Dolman Audio Visual was formed in 1980 by myself, Peter Dolman. In the late 60's I served an apprenticeship as a Radio and Television service technician with a small engineer-led local independent retailer; later on, my career saw life as a technician with one of the largest UK service organisations. In between these two contrasting jobs, I had the opportunity to work as a Television Development Engineer with Decca Radio and Television in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. This career move rewarded me with a valuable appreciation of receiver design and manufacture. During the past 35 years I have gained professional engineering status, been awarded the Licentiateship of the City an Guilds and have received a formal qualification in Further Education Teaching. I have also worked on a freelance basis for colleges and examination boards in the capacity of examiner and verifying assessor, as well as a technical author.
I make mention of these past events to serve as an indicator of why I genuinely believe that we offer a standard of technical ability (and adaptability) which is not commonplace in the field of AV servicing. I feel we have assembled a unique knowledge base from which to draw. This provides us with major advantages in that we are able to offer a competent, comprehensive and effective fault finding and repair service, covering a wide range of diverse products.
We set up our small company here in rural Wiltshire to provide the kind of audio visual product repair that I believe every owner deserves. We offer an affordable high standard of service, based on years of experience in our chosen field and a breadth of experience in the industry which places us in a unique position to live up to our ideals.
As we have a strong grounding in engineering principles, we achieve a very high success rate in the repair of the AV products we handle, including those for which there is limited technical information (for example when the manufacturer has ceased to trade, the unit is old, or where it was not adequately supported by the importer). Wherever possible, the original manufacturers' spares will be employed. However, if these are unavailable and substitution becomes necessary, we base our decisions on sound technical judgment, ensuring the sourcing of components which equal, or in many cases, exceed the original specification!
