seeburg STD3 problem

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seeburg STD3 problem

by jpk0652 » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:10 am

Just picked up a seeburg STD3 with a record that was hung up in the record slot. I finally got it un stuck from the mechanism. Now when I press a number to play a record it will travel up and down the rail. It will do this 2 complete times and then stop. Almost like it is out of sync. I was hoping some one on here can tell me how to get it back to recognizing where it should go and stop. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!!


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Re: seeburg STD3 problem

by Ron Rich » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:49 pm

The record being "hung up" has nothing to do with the process of selection--unless you took the record rack, or the TMU off to "un-hang" the record.
I would suggest that you get the Service Manual ( which is in several sections for that model, so buy the "whole package") and "adjust" the rack/TMU as per spec.--if they have been moved. If that's not the problem, I humbly suggest that you purchase a copy of my "Seeburg Microlog Trouble Shooting Guide" which should help you to pinpoint the problem.
If you wish, you may contact me directly, off list, at ronnnrich@yahoo.com If you are not familiar with how the Seeburg Mechanism operates, I further suggest my "Seeburg Mechanism Guide" and if you wish to "go deeply" into the "Microlog system",(the late)Tony Miller's "Black and Gray Box book" Ron Rich


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Re: seeburg STD3 problem

by jpk0652 » Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:32 pm

Well as you can tell I am a "newbie" on the juke box. I usually fix stand up arcade machines. So I have a question. What is the TMU? is that the rack of all those numbered dials at the bottom of the rack where the records go? Cause I noticed that all but 3 are set at 0-5 the rest are on 10


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Re: seeburg STD3 problem

by Ron Rich » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:17 pm

Numbers are the pop meter--TMU= Tormat Memory Unit. Ron Rich

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