Thanks so much for the Owner's manual for my Sony PS - FL1. I had purchased the turntable off of eBay. It came in and looked great. Packed well and appeared to be great. I balanced and aligned the tone are and hooked it up. When trying to play a record the tone are would move to the right place and just before it would drop to play it moved back off the edge of the record before touching down. I searched the net for an answer to this issue. No luck. Then I purchased the owners manual and sure enough there was a place to adjust where the stylus touched down. That adjustment solved the problem and saved me a $35 feet to have the player checked out. The manual is well written and easy to understand. It is a must have for anyone with this front loading Sony turntable.
Some years back I pruchased a Sansui G-9000. I had it cleaned up and a problem with the left channel repaired. When I got it back I hooked it up to my tape decks, turn tables, TV and it played great. The only thing I was not really satisfied with was the performance of my Graphic Equalizer. I purchased this owner's manual had poured myself a cup of coffee. The manual is well organized and written in plain language. It also contained the solution to my dissatisfaction. By using the preamp connections coupled I was able to run everything through my graphic equalizer and now enjoy the full potential of my complete system.
An excellent service for the price, however, it would also have been handy if the troubleshooter pages were included. The manual is only sent in the language of your country, thus it looks as though there are some pages missing. Otherwise highly recommended.
I am happy to get a rare TECHNICS SH-9090 Owner's Manual by PDF in clear copy.
Text excerpt from page 4 (click to view)
Controls & Connections
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DIGITAL ECHO EFFECT
ECHO LEVEL
ECHO LEVEL
ECHO LEVEL
ECHO LEVEL
ECHO VOL
REPEAT
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FRONT PANEL
Note: 1 through 6 below are referenced to Channel 1. The other 3 Channels are identical. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. LINE INPUT 1/4" (6.3mm) jack for a mono signal line level input CHANNEL VOLUME CONTROL Adjusts the channel output level TREBLE CONTROL Adjusts the amount of treble in the signal with cut/boost range of -/+15 dB BASS CONTROL Adjusts the amount of bass in the signal with cut/boost range of -/+ 15 dB MIC INPUT Balanced XLR input jack [Pin 1 = Ground, Pin 2 = Hot (+), Pin 3 Cold (-)]. ECHO LEVEL CONTROL Controls the amount of echo/reverb in the channel signal MASTER VOLUME CONTROL Adjusts the level of the master signal. If the Send/Return effects loop is connected to an external effects device, that unit's level controls will determine the final volume [see also RETURN JACK (15) below] POWER SWITCH Turns the unit ON or OFF. Always turn level controls down before turning on the unit. POWER ON LED INDICATOR Indicates when the amplifier is ON. CD/ TAPE VOLUME CONTROL Adjusts the level of the signal input to the stereo CD/TAPE RCA jacks (17) in the output master signal. ECHO VOLUME CONTROL Adjusts the level of the digital echo effects volume in the output master signal. DEPTH CONTROL Adjusts the amount of depth in the echo signal. Turning this control clockwise changes the echo/reverb effect in a manner similar to increasing the size of a room in which you are getting natural echo/reverb. Experiment to find desired effect. REPEAT CONTROL Adjusts the length and number of repeats in the echo signal. At "0" you will get a single echo with depth determined by the setting of the Depth control (12). As you adjust the control clockwise toward "10", you will get an increasing number of repeats for a longer time and also the interval between repeats will widen. Experiment to find desired effect.
