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Wurlitzer Early CD OMT
by Tony Miklos 16 Feb '26

16 Feb '26

Someone got to this before me. I have no idea what may have been wrong or what has been done, except this. The CD player acts like it's typical failure symptoms, but it tests good and a different known good one doesn't work. All the flaky BC337's (it's in the serial number range), they were all replaced with 2N2222's. But transistor Q15 was also replaced with a 2N2222 which is a BC327 NPN not a PNP BC337 Could that one transistor cause the cd player to not work? I'll install a replacement, but the juke is over an hour away, so I'd like some idea if that one transistor could have been the problem or if I'll have to dig deeper. -- Tony Miklos Tony's Jukebox Repair

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Re: Stereo cart wired mono - what new, impedance resistance?
by js＠cimmeri.com 14 Feb '26

14 Feb '26

It's not a hypercritical value. Normally, you would get an idea of the value from the manufacture's suggestions in the little pamphlet that would accompany the cartridge (or the jukebox). Far more critical are the tone shaping circuits in the amp itself... which compensate for not only cartridge characteristics, but also record characteristics (with RIAA being one of them, after a certain date) and room characteristics (if the amp offers controls for that). > Hi Forum, > My first juke restore was an M100C that had been modified with a G amp and a stereo redhead cart wired in parallel to feed the mono amp input. The amp had not been totally rebuilt but did have a few caps replaced (quite some time before). It also had the cartridge impedance resistor changed to 39K from the original 10K. I’ve since learned that the 10K was the appropriate resistor for the original blackhead carts, so when the conversion was made to the stereo redhead this resistor was changed. My question. Is - why 39K? > > I know that the redhead expects a 47K resistor. I’ve seen multiple posts suggesting that when using a stereo cart wired in parallel that this resistance should be doubled - or perhaps even a bit more. I would have thought that the resistor should be changed to the equivalent of two 47K resistors in parallel (47K/2). Agree? > > Anyone have any insights why 39K? I changed it back to 10K because at the time I just thought it was a mistake and the output level dropped, which makes sense. I am thinking I should change it back but would really like to understand what value I should use. The mods were clearly made by someone who knew what they were doing, so I doubt the 39K was just a mistake.

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Stereo cart wired mono - what new impedance resistance?
by Steve Swaine 13 Feb '26

13 Feb '26

Hi Forum, My first juke restore was an M100C that had been modified with a G amp and a stereo redhead cart wired in parallel to feed the mono amp input. The amp had not been totally rebuilt but did have a few caps replaced (quite some time before). It also had the cartridge impedance resistor changed to 39K from the original 10K. I’ve since learned that the 10K was the appropriate resistor for the original blackhead carts, so when the conversion was made to the stereo redhead this resistor was changed. My question. Is - why 39K? I know that the redhead expects a 47K resistor. I’ve seen multiple posts suggesting that when using a stereo cart wired in parallel that this resistance should be doubled - or perhaps even a bit more. I would have thought that the resistor should be changed to the equivalent of two 47K resistors in parallel (47K/2). Agree? Anyone have any insights why 39K? I changed it back to 10K because at the time I just thought it was a mistake and the output level dropped, which makes sense. I am thinking I should change it back but would really like to understand what value I should use. The mods were clearly made by someone who knew what they were doing, so I doubt the 39K was just a mistake.

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1958 Wurlitzer 2200 record jams while clamping record
by Rick Force 12 Feb '26

12 Feb '26

Hi all, the records on the left lifting arm (side one) tend to jam while being clamped and the turntable can't turn, the right side ( side 2) seems ok. I have to reject the record to clear it. This all started after the move, it was fine before that. Doesn't happen all the time. Seems like the left lifting arm isn't going up high enough to center the record with the tt hub when this happens. Thank you all for any help on this, Rick.

