Service Manual - PL117D or PL-A300
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SPECIFICATIONS (HGT model) Motor and Turntable Motor oro ss 4-pole synchronous Turntable drive nsnsnnnnn seonmnnsnen Beltedriven Speed o “Two speeds: 33-1/31pm, 45pm Wow and flutter ... 0,07% (WRMS) or less SIN se - 6348 (DIN B) or more {with Pioneer cartridge model PC-135) 30cm diam, aluminum alloy v» 135kg-cm? (including rubber mat) Turntable platter Moment of inertia .. Tonearm Tonearm type. Static-balance, S-shaped, pipe arm Effective arm length 221mm Tracking error 4 ~ 1 15.Smm, Overhang Usable cartridge weight 4g (min.) ~ 103 (max.) (For cartridge weighs over 8.5g, atach the sub weight) Sub Functions Fully automatic tonearm system Anti-skating force control device Plugin type headshelt Oil-damped arm elevator device Hinges (Free adjustable) Lateral balancer Miscellaneous Power requirements, Power consumption AC 220-240V, SOHZ sen 10W -440(W) x362(D)x159(H) mm Dimensions 17-5/16(W)x14-1/4(D)x6-1/4(H) in. WEIN soccnsnnnnnn covmnonons Thy 15 1b 6.02 Accessories Headshell Accessory oil Overhang gauge .. 45pm adaptor Screwdriver Sub weight Cartridge mounting screws For Use Please nove: ‘Models employ 3-conductor mains leads. Please read the following instructions carefully before connecting. WARNING: United Kingdom only. THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED. CAUTION 240V: MAINS SUPPLY VOLTAGE IS FACTORY ADJUSTED AT 240 VOLTS. IMPORTANT ‘The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with following code: Greenand-yellow: Earth Blue: Neutral Brown: Live As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows. The wire which is coloured green-and-yellow must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked by the letter E or by the safety earth symbol + or coloured green or green-and- yellow. The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured blue or black. The wire which is coloured brown must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter Lor coloured brown or red. Cartridge mounting nuts Cartridge mounting washers Operating instructions NOTE: Specifications and design subject to possible modifi- cation without notice, due to improvements.10. SPECIFICATIONS (QT, O model) Motor and Turntable Motor 4ppole synchronous Turntable drive .. Beltriven Speed on "Two speeds: 33-1/3rpm, 45¢pm Wow and flutter 0.07% (WRMS) or less. BIN anna {6348 (DIN B) or more (with Pioneer cartridge model PC-135) 30cm diam, aluminum alloy 135kg:cm? (Including rubber mat) Turntable platter oment of inertia. Tonearm Tonearm type Static-balance, S-shaped, pipe arm Effective arm length. 221mm Tracking error Ae ~ Overhang, sm Usable cartridge weight og (in.) ~ 103 (max) (For cartridge weighs over 8.5g, attach the sub weight) Sub Functions Fully automatic tinearm system Anti-skating force control device Plugin type headshell Oil-damped arm elevator device Hinges (Free adjustable) Lateral balancer Miscellaneous Power requirements Power consumption .» AC 120V/240V switchable 50/6042 10W ABOUT FURNISHED CARTRIDGE Type Structure Induced magnet type The inside of the cartridge is shielded by Super permalloy; and the outside, injection-molded. Frequency response 10 ~ 25,000Hz ‘Channel separation More than 25dB at 1,000Hz Output 3mV at 1,000H2 (50mm/s or 2in/s) ‘Channel balance Within 1,548 at 1,000H2 Impedance 3.8K? at 1,000H2 DC resistance 8509 Load resistance 50K. Stylus 0.5 mit diamond (PN-135) Dynamic compliance 10x 10°* em/dyne Tracking force requirement Weight Overall dimensions 1.5 ~ 2.38 (proper 28) 54g 16(W)x17.9(H)x28.5(L)mm 5/8(W)x23/32(H)x 1-1/8(L Jin Life of stylus used in PC-195 i800 to 1000 hours If used for longer periods, record damage or noise can occur. Replace the stylus within this lime or ot first signs of wear Dimensions ves 440) x362(0)x159(H) mm sTrus Tr 17 srs 1/4(0)x6-1/4(H) in Weight ‘Thg, 15 1b 6 02 srvtus wowed Accessories Headshell Accessory cil Overhang gauge 45rpm adaptor Serewariver Sub weight . ~ Motor puley sos cod Cartridge mounting screws... 