JVC L-A31Contents |. Specification... Names of Controls and Their Function « Exploded Views and Parts List... « 34(1) Mechanism Assembly. .« 32) Tonearm Assembly... 343) Mechanism Base «5.0.20 Operation of Automatic Mechanism 5. Cartridge Replacement. Likaabavune 61) 6.12) 6413) 614) * 65) Antiskating Adjustment. .- oe Tonearm Lifter Height Adjustment. «22. ++. Auto-return (Lead-out) Adjustment . “Tracking Foree Adjustment. ...« WARNING! : = ‘when replacing the parts marked with 4. , be sure io use the designated parts to ensure satety, 616) Motor RPM Adjustments .. 7. Block Diagrams. 8, Printed Circuit Board Asr'y and Parts List. ‘TPS-300 Power Supply and LED P.C. a1) Board As'y . (2) MC-942R Motor Driver P.C. Board Au'y 9, Packing Materials and Part Numbers 10, Trouble Shooting 10.40) ‘When turntable operation is abnormal. + Back cover voltage selector switeh and turn it in either in either due CHECKING YOUR LINE VOLTAGE (For US. Mil Betore inserting the power plug, please check this setting to see that it corresponds with the line voltage in your area, If it doesn't, be sure to adjust the voltage selector switch to the proper setting before operating this equipment, The voltage selector switch 1s located either on the se1"son the chassis, Simply insert a screw driver into the fection while pressing slightly and in such ‘way that desired voltage marked on the switch is positioned the arrow marked on the ‘rear panel or the chassis, The voltage selector switch accommodates up to three turns ‘Market and Other Countries) 1. Specifications MOTOR AND TURNTABLE Notor: Coreless, DC type FG servomotor ‘Dive system: Direct drive Speeds: 33:1/3 and 45 ¢pm Pitch control range: 23% Less than 0.03% (WRNS), 0.015% (WRMS)* 0.05% (DIN) Wow and flutter: Fumble: ‘More than 75.8 (DIN-B) ‘Speed detection: Integrated frequency generator Pooter: ‘Aluminum alloy die-casting TONEARM Type: LH. (Tracing Hold system, static balance) Straight tubular arm Etlective tength 220 mm Tracking error 45°35" 0°43" ‘Qverhang 15mm “Lacking force range: 0 — 3 (0.1 grams division, direct reading) eight range: —129 (including headshell) CARTRIDGE (not provided on units for U.S.A., Canada and the U.K.) WwODEL: zas Type: Moving Magnet (Cartridge body: ‘Mo-1025), Stylus: 0.6 mil. diamond (07-218) ‘Optimum tracking: 1.75 # 0.25 grams ferce aa 2555 Ositpur: 3 mV (1kHz, 5 cm/sec) Frequency response: * 10 10 25,000 Hz Separation: More than 25 dB (1 kHe) (ith test record TRS!) Load resistance: 47 kilohms ~ 100 kilohrns Compliance: 10 x 10% em/dyne (Dynamic! 30 x 10*emidyne (Static) GENERAL Pawer Source: See page 16 Power Consumption: See page 16 Dimensions: 11.5(H) x 42(W) x 36.5(0) om (with cover closed) (Since the dimensions # ow only the design measurement, consi eration is required wh en install- ing the unit in a limited space such asa rack.) Weight (NET: 5.2 kg (11.4 Ibs.) (without corrugated cardboard case) FEATURES DC type FG servomotor, Direct Drive tow-row strobsscope, Cildamaged eveing, Antiskating mechanism, All front operations. “Measured at attached encoder's output by K & K measur ing method. Devon and speciiations subject to change withgut novce2. Names of Controls and Their Functions ie _ 1. EP adaptor Place thi adaptor onto the center spindle when you pts a record with a bigger center hole such as a doughnut re: 2. Anti-skating knob This device cancels out the centiipeta force that py tonearm to the center of the platter. This prevents “-2 Stylus tip from skating toward the cencer of the platte> 2-2 at the same time eliminates any excessive stylus tr fon the inner wall of the record groove: Use thee marked dial when employing @ spherical s: Use the w= matked dial when employing an ellipticals oF a Shbata stylus Turn the dial to the same number as the tracking for 3. Speed select button Select @ proper position | 2 33 or =. 