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stephenbeauc

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Hello,can someone please help me out.
Some how the on switch was already on when i plugged in the sony ps-4300 turntable and the platter jerked on for a 1/2 second and somehow instantly knew somthing blew but what i need to repair it is the question.
Its likly a model from the early 80's.
 
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stephenbeauc said:
Hello,can someone please help me out.
Some how the on switch was already on when i plugged in the sony ps-4300 turntable and the platter jerked on for a 1/2 second and somehow instantly knew somthing blew but what i need to repair it is the question.
Its likly a model from the early 80's.
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Vinylengine has the service manual for it. Could be helpful.. :)

Sony PS4300 manual
 
Welcome to AK, @stephenbeauc ! Let's start with a little more information about what actually happened with your Sony by describing what it is doing now. This particular model has some wonky controls that are basically touch-sensitive, so you might have "touched" something by mistake that caused the thing to turn on. Or, it might have just completed a cycle that was interrupted when power was last disconnected from it. It might just need to go through a complete cycle to reset itself. We don't know, from your description, if anything works on it or not so a bit of troubleshooting is in order. Check your PM inbox, I am sending you the operator instructions. Try putting a record on it, turn the power switch on, and then touch the play button and tell us what happens.

Dang, the file was too large to send so I'll need to send it to you via email. See your PM.

@MisterDK......I saw that link to the service manual that you provided. It depends on whether or not the OP is a registered member of VE because if you click on it and try to see/download the manual, you will get a "You need to login to do that" message, and lots of folks have had a difficult time getting registered lately on VE.
 
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The PS-4300 is a fine turntable. I still have one that I bought new in 1976. Haven't used it in quite a while though since I'm going through all of my other turntables. You may have to lick your finger to make the switches on the front panel work. I have dry skin and it's dry up here in Colorado so I always had to.
 
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You may have to lick your finger to make the switches on the front panel work.
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True that! Same down here in NW New Mexico! And you are correct about it being a very worthy turntable.....it had some issues and the owner asked me to sort them out for him as he was planning on selling it in favor of a "better" one. Turns out, after I got it back to him he decided that he would keep it instead! I remember it having some plastic parts in the inner works of it that might break easily if mishandled and am hoping that is not the case with the OP???

Just in case you're interested:

 
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Fishead said:
Welcome to AK, @stephenbeauc ! Let's start with a little more information about what actually happened with your Sony by describing what it is doing now. This particular model has some wonky controls that are basically touch-sensitive, so you might have "touched" something by mistake that caused the thing to turn on. Or, it might have just completed a cycle that was interrupted when power was last disconnected from it. It might just need to go through a complete cycle to reset itself. We don't know, from your description, if anything works on it or not so a bit of troubleshooting is in order. Check your PM inbox, I am sending you the operator instructions. Try putting a record on it, turn the power switch on, and then touch the play button and tell us what happens.

Dang, the file was too large to send so I'll need to send it to you via email. See your PM.

@MisterDK......I saw that link to the service manual that you provided. It depends on whether or not the OP is a registered member of VE because if you click on it and try to see/download the manual, you will get a "You need to login to do that" message, and lots of folks have had a difficult time getting registered lately on VE.
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Hello.the previous reply was sent before seeing your full responce.
I turned the unit off after plugging it in,then l licked a finger and if listening really close the faint click could be heard but the platter doesnt move.then im pretty sure i lifted the swing arm and moved it over to see if that would work and then spun the platter lightly just because somewhere in the back of my mind it seemed like it might work.
 
stephenbeauc said:
Hello.the previous reply was sent before seeing your full responce.
I turned the unit off after plugging it in,then l licked a finger and if listening really close the faint click could be heard but the platter doesnt move.then im pretty sure i lifted the swing arm and moved it over to see if that would work and then spun the platter lightly just because somewhere in the back of my mind it seemed like it might work.
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Is shoreline "me"the op mentioned and whats this VE ?registered?
 
We're having some communication problems Stephen.....so, if you turned the unit off after you plugged it in and THEN tried to start it after licking your fingers, nothing will happen because it needs power to function. Unplug it from the wall, then plug it back in, turn the power lever to ON AFTER YOU HAVE CHECKED ON THE REAR FOR PROPER VOLTAGE SETTING and notice if anything happens. This is so that if it has not completed its cycle, it might do so by doing that. If nothing happens at all, then try the PLAY function (lick your fingers if you have to) to see if it will respond. Hopefully it will, but if not you can also try rotating the platter by hand (as you did) and keep rotating it until it might engage and complete the cycle. Something is telling me that this just might, I say might, be at least a part of the problem.

Other questions: what country are you in and what is the voltage being used? That is, is it 120V or 240V? (110 or 220). Did you check to make sure it is set for the proper voltage? There is a switch on the rear of the table, roughly in the center, that must be set properly so let's just make sure this is as it should be. Obviously, if it was set to 110V and you have a 220V service, this would cause some concerns as at least a fuse would require replacing if not more.....

And, again, do you have the owner's manual? I sent you a private message that will be in your CONVERSATIONS inbox. Take a look at that and let me know if you need it. This would be much easier in person, but hang in there and hopefully we will get you up and running again!
 
Hello,im in the usa, south carolina.were still getting odd days of short sleeve weather towards around noon.
The unit is 120 volt and about what happened after the on switch was on when plugging it in then it wouldnt work, it was then turned off and back on before getting nowhere with the metal push tab.
Well ...after reading what you wrote i ended up turning the on switch on and off a couple times and the platter i think automatically turned on without me applying pressure to the metal tab.
I question this because when trying to get it to stop it wouldnt until i used a razor blade to scrape some of the oxidation off the metal and it did turn off after about ten seconds,it turned off with the metal of the blade mid scrape.
Now after putting the ground wire to the powered speaker the light comes on with the power switch but no amount of pressing the tab or even more scraping of the metal gets it to turn on again.
You know the dial on the bottom right ?yes of course you do.i have always kept it on manual because beleive it or not ive never even thought about finding out what the #'s mean.
17/7-----25/10----30/2
The #s 7 , 10 and 2 for anyone wondering are actualy located above each two digit number towards the right but with smaller type.
Probably from seeing the clips you posted with the swing are retracted on its own,i even turned the knob up for the first time with some delusional thinking that for some crazy reason it might fix the problem.sad but true.sometimes i act without being fully cognisent.
Hunnh?
 
Hey ho:
After writing the above,i went back to the turn table a half hour later and after turning it on upoun touching the metal tab with a dry finger, it worked.most times in the past it always needed to be wet.
There somthing really peculiar going on here.
I used to have a tv set that would konk out frequently and more often than not,a light slap only on the right side would turn it back on.somtimes durring the course of an hour this would happen several times,often enouph just ounce or maybe it wouldnt happen.
Then after possibly 4 or six months later it needed to get a harder slap to turn back on.
Or go back on rather,the power button or switch never needed to be fiddled with.
 
Sometimes you just gotta play 'em.....periods of inactivity are not typically good where electronics are concerned. Keep it running and who knows, you might just get lucky! Good work, amigo, and keep us posted on your adventures. It really is quite a fine table. I came to like it quite a bit in working on it.....
 
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