6 (With phono cartridge mode! Cartridge mounting washers... NOTE. 2 \not supplyed. Operating instructions 1 Specifications and the design subject to possible ‘modification without notice due to improvements,11. OPERATING DESCRIPTION Automatic operational functions of the PL-117D tonearm such as lead-in, lead-out and other func- tions are performed via a transfer from the center shaft gear A to gear B. TOP VIEW eeee ert 2 ... TonearmBOTTOM VIEW ©9868 |.» Motor Plate H +» Muting switch oo Plate R . Plate M Plate G Arm A jo» Plate F Plate G 8889 .. Plate S |. Microswitch .. Plate J .. Plate K 9996 1 Plate E Plate L )... Plate P .. Plate Q11,1 AUTOMATIC-OPERATION DETECTION When in stop or play mode, counter-clockwise When plate A moves, gear B stopper is released. rotational force is applied to gear B by pawl A. Gear B turns counter-clockwise due to a force ex- However, gear B does not move since its stopper is erted by pawl A and engages gear A (Fig. 4). restrained by mainframe plate A (Fig. 1) Gear B Gear A Pressing the START or STOP button moves plate B and plate C above plate B presses against gear A (Fig. 2). Just prior to completion of gear B rotation, arm B returns plates A, B and C to their original posi- tions (Fig. 5). Fig. 2 Convex section of rotating gear A contacts plate C Fig. 5 and plate A is then moved (Fig. 3). Consequently, after a single rotation gear B stopper is again restrained by plate A. When the START button is pressed, the phono motor (PM immedi- ately starts and the platter rotates. Fig.311.2 MICROSWITCH ON-OFF Manual Operation (Figs. 6 & 7) 1. Plate D is directly coupled to the tonearm shaft and moves when the tonearm is removed manu- ally from the arm rest. 2. This frees plate E and the microswitch turns ON. 8. If the tonearm is returned to the arm rest during play, plate D turns off the microswitch via plate E, Fig. 6 Fig. 7 Automatic Operation: 1. Pressing the START button moves plate F via wire A and the microswitch turns ON (Fig. 8). 2, The motor rotates and as gear B begins to tum, pawl B (Fig. 9) and plate G move. Plate G and plate F above it move together and maintain the microswitch in the ON position. 3. Upon completion of automatic operation, the tonearm returns to the arm rest before gear B stops. 4. With 1 turn of gear B, paw! B returns to the start Position. Plate G also returns to the start Position. 5. As plate F returns to the start position together with plate G, the microswitch is tumed OFF by plate E. Microswitch Fig. 8 Fig. 911.3 AUTO-CUT AND AUTO-RETURN DETECTION ‘The tonearm is automatically returned to the arm rest at the completion of record play. Also, if the STOP button is pressed while a record is being played, the tonearm automatically returns and playing ceases. Auto-return Detection: 1. As record playback proceeds and the tonearm approaches the inner record grooves, rod A (directly coupled to plate D) moves in propor- tion to the amount of tonearm movement (Fig. 10). Fig. 10 2, Rod A pushes plate B and plate C above plate B ‘moves in the direction toward gear A (Fig. 11). Fig. 11 3. As the stylus moves 1mm toward the center of the record with each platter rotation, the end of plate C moves approximately 0.12mm. 4, The raised convex portion of gear A possesses a taper, as shown in Fig. 12. While stylus is within 1,5mm per platter rotation, this tapered portion pushed back on plate C (Fig. 13). 0.2mm Plate C Gear A Fig. 12 Fig. 13 5. Upon completion of play, the stylus movement becomes 3mm per rotation as it enters the lead-out grooves. 6. End of plate C engages with convex portion of gear A (Fig. 14). Fig. 14 7. As plate C is moved by gear A, plate A moves and gear B stopper is released and gears A and B engage*. * See Section 11.1 Auto-Operation Detection.Auto-cut Detectior 11.4 TONEARM OPERATION 1. If the STOP button is pressed during play, wire Auto Lead-in: B moves plate 8, and arm A moves (Fig. 15). 1. Plate F moves when the START button is pressed. The microswitch turns ON and platter rotates. 2, Since plate J above plate F also moves, plate K is pulled disengaging the pin on plate L (Fig. 17). Fig. 15 2. Arm A pushes plate B and plate C above plate B contacts the raised convex portion of gear A (Fig. 16). Fig. 17 3, When the platter rotates, gear B also rotates and paw! B moves plate G. 4. With plate G motion, plate M is contacted and pin of plate N pushed up (Fig. 18). Fig. 16 3. Convex portion of gear A engages with plate C to perform auto operation detection. Fig. 18 5, Plate N sets the tonearm elevation UP.6. While gear B makes a % tum, gear B groove moves pawl C of plate R toward pin shaped section of plate D (Fig. 19). Plate D pin Fig. 19 7. The pin section is gripped by plates R and L (Fig. 20). 8. Since gear B continues to rotate, plate S moves in the direction opposite to that of Step 6. Movement of the friction plate between plates R and L causes plate L to also move (Fig. 21). 9. Plate L reaches the specified position, then stops (Fig. 22). 10. When gear B turns once, plates G and N return to their original positions. At this point, the tonearm elevation is lowered and the stylus descend onto the record. 11. When plate G returns to its original position, plate J (at plate F above plate G) returns plate K to its original position (Fig. 23). Fig. 23 12 Although plate K tends to return, since arm lead-in is completed restrains plate K (Fig. 24),Lead-out: 1. Gear B begins to rotate when plate C detects end of play and in the same manner as during lead-in, arm elevation will be UP due to the movement of plates G and N. 2, Pawl C moves plate R via gear B groove. 