City on the Edge of Forever Repair Video

This video shows my ham-handed, but successful repair of a Hallmark “Magic” ornament (one that plugs into the Christmas light string to get power). This ornament released in 2004, never worked very well, and for years didn’t work at all. Well, it lit-up, but wouldn’t play the audio. In this video, I show some slides that demonstrate the replacement of a capacitor, then my experimentation to finally learn that the audio segments only play properly after the ornament is plugged in for several minutes (to “warm up” before clicking the button to play the audio. I really don’t know why it needs this warm-up, but perhaps the capacitor is charging very slowly or something. I didn’t attempt to uncover the reason, but maybe someone with circuit theory knowledge knows. –sengsationa1