ls3 apollo juke

hello everbody, im new to the site and new to record jukes. i bought my first juke it as seeburg ls3 apollo, in pretty nice shape. im havins some issue with it though. it scans twice and stops. i pick a record and it moves but dont pick up. if i click lever on mech it will stop and pick up and play, but wont do it one its own. i cleaned contact, but im lost now. how do you have juke save records in memory. any ideas? thanks johnny 5

Hi Johnny,
Sorry, but there is no "one button fix-all" for these phonographs. If you have electro/mechanical skills,
I would suggest you start by reading above "Atten. Newbies",
After which, I would suggest that you should purchase a Service Manual for the next model Seeburg, which is a USC-1. This manual is much better then the LS-3 manual. (See above also--"--used,new--parts--books--where to find ") If you have the above skills, I humbly suggest that my "MicroLog trouble shooting guide", and my "Mechanism guide", would be of help in pin pointing the problem area.

Caution: MicroLog style phonos contain 3 LSI devices, that are static sensitive, and power sensitive. These can be destroyed in a micro-second, by not taking proper anti-static/power, precautions !
Ron Rich

thanks ron, really wish it was easy.

Johnny,
Might be--never know, I been afixin' on them since before that one was made ( worked on the design and prototypes, for that model)--sometimes I can do it in seconds--other times it takes hours-- Ron Rich

well it works, just dont grab record, and stop at selected record. if it was you in the situation were would you look.

First--at the read-out,sense,detent circuits. Ron Rich

the switches look, the voltage is right. just undestand why it wont stop and pick up record. it wont trip circuit.

here are the voltage on the test strip on dcc. 27v reg- 27.7 -13v reg- 13.7 +22v reg- 26.5
write souce is 130.8v read source 130.7v read load 130.7v trip relay 26.6v are read and source need to be together at test strip. so if voltage is correct were to go from here. thanks

Johnny,
Don't know what t tell you--other then refer you to my first reply to this thread--- Sorry-- Ron Rich