451 of the sara Select button in accordance with the rpm of the rece: 33-113 ypm record (LP) 33" 45 «prmrecord (EP) "45" 4. Arm tiftr button ‘This is used when you want the Conesim gently lites «= oF lowered down, When you push it to "UP" position =» the tonearm will be lifted up. and when you pust = to DOWN’ position { x}, it willbe lowered down ger: to the record surtace. Te, ‘Ye 5, Stop button ‘When you stop playing the record, push the button and release it. The button returns to its original pos.tion sia the tonearm its sell up. returns automatically to its at anc the platter stops rotatings. 6. Pitch control knob and strobe dise Strobe pattern and stroboscope When speed adjustment is performed: observe the strobe pattern around the periphery of the platter for 23-13 aise and use the stroboscope provided for 45 speed, ‘Turn the speed adjustment knob unti the dots appear 10 be stationary. Be sure to use the dat pattern cottespending to tie Toc, line frequency. ‘The dots appear to move in the same direction as the plates Turntable thm is too fast. ‘Tur the speed adjustment knob toward § islow). + The dots appear to move in the direction opposie to the platter Turntable thm is too siow. ‘Turn the speed adjustment knob toward F (tas - ‘+ The dots anpear to be stationary Turntable «hm is proper Your rew (831 is des-;7ed 10 constantly maintain the cot: rect speed. once the |” despite tueruations in {normally 0.4%. 0° changes in the strobe © ‘itch adiusiment has beert made “2 AC mains voltage and trequency 2eeragel which may cause sight eins due 10 lighting of the agar lamp, and speed agius:—ent is not required. ast No. 25853. Exploded Views and Parts List 3-(1) Mechanism Assembly Fl 2555Parts List rem part number | Description ary] [Me™] part wumber | Description ory 7 | See page 16 | Cabinet 7 739 | €66351-001 | Spring 7 2] £23733001 | Front Escutcheon 1 40 | €68008-001 | Reject Rod 1 3} 301422001 | Escutcneos 1 41 | e68146.001 | sheet 1 4 | 68120002 | Mork 1 42 | €68145.001 | Sheet (8) 1 5 | e29731.001__| Turntable 1]. [43 | esa000.001 | tame Guard “A 6 | See pase 16 | Turntable Covering | 1 44 | See page 16 Power Transformer A] 7 7 | moon Motor Assy 1 45 | €61826.001 | Cushion 2 8 | €65922005 | Screw 2 46 | €65751-001 | Transformer Plate 2 9 | vesrso0szs | Screw 2 47 | €65921-002 | screw 4 10 | See page 16__| Tonearm Assy 1 48 | See page 16 Fuse ali 11 | €68026.001 | Stopper 1 49 | See page 16 Micro Switeh Ari 12 | €65921.002 | Screw 25 50 | See page 16 Power Cord aly 13 | £65824.003 | Rest As'y 1 51 | See page 16 Connector Al? 14 | €34035.0055A | Mechan 1 52 | See page 16 Lg Strip ali 15 | €65921-005-_| Screw 2 52 | See page 16 Cord Clamp alt 16 | Gaoe24 Speed Nut 1 54 | See page 16 Cord Stopper A] 1 17 | €67313.002 | Curing Asv'y 1 55 | See page 16 Cord Stopper Pate | 1 18 | €49596-001 Soring 1 56 | See page 16 PC. Board As'y Ali | 39 | €65789.001 | Elevator Assy 1 57 | sR603C Leo. 3 20 | €49619.001__| soxing 1 5a |asr0719075 _| Push Switch 1 21 | sssPa016NS | Serew 7 59 | €03697-003 | Signal Cora T 22 | €200271:008 | Arm Lever As 1 60 | €67761.001 | Signal Gieuit Board | 1 23 | e201454001 | bal 1 61 | €68021-001 | Serew 1 24 | Ga1505-1 Steel Bal 1 62 | €wT042.005 | Terminal Wire Aw’y | 1 2s | sese30082__| Screw 1 63 | €67731.002___| stepper ‘ 26 | £67630-001 | Antiskating Assy 1 64 | €10584-001 | Bottom Board 1 27 | £201238001 | Antiskating Knob 1 65 | See poge 16 Foot Ass'y ‘ 2s | €49672.004 | Wave Washer 1 66 | £65928.002 | Screw ‘ 29 | €65972.002 | screw 3 67 | £65921.008 | Screw 0 30 | £301023.001__| Push Button 3 68 | £23680.001___| Dust Cover Asr'y \ 31 | €301855001 | Knod 1 69 | €68188.001 | Hinge An'y 7 32 | €03870.005 | Push Switch 1 70 | €66329.001 | EP Adaptor 1 33 | €60013.001 | Volume Base 1 71 | See page 16 Mask Cap 1 34 | avGtA28.054V | Variable Resistor 1 72 | See page 16 Voltage Selector. =| 1 35 | e301242.001__| Lever 1 73 | €68164.001 | strobo Plate 36 | €67692.003 | Spring 1 7% | e6ss22008 | Serew 1 37 | e6aist-001 | Curing Rod 1 38 |e6sss0.001 | Sider 1 B Satety mark Laat ~a- Mo. 25553-(2) Tonearm Assembly £23744.008, Aim aay £60802.001 =67612-002 ena, ecto ie sesaooo02 oe : ey aa : oT ‘Set page 16 << / Sonne a ae €67609-001 geese BB _ _ toes, raz 3-(3) Mechanism Base scornaot * €£49627-002 Nut Ee a $$ eaago EE s40823.09, _ 2 a ‘Eavese.009 €49651-002—____. = = ” sos cesors0 eee _ SF Fas A31 . Ses4. Operation of Automatic Mechanism Char -vsle mechanism: 1 sying, the notch of tha main gear position ve to the turntable spindle gear is as shown in Fig. 4. As the projection is away from the engagement, the main gear does not rotate even though the turntable. 2. As playing proceeds, the trip slide moves toward the center of the turntable following the movement of the toneatm. : 3, The engagement is very easy to move as it simply rests fon the fower trp. On the music section of the record ‘groove he engagement moves so slightly that it is re turned by the tip of the projection. Consequently, the tab'e spindle gear does not engage with the main gear and thus does not trigger the auto-return operation ‘a shown in Fig. 5, When playing ends and the pick-up cartridge enters the leadout yoove which is paced out, the engagement ‘advances more then it is returned by the projection. Because of this, the engagement is pressed by the pro- jection as shown in Fig. 6, causing the main gear to turn and engage with the turntable spindle gear. Thus the change cle is started. 5. During =7e return operation the engagement and lower trip which have moved are returaed to their original position by the reject button coming into contact with the bot:om of the lower trip. At this moment the switch lever operates with the help of the main gear cam, switching off the power just before the rotation should stop. ‘This completes the automatic cycle. 4 Tonearm lift and return mechanism: 1, When the main gear starts to rotate at the end of play- ing, the return lever rotates under the action of the, main gear cam to press the elevazor cam. The upward movernent of the elevator cam is cirectly converted into movernent of the elevator, lifting up the tonearm. (Fig. n 2. The tonearm is returned by the arm lever the end of “which presses it as the main gear rotates. 5. Cartridge-Replaeement— 1. Unscrew the connector screw to remove the headshell 2, Remove ‘the two long screws on the headshell which hold the cartridge. (Fig. 8) 3. Connect the lead wires of the hesdshell to the new cartridge, being careful to match the polarities correétly. Polarity and wire colors are as follows: White (e260. Red (4) 45-09 R Blue (-}.ccese Ro Green(s..v RE 4. Attach the cartridge to the heedshell squarely, and gently tighten the screws. 5, Set the cueing button to “DOWN”, and then bring the stylus tp to the optimum position by sliding the ca ‘ridge back and forth. See 6-(1) Cverhang Adjustment, 6. After attaching the cartridge, slide the headshell into the tonearm. Tighten the connector screw. 7. Be sure to adjust the tracking forcy and lead-in position after replacing the cartridge. Projection Engagement Preeetl Prater Spinaie Gear — / Pate Gaoe Fig. Paste Warner: Fig. 8 Last vn 353-(2) Tonearm Assembly £23744.008 Atom Asc £60502.001 301200002 esa Case Assy em $$, A son ——see oage 18, ‘Sys Cover Fig. 2 3-(3) Mechanism Base 60912001 49627-0021 ~~ Engagement Pave 49626-0041 Lower Top Paw 49673-003. -REESO00 ijt Lever ‘ine £71656.003 49651-002- Lal Sone -£34085-005, ‘ae Sub Any £49613.011 Rewrn any A £65251.001 ‘Senna -£65249.001 . Sten Lever Laat No. 2555 oi6. Adjustment Procedures ‘The following adjustments shéuid be performed only when replacing a cartridge or a headshe Otherwise, no adjustment is required. 