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Nsm City 2 - the journey and rebirth
SPearman:
I'm very interested in the "Added Bluetooth receiver
> built a 5-pin DIN adapter to combine Bluetooth audio feed + Regular Carriage base feed on the same plug (but different channels) - working beautifully switching from one feed to the other via a switch (installed in place of coin recall button)"
Is this a mod I could get made up by someone? My eyes aren't that good to do this type of stuff.
--- Quote from: jbnyc341 on October 24, 2018, 09:40:18 pm ---Hi Everyone - I just noticed this thread and may be able to contribute as I acquired a NSM City 2 last year and managed to repair most of the problems that it had, along with improving with a few add-ons:
- Carriage base was stuck to the left side of the rail with a non-stop clicking sound
> Solved by a combination of cleaning the contacts in the base and leveling the rail properly (supporting springs not arranged properly)
- Only left speakers were working
> Blown transistor on the carriage electronic board
- "Low quality" sound
> Solved with a new needle
- Added Bluetooth receiver
> built a 5-pin DIN adapter to combine Bluetooth audio feed + Regular Carriage base feed on the same plug (but different channels) - working beautifully switching from one feed to the other via a switch (installed in place of coin recall button)
- Added Multi-Color LED's (cool effect)
Last problem not fixed so far is the vinyl RPM's that are a tad too high -
Happy to share my experience if it can help someone (Joecap, maybe your no-sound issue could be related to your 2 transistors being deffective) - and happy to hear some advice/ideas regarding my RPM problem. Thanks!
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runbabyrun:
Hi, sorry to drag up an old thread, i have just bought an NSM City IV record and cd combo and would be interested into adding a bluetooth input into it somehow
ChristophA:
Runbabyrun-
The City 4 is an ESIV. You can get a line-in by making your own cable to connect to the TB socket. (An 8 pin DIN connector)
Use pins 3&5 as L & R signal input & pin 2 as ground. You also need to add a switch to pins 6 & 8. The switch will act as a toggle between line-in audio and CD/Carriage audio. You will also need to pickup a Bluetooth adapter, of course.
I’ve got an ESIV CD Galaxy, and it works like a charm. Just have mine hooked up to an Alexa so you can shout out requests.
ChristophA:
--- Quote from: jbnyc341 on October 24, 2018, 09:40:18 pm ---
- Added Bluetooth receiver
> built a 5-pin DIN adapter to combine Bluetooth audio feed + Regular Carriage base feed on the same plug (but different channels) - working beautifully switching from one feed to the other via a switch (installed in place of coin recall button)
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I would love to hear more about how you did this… as I understand, the ES2 board has a muting circuit activated when the carriage isn’t playing. How did you circumvent the muting?!? Bringing home a City 2 in a couple weeks.
Legtod2:
It's been awhile since I last posted. Bringing this thread back to life as I dust off my new desire to restart this project
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