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ami-man's advice on Rowe Ami jukeboxes
Bgard:
Alan,
First, please accept my apologies, thank you :)
I have an R-82 that will not erase the memory chip after playing a selection, so it continuously plays the same selection. Pressing the Clear Memory button on the Memory Unit does the trick, and you can make another selection (all work), but it is stuck on whatever selection you make until you press the Clear button again.
It does put the record back when done playing, but does not scan, just picks it back up and plays it again.
I have checked all solder joints on both the Memory Unit and the Selector Logic, repaired a few, all wiring/connectors look ok. There was a bad (burned) resistor on the Memory Unit (R728, replaced), but that appears to be for the battery which I don't think should be causing this problem? I believe the battery can be eliminated without issues, correct me if I'm wrong.
I've worked on quite a few Rowe/AMI 45 players, including the R-82, but this one has me stumped. I hate to assume, but thinking maybe Z501 on the Selector Logic board is bad?
BTW... I also has swapped both the Memory Unit and Selector Logic with used boards, just not sure if they were good ones or not.
Appreciate any help/info
Barry
pickledllamas:
Thanks Alan,
That will get me started. :-)
I don't have a manual for the box yet. Are pdf files available? Or do I need to find a hard copy somewhere?
I'll take a few pictures of the inside of the box and my progress. Maybe they'll be useful for someone else down the road.
Mercuryfox50:
Alan,
Tonight I fired up my Rowe CD-100A. I selected song #1. After about 2 minutes of song play the music cut-out about 5 times in 3 seconds then was fine for the rest of the song. I then selected song #2. For the first 10 seconds that song #2 played, the music cut-out continuously then cleared up for the duration of the song. Per your suggestion, I disconnected the red & black RCA cables from the Pre-Amp on the Jukebox and connected them to the "Stereo In" on my home-receiver. To my surprise, when I selected song #3, the music cut-out continuously with Mech Control hooked-up to my home-receiver. It sounds like we have now ruled out the CD-PRO, the Mech Control, the Pre-Amp, the Amp and any wiring between the Mech Control and the speakers. By the sounds of it you would suspect the Power Supply Unit being the culprit, correct?
Thanks,
Ben
ami-man:
Hello Barry,
I have replied to your direct email regarding what to do next.
I have suggested that you send me the following boards to be tested as a set of boards.
Memory Unit
Selector Logic
Mechanism Control
Your profile does not indicate what country that you live in but I have had boards sent in for repair from the USA, Austraila, Germany, France and Hong Kong.
Regards
Alan
Alan Hood
ami-man
UK
ami-man:
Hello Ben,
Can you please post some pictures of where and how you connected the cd output into your hifi system before we discount the exercise? or send the information direct to me on alan-hood@datex.co.uk before we start looking at the area's of the jukebox.
Regards
Alan
Alan Hood
ami-man
UK
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