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Okay. This is the inside of my St Moritz one speaker transistor radio.

The blue and white wires lead up to the speakers and the red wires go to the battery and outlet plug.

I am MAJORLY new at hacking and the short, step skipping, guess and check videos are too fast and hard to understand for me. I could really use some help with this one..

Another thing is the battery compartment.. They don't make the batteries this thing needs. Can I switch that iece out with something I already have so I can use batteries from this age?

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