3. Plate R contacts plate D pin and tonearm returns to arm rest (Fig. 25). Fig. 25 4. During this operation, friction plate moves plate L 5. When the tonearm returns to the arm rest, plate K locks with plate L pin and returns to original position (Fig. 26), Fig. 26 6. Although plate R operation continues due to gear B rotation, plate L does not move since it is. locked by plate K. 7. Gear B turns once and when plate G returns to original position, plate E tums off the micro- switch, the phono motor stops, and alll opera- tions have been completed. Auto-repeat Detection: 1, When REPEAT button is pressed, plate J posi- tion is shifted by wire C (Fig. 27). Fig. 27 2. For this reason, plate K does not return to its original position at completion of tonearm lead-in operation. 3. Tonearm is returned to arm rest at end of play by function of plates R and L. 4. Since gear B rotation continues, plates R and L igain move the tonearm to the specified posi- tion, 5. By pressing the STOP button, plate $ motion can release the repeat mode (Fig. 28). * Repeat mode is not obtained when plate K locks plate L pin,11.5 MUTING SWITCH ON-OFF (Fig. 29) ‘This switch shorts the output signal from the cartridge and functions to cut noise during mecha- nism operation. 1. Gear B begins to rotate when the START button is pressed. 2, Plate H is released by stopper on gear B and sets the muting switch ON. 3. When gear B stops after 1 turn, plate H again contacts gear B stopper and the muting switch turns OFF. Fig. 29 11.6 RECORD SIZE SELECTOR (Fig. 30) 1. When the SIZE lever is moved, wire D moves plate P and plate Q position chan, 2. This changes plate L stop position and the tonearm will be brought to the 17, 25, or 30cm record position. Fig. 30 11.7 ARM ELEVATION (Fig. 31) 1. When the ARM ELEVATION lever is moved, wire E moves plate M then plate N pin move vertically to perform tonearm UP and DOWN operation. 2, Elevation mechanism is DOWN when using stop or play modes. 8, Elevation mechanism is always UP during gear B rotation, Fig. 3112. ADJUSTMENTS Adjustments are performed in the mode sequence start-repeat-stop. 12.1 START ADJUSTMENTS (Fig. 32) 1. Observe that gear B, plates G and F etc., are completely in stop mode. 2. Press START button (set to depressed position). 3. As shown in Fig. 32, tum the adjusting screw and adjust for 0.2 to 0.3mm spacing between plate E and microswitch knob. 4, Be sure to apply locking compound to screw after adjustment. 12.2 REPEAT ADJUSTMENT (Fig. 33) 1. Plate J position is shifted when the REPEAT button is pressed. 2. A steel ball provides click-stop for plate J in the normal and repeat positions. 8. Adjust screw so that click-stop is correctly performed. 4. Be sure to apply locking compound to screw after adjustment. Click-stop. Steel ball = Fig. 33-0 Click-stop holt Fig. 33-512.3 STOP ADJUSTMENT (Fig. 34) 1, Wire moves plate S when STOP button is pressed. 2, Adjust screw so that point A in Fig. 34 is 0.5 to 1.0mm when plate 8 moves. 3. Confirm that when the STOP button is released, plates S and F do not shift at point B in Fig. 35. Fig. 34 124 SS OPERATING SECTION ADJUSTMENT 1, Set SIZE lever to 25. 2, Press START button. Tonearm auto lead-in will function. 3. Stop when plate L contacts plate Q. 4.So that the position indicated in Fig. 35 be- comes 2 mm, turn adjusting screw. 5. After adjustment, move SIZE lever to 17 and 30 positions and confirm that plate L is contacted. Fig. 35 Fig. 3612.5 EV OPERATING SECTION ADJUSTMENT 1, ARM ELEVATION lever moves plate M via wire E to raise and lower plate N. 2. When arm elevation is UP, so that spacing be- tween plate M and pin of plate N shown in Fig. 37 becomes 0.3 mm, adjust. screw shown in Fig. 38. 3, After adjustment, confirm that pin of plate N rides smoothly up and down on slanted section of plate M. 12.6 RETURN POSITION ADJUSTMENT 1, Remove cabinet, place set horizontally and re- move gear B. 2, Move plate A fully in direction shown by arrow in Fig. 39, 8,Move tonearm gently toward center shaft. 4, Rod A presses plate B and when plate C engages raised portion of gear A (Fig. 40), stop tonearm, 5. At this time, so that distance indicated in Fig. 41 becomes 62 +2 mm, adjust screw shown in Fig. 39 Fig. 42. ~~ we I ) | ZA Fig. 40 Fig. 37 Fig. 38 Fig, 41PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 4-1, Meguro 1-Chome, Meguro-ku, Tekyo 153, Japen ]ONEER ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 78 Oxtord Drive, Moonechie, New Jersey 07074, U.S.A PIONEER ELECTRONIC (EUROPE) NV. Luithagen-Haven 8, 2030 Antwarp, Belgium © May 1976 Printed in Japan