S.O.S - turntables in need of repair!! Please help

NO3 · Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 1343 Location: Atlanta GA

Ok, so I guess we all need to get these wheels fixed from time to time. My Pair of Technics was bought used about 2 years ago and one tables has a serious sweet spot and is very touchy in the way it responds.

I need to get it looked at and repaired. Now obviously, I can take it to an authorized repair shop, and pay through the noise and possibly still get fucked as I did a year ago when I tried to get it fixed and this person is now out of business. So I am looking for help and advice. If you know of any place, or anyone that can preform good, quality maintenance on a pair of Technics, I would be greatly appreciative if you could direct them my way, or me to theirs. My contact email is below.

Thanks for taking the time to read this!!

TEKNISHUN · Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 12:51 pm Post subject:

Panasonic,Technics,Quasar. On hwy 9/roswell rd just south of the river.

decon · Joined: 19 Mar 2003 Posts: 723

how much to tune up a pair of technics?

Mine has seen many years of underground parties(literally), and the tuning is not exactly what it should be. Its fun to watch it phase in and out, really.

TEKNISHUN · Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 1:55 pm Post subject:

Depends on damage.

dubpirate · Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 162

Normans Electronic's in Alpharetta.

vj604 · Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 63

if you know or have access to and know how to use a multimeter and oscilloscope im pretty sure you could repair it yourself. do a search on repairing these things on google and check out the repair section fo 1200s.com , if not theres a panasonic/matsushitu(sp?) warehouse on 316 that I hear does repairs.

VJ
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DISPAIN · Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 1688 Location: The Trap

Trust me on this Meltons pro sound off ponce (I think it is) they do great work, and reasonably priced 404-873-4494
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Tektron · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 835 Location: Emory University

Any idea how much a new tonearm costs...? there seems to be some sort of lose connection in there and rather frequently i cant hear anything or pure static out of the channel...especially when im moving the tone arm....ive been pretty broke lately and have tolerateed it but i am gettint realy sick fo it

edit:

As soon as i wrote this i headed over to PSSL.com and the have tone arms for 90 dollars.....is that a good price anyone and how hard are they to change out yourself?

Steven

dj_jonathan · Joined: 19 Mar 2003 Posts: 46

I just replaced a the tonearm on one of my decks, if you are good with a soldering iron and have a delicate touch it is a snap.

Tektron · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 835 Location: Emory University

hrmm....i am but do i risk fucking over my technics?

*Is contemplating selling them for 450 and buying some brand new ones*

Steven

TNRG · Joined: 19 Mar 2003 Posts: 849

[quote="Tektron"]hrmm....i am but do i risk fucking over my technics?

DONT CHANCE IT.

Tektron · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 835 Location: Emory University

dj_jonathan · Joined: 19 Mar 2003 Posts: 46

It's really easy, but the fragile nature of those leads makes it dificult. If you are not comfortable opening up and working on electronics then I wouldn't recommend it.

NO3 · Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 1343 Location: Atlanta GA

WHo hijacked my post???? LOL... just messing with you. Thanks gang for helping me out. I think I found a place through someone at Rewind that is gonna help me out. if not, Ill check into that place up on 85, which i am still having troubles finding a phone number for. Thanks so much, you guys RAWK!!!

mershon · Joined: 19 May 2003 Posts: 1

12's are really pretty easy to work on. pitch controls: they're just sliders making contact on a circuit board. over time the sliders work loose and the contacts on the board wear through. you can order replacement parts from the panasonic site. you'll see a list of the most common replacement items. the more expensive of the two pitch controls is for the mark 3's (because of the 0 pitch function). to replace: remove the plater and the black cover underneath, disconnect the wire coming through the hole on the right hand side (flat wide connector) take bottom off (there are screws underneath the feet too) unscrew pitch board from shell. desolder actual pitch control along with the light from circuit board (a thing called solder sucker which sucks up the old solder is pretty handy-radio shack) put in new control and drop a little solder on the bottom of the pins. reconnect wire, put bottom and platter back on and vula, new pitch is done. there is also a pot that controls how much overall voltage goes to the pitch (earlier models have them on the pitch board and newer ones have them on the main board). if your pitch works good, but seems a little off, you can adjust this using the dots on the side of the plater (that little diagram shows you what dot is supposed to be standing still at what value). this is kind of the hillbilly way of doing it. but short of having an oscilloscope, it's not a bad way of doing it. if anybody want to know how to do tone arms or rca's, feel free to email me.