[FULL] Sony FH-215R

[m4r6i0]

Hello everyone,

This is a window-per-module replica of the Sony FH-215R component system from 1987, built for AIMP 5. Each component of the real stack gets its own window, the way the units sit on a shelf.

ST-215 — FM/AM tuner
Frequency and clock alternating on the amber VFD, RDS panel (PS / RT / PTY), 20 station presets with a working keypad.

TA-215 — integrated amplifier
7-band spectrum analyser with peak hold, VOL LEVEL column, graphic equalizer and 3 EQ memories.

FH-215R — receiver
SAT indicator, FUNCTION INDICATOR that lights only the active source, VOLUME keys, MUTING and BALANCE.

TC-215R — cassette deck
An animated Sony cassette with spinning reels, a mechanical tape counter, MODE INDICATOR and a door that slides open on EJECT.

What moves

• Reels spin while audio plays — faster on FF/REW, and backwards on REW
• Tape transfers from one reel to the other as the track advances
• Three real Sony cassette models (HF type I, UCX type II, METAL-ES type IV) — switching changes the whole shell: colours, label, band, ink and emblem
• The cassette door opens and closes on EJECT
• The function indicator follows the source: TUNER for streams, TAPE for local files
• The SAT window lights when the equalizer is on

Optional companion plugin
Two features need the plugin "M80 EQ Memory" (I will post it separately), because the skin engine cannot load an equalizer curve or persist anything between sessions:

• EQ PRESET 1/2/3 as real memories, using the original gesture — press EQ MEMORY to arm (MEMORY blinks), then press 1, 2 or 3 to store; press 1/2/3 without arming to recall
• EJECT opening the file dialog after the door animation

Without the plugin the skin works normally, only those two features are idle. The plugin attaches solely to this skin's windows and stays inert with any other skin.

Notes
Designed at 952 px and it follows Windows display scaling. The skin is produced by a code generator (Python + Pillow) and the project file is included, so anyone can study or modify it. The FH-215R panel lettering was redrawn glyph by glyph from photographs of the unit, since no existing font matches it.

Not affiliated with Sony. Free to use and modify. Feedback is very welcome.

Download
Skin: https://files.catbox.moe/fejyox.acs5
Project file: https://files.catbox.moe/n0na0e.acs5proj

[Soolo]

[Black_AVP_Bim]

Skin: https://files.catbox.moe/fejyox.acs5
Project file: https://files.catbox.moe/n0na0e.acs5proj

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[m4r6i0]

Soolo, thank you very much for the review — all three issues are fixed in v1.1.

1. Empty playlist tabs
My mistake: I was styling the TabControl with the Fonts block used by
buttons. TabControl needs TabsOptions instead, with its own named fonts
(Font, FontHot, FontActive, FontPlaying…) and the per-tab header texture. With
the wrong property names the engine silently ignored everything, so the tab
titles rendered invisible. Tabs now show properly, including the green
highlight for the playing playlist.

2. Unlabelled buttons
The four playlist buttons now have proper glyphs — plus, minus, sort and more
options — following the same approach as the stock skin (pwbAdd / pwbRemove /
pwbSort), where the icon explains the button.

3. Tooltip not localized
Removed the hardcoded tooltips entirely. The buttons rely on their icons now,
and the quick search field uses @Lng:33; so AIMP supplies the localized string.
The search box also got a visible frame and a magnifier glyph, since it looked
like an unexplained empty box.

v1.1 download
Skin: https://files.catbox.moe/866rqy.acs5
Project: https://files.catbox.moe/bqbh7f.acs5proj



Thanks again — the report was precise and made the fixes easy.