6-(1) Overhang Adjustment To obtain optimum overhang, when mounting the car- tidge, first align the eartridge’s longitudinal axis with that of the headihell and position the cartridge so that the distance between the headshell’s end face and the stylus equals 32mm as shown in Fig. 9. Be sure to tighten the set screw after the adjustment. Errors “within Tom are negligible from a practical point of view. kating force according to the cartridge used, Turn the sntiskating knob dial to the same number fon the tracking force ial. Use the © marked dial when employing a spherical stylus. Use the am marked dial for an elliptical or a Shibata stylus. Set the “1.75” of the @ marked dial to the index line since the L-A31 i provided with aspherical stylus and the track: ing force has been adjusted to 1.75 9. (Fig. 10) 6-(3) Tonearm Lifter Height Adjustment ‘Adjust the height of tonearm lifter with the adjustment screw 40 that the distance between the stylus tip and the surface of record is about 6mm when the stylus is elevated. Turn the height adjustment screw clockwise to lower, and counterclockwise to raise the tonearm lifter level. (See Fig. WD 6-(4) Auto-return (Lead-out) Adjustment ‘When the pulley has been replaced for a different record or if auto-return functions early, adjust as shown in Fig. 12. = When change cycle starts too late, tum the screw count- terclockwise with a screwdriver. = When change cycle starts too early, turn the screw clock- wise, 6-(5) Tracking Force Adjustment (Fig.11) }. Set the anti-skating knob to the “0” mark on the dial. 2. Place an unwarped disc onto the platter. Remove the stylus cover from the stylu Release the tonearm clamp. Turn the counterweight until the tonearm is balanced. 5. Stop turning the counterweight when the stylus tip is Imost touching the disc surface. . Return the tonearm to the rest and clamp it, I necetsary to replace 2 cartridge, usage of that headshell ‘exclusive to this unit is recommended. ‘Adjustment Sexe Fig. 12 1B. Hold the counterweight at the adjusted position and ‘nti the "0" mark is aligned with the index line on the tonearm weight shaft. ‘Turn the counterweight in the A direction until the "1,75" mark on the dial is aligned with the index ine for the model preparing cartridge Z-1S except USA. Canada and U.K.Trecking Foree Bat Fig, 13-8 6-(6) Motor RPM Adjustments 1, When adjusting 3-1/3 or 45 RPM, first set, in.either way, the fine RPM adjustment VT (VR&O1) to around half the maximum resistance (the center of the rotating angle). 2. Connector an oscilloscope between TP-1 and GND on the motor board as shown at right (Fig. 14) 3. Adjustments © 33-1/3 PRM adjustment Set SPEED SW (SW4) to 33-1/3 RPM, then adjust the coarse adjustment VR (VR1) on the motor board 40 that ‘the waveform on the oscilloscope has T = 20 msce. © 45 RPM adjustment Set SPEED SW (SW4) to 45 RPM. then adjust the coarse adjustment VR (VR2) on the motor board so that the waveform on the oscilloscope has T = 14.8 msec. 4. Finally, using the stroboscopic pattern (33-1/3 RPM) and the accessory stroboscopic pattern for 45 RPM, con- firm whether the respective adjustments are performed propery. 7. Block Diagrams a Powe pa) ce | Seca seth oumerweight xeitoxcope ——F- wa —to ° cno—to, ° Patter Motor Driver Wavetorm Grea Shope? son 633-1/90m ‘er ome (et asco) 33-1/200m ‘Speed Select Switch Fig. 15 LAs No. 25558. Printed Circuit Board Ass’y and Parts List 8-(1) TPS-300 Power Supply and LED P.C. Board Ass’y Esch individu PC Board Location . rs aor Parmanea | sonar pera Pp ae ° a. ETT oe ® ca0s | OFTSIHA-476H | 47uF | PCSOV ~ 6 Ser BY er [actsinnaren [ane [pesoy [Bow 1. TPS-3009-1 : Power Supply P.C. Board Ass'y @ TPS-300:2 : LEDP.C. 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