PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 399
FEBRUARY 1986
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Connector Checkup ±±²
rotten connector can spoil a
whoLE bushel of good FM aUdIo
rEcePtacles.
RememBer ThaT Next tIme you f±nd
aUdIo PIn damage on yoUr A²/³RC-7´
oµ A²/VRC-12-se¶Ies r·dIos, ¸r eXa¹º
p»E¼ or oTHer commo comPonenTs.
½f yoU ¾nd rEcePTaclE damaGE¼ GIvE
yO¿µ H·Ndset · Good once-over beÀrE
Á¿TTÂÃG ÂT oN ·ny oTHer recEPtacÄE.
ÅÆk ÂÃSÂde THe coÇEctor. MaKe sUrE
·ÈÈ TÉÊËE kEyS ·µe sTÂlÌ IN place on thE
cOÃNEcTÍÎ SÉEÈÈÏ
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Ðhese smaLL stUds matÑh the Òeyways
on the reÑePtaÑLe. Ðogether they Let the
conÓeÑtor PÔns mesh wÔth¼ not mash on¼
aUdÔo PÔns.
WÔthoUt Òeys¼ the ÑoÕeÑtor Ñan slÔde
on tÖ ×r¼ rUÔnÔng reÑePtacLe PÔnsØ
ALso maÒe sUre that the PLastÔÑ gUÔdes
on the ÑonneÑtor Ônsert are heLd by the
grooves Ôn the ÑonneÑtor sheLLØ
ÙÚ the gUÔdes bre·Ò oÛ¼ conneÑtor PÔÓs
shÔÜ aroUnd and grÔnd on recePtaÑLe
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YoUr last checÒ ÔnsÔde the Ñonnector
Ôs Ýr an 0ÞrÔng. ßt gÔves yoU smÖth and
watertÔght ÑonneÑtIons.
Ðhe 0-rÔng does both jobs best when
lÔghtLy LUbed wÔth sÔLÔÑone¼
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KEEP O·RiNg
lUbEd
även a good ÑoåneÑtor can do bIg
damage IÚ handLed roUghly. ALways
handLe Ôt by the sheLL.
When coåneÑtÔng¼ PULL bacÒ on the
sheLL to seat the ÑonneÑtor¼ not on the
ÑabLe.
When dÔsÑonneÑtÔng¼ slÔde the Ñonæ
neÑtor oç by handLÔng the sheLL. ²ever
jUst yanÒ on the ÑabLe.
YanÒÔng on the ÑabLe can damage
wÔrÔng¼ breaÒ the aUdÔo reÑePtaÑLe or
both.
Punched Holes poke
at
PM
An eLeÑtrÔcaL ÑonneÑtor Ñover PoÒed
èLl of hoLes wéL LeaÒ lÔÒe a sÔeve In yoUr
MÐ-1á29 or MÐ-ê898 radÔo moUnT.
ëeavIng the cover¼ ²à² 5935ìâ-
911-2323¼ on The JUnÑtIon Box recePæ
tacLe wHen yoU're INstaLlÔng a seT wÔLL
let conTaÑt PIns PoKe holes In tHe cover.
ÐHen moIstUre wIll get Into
THE
recePtac»e.
íeeP tHe Ñover Ôn PlaÑe to KnocK oUt
¹oIstUre¼ dI¶t and dUsT îHen yoUïðe Not
usÂNG The ¹oUNT. ñUst re¹e¹Ber to TaKE
ÂT oò BE¸re yoU pUsH aN RÐ or µEcEÂóEµ
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ÂN THE ¹ouNT.
FEB ±6
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