one and it is a great receiver and well worth restoring. In my opinion it is as good or better sounding than any of the big Marantz/Sansui/Pioneer receivers and at a fraction of their prices. Yeah, the styling is a little different but I like that about it.
I'll double-check but I believe the eq area of mine is black also.
Be careful with the tuning knob. The one drawback with this style JVC is the part/parts that hold the tuning knob tend to disintegrate.
Make sure the patch cables going into the pre out/main in inputs are in the right way and as century tek said make sure the tape/dubbing and mute switches are off.