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Wurlitzer 518 amp out of a 1650
by ascott822 10 Feb '26

10 Feb '26

I have recapped the amp and would like to know how to test it out of the box on the bench. Thanks Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS

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Rock-Ola CD-8EGBE
by Tony Miklos 08 Feb '26

08 Feb '26

Is this machine from the "old" Rock-Ola or the new owners with all new insides? -- Tony Miklos Tony's Jukebox Repair

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Rowe AMI JAL 200
by The Day Family 07 Feb '26

07 Feb '26

I have a JAL 200 from 1963 that registers a selection but picks up and plays a different selection than the one selected the majority of time. Often picks the same selection like it was not reset after playing. It is the first 1100? series mech (tone arm on left side of turntable). Where should I start, I assume something dirty. Thanks, Jim The Day Family jwdlad(a)verizon.net

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NSM Performer Grand Errors
by Peter Brown 07 Feb '26

07 Feb '26

I have a Performer Grand NSM jukebox. I changed the timekeeper chip thought that was the problem now I keep getting errors 80 and 81 can’t get past them. Can anybody help getting desperate? Thanks. Peter

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Seeburg 200C-1 amplifier mount question
by Steve Swaine 07 Feb '26

07 Feb '26

Well, I sort of ran out of room for more jukeboxes a few years ago so have been out of the game for a bit. Wow, a lot has changed in what feels like a pretty short time. Seems it’s gotten quite a bit more challenging with shrinking suppliers, experts, and parts. Anyway, I recently inherited a Seeburg 200C-1. This is a console unit that uses much of the LU innards. I’ve finished recapping the amp and the preamp (wow, that was “fun”) and am starting on the incredibly grimy mech. I didn’t realize how rare these units seem to be - guess they were pretty pricey for the time and not many were sold. It’s hard to find pictures for comparison. So I’m hoping someone has one of these and can help me out. 1) I’m confused about how the power amp mounted to the cabinet. Mine was just sitting on the bottom. But there are two metal rails that I’m assuming supported the amp originally. These are attached at the back to the cabinet sides with one screw in the back such that they can pivot up (not sure why). When lowered they sit on wood blocks that are screwed to the cabinet. There is some sort of leveling screw at the front of these rails, but the screw bottoms just sit on the wood blocks - and on the inside rail the screw lines up with a hole in the block (the hole is because there is an indented screw hole where there is a screw to connect the block to the cabinet). So something is definitely weird here. The amp has a flange on the bottom with mount holes and rubber gaskets. There are some small holes in the metal rails, but they don’t line up with the amp holes. I’m guessing I’m missing some intermediate hardware that connects the amp to the rails. Any pictures/help would be appreciated. 2) I’d love to get a picture of the cabinet back. Mine has the original hefty wood cover screwed over the lower speaker side, but the other side (with the amp and preamp) and the entire top behind the mech are missing the back. I’m convinced there must be a warehouse somewhere filled with nothing but the backs of old jukeboxes and other arcade machines. I’ve had to make a back from scratch for every jukebox I own. Where are the backs??? :). Thanks for any help! -steve.

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Wurlitzer 1400 Selection Mechanism Adj - error in manual
by steveswaine100＠gmail.com 07 Feb '26

07 Feb '26

I purchased and rebuilt a 1400 years ago and it’s been running great except for one problem - sometimes a tray won’t come out. I finally found the issue, and it was related to one adjustment screw that is not identified in my manual - or so I thought. It turns out that there is an error in the manual (at least the version I have). It’s Fig 66 - Indexing Wheel Lock Arm and Cam Plate. The error is that the box labeled “ACTUATING ARM AND NUT ADJUSTING SCREW“ is pointing to the wrong screw - it should be pointing to the adjusting screw that is up and to the right on that same figure. The lower screw is not named, but it is referenced in the text as requiring the 3/16” gap. Once I figured this out I was able to adjust the two screws successfully. When they were out of adjustment, the lock arm would not always engage with the selector cam, so the tray take out arm would not always align with the tray and bind up. It took me a bit to understand how to set the top screw because it was not clear to me what gap I should be setting. If you look VERY closely at the figure (I needed a magnifying glass) you can see that the gap is between the driving prowl and the cam wheel measured HORIZONTALLY. In other words, the prowl sits to the left (looking into the view hole from the back od the machine) of one of the cam wheel teeth by the required 1/32" - 3/64*. I at first thought the gap was measured vertically from the prowl to the cam wheel. One other note…. Apparently my screws were so far off that when I first tried to set them I had a lot of problems - the top screw didn’t seem to do anything and I had to back the bottom screw all the way out to get the desired gap. Also, the top gap was not visible through the plate, as is shown in the figure. After playing with the screws a bit, the segment gear seemed to end up in a different spot at the home position. At this point the top gap was perfectly visible through the plate viewing hole and I was able to set both screws to the correct positions with the screws reasonably close to their midpoints. This totally fixed my occasional tray removal problem. Sorry for the long post and hopefully this isn’t something that was already widely known. But I couldn’t find any reference to this misprint. Hopefully it will help someone out.

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