# Need help with older model stereo **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 30, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-older-model-stereo/198683 "2003-08-30T20:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-older-model-stereo/198683/1 "2003-08-30T20:04:24Z")
I picked up a nice compact system at a church yard sale, a JVC MX-1 Compact Compo. It runs like a dream, but it didn’t come with either the remote control or the manual. When I called JVC, I was told that they didn’t have the manual, but I _could_ get the remote. For the low, low cost of only…$43! I calmly explained to the person on the other end of the line that remotes, unlike coins and comics, do not go up in value as they grow older, and that I would just skip purchasing their remote and will just go get a universal remote for less than half the price. Does anyone know where I might find the manual? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-older-model-stereo/198683/2 "2003-08-30T21:03:41Z")
[http://books.jvcservice.com/](http://books.jvcservice.com/) JVC America - online user manuals. Couldn’t find your model number though. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-older-model-stereo/198683/3 "2003-08-30T23:35:26Z")
I’vre already checked the website. I also e-mailed them and got an automated e-mail back telling me that they had what I wanted if I called their 1-800 number. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-older-model-stereo/198683/4 "2003-08-30T23:40:32Z")
Try [The Manual Man](http://www.manualman.com/). This guy works all the big hamfests in the Northeast and either has, or can get, manuals for nearly any piece of gear you can name. I’ve met him, he’s a good guy. If anyone can track down your manual, he can. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-older-model-stereo/198683/5 "2003-08-31T00:36:30Z")
Just tried it. He hasn’t updated the list since 1999, and the model I want isn’t on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-older-model-stereo/198683/6 "2003-08-31T00:45:46Z")
Email him. He’s still around. If he doesn’t have what you need listed, he can often get it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-older-model-stereo/198683/7 "2003-08-31T01:40:14Z")
Just did. If this pans out, next time you’re in Portland dinner’s on me. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-older-model-stereo/198683/8 "2003-09-02T04:47:49Z")
On the off chance that he doesn’t reply, are there any other sources for manuals?