Technics SL 5 Service Manual

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ORDER NO. SD81112090C2

Service Manual

Direct Drive Automatic Turntable System

SL-5

[E], [EK], [XL]
[EF], [XA]. [EH], [E

Areas

[EG], [EB],
I], [EC]

[E] is available in Switzerland and Scandinavia.

[EK] is available in United Kingdom.
[XL] is available in Australia.

* [E6] is available in F.Ft. Germany.

" [EB] is available in Belgium.

[EF] is available in France.

[XA] is available in Southeast Asia, Oceania, Africa,
Middle Near East and Central South America.

* [EH] is available in Holland.
* [Ei] is available in Italy.
[EC] is available in Czechoslovakia.

English
SpeCificationS Specifications are subject to change without notice for further improvement.
Weight and dimensions shown are approximate.
I General Turntable speeds: 354/3 rpm and 45 rpm

Power supply:

Power consumption:

Dimensions:
(WXHXD)

Weight:

I Turntable section
Type:

Drive method:

Motor:

Drive control method:
Turntable platter:

220V, 50/60 HZ

10 W

315x88><315cm

(1271/2 >< 3A1/2><1271/2)
315K39><3150m
(12-1/2"><15-23/64"\< 124/2")
(~18lele height when top
(dust cover) is open)

4 4 kg (9 7 lb )

Direct drive

Automatic turntable

Auto start/Auto lead-in
Auto return

Auto stop

Repeat play

Auto speed select

Manual speed selection possible
Auto size select

Record presence detection
Direct drive

Brusnless DC motor

F G servo Control
Aluminum die-cast
Diameter 30 cm (12)

Wow and llutter:

Measured by obtaining signal lrom builHn frequency
generator of motor assembly

Rumble:

I Tonearm section
Type:

Ellective length:
Tracking error angle:
Ellective mass:

Resonance frequency:

Tonearm drive motor:
Phono cable
capacitance:

I Cartridge section

Type:
Magnetic circuit:

Auto speed select

(Manual selection posSIble)
O 012"/ /D WRMS'

O 025% WRMS (JIS C5521)
i0,035% peak

(IEC 98A Weighted)

-56 dB (IEC 98A Unweighled)
778 dB (IEC 98A Weighted)

Dynamic balanced type
Linear tracking tonearm
Aepivot gimbal suspenslon
10.5 Cm (4-1/8)

Wlthin 10.1

9 9 (Including cartridge)
12 Hz

DC motor

150 pF

Moving magnet stereo cartridge
All laminated core

Technics

Matsushita Electric Trading Co., Ltd.

PO Box 288, Central Osaka Japan

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0 Instruments used
1. DC voltmeter
2. Oscilloscope or frequency counter

Step

Item

Adjustment procedure

Auto start position

1 Make sure that the tonearm is at the start position
(on the rest).
2 Adjust by turning the auto start position adjusting
screw.
Tonearm lowers inside the disc:
Turn the adjusting screw clockwise.
Tonearm lowers outside the disc:
Turn the adjusting screw anticlockwise.
Be sure to use 30 cm record for the adjustment.

Adjusting screw

[Rear of set] _

Arm lift height

1 Make the set as illustrated in Fig. 20.
2 Set the on/off switch to "on" and press the start switch to shift the tonearm inward.
3 Press the cueing control button so that the distance between the cartridge stylus tip
and the guide rail is 27.7 mm.
To increase the distance .....
turn the adjusting screw anticlockwise.
To decrease the distance .....
turn the adjusting screw clockwise.

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Cartridge Adjusting screw

Toneerm offset angle

1 Make the set as illustrated in Fig. 20.

2 Set the on/off switch to "on" and press @
the start switch to shift the tonearm
inward.

3 Turn the offset angle adjusting screw so
that the arm center matches the V-
groove of the lift bar.

Adjusting
screw