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9/10/2013 12:17:29 PMPhilip
I'm striking out everywhere. Anyone. Originally I searched for a schematic for a Channel Master cassette recorder model 6305. I contacted Channel Master who said it was discontinued so they don't have any documents. I searched Ebay no luck. I went on google no luck. I contacted Sams. They have schematics for models 6304 and 6306 but no image. It may be that 6304 and 6306 are electrically identical and look similar. I don't want to buy the schematic for either the 6304 or 6306 unless I see the image. So I'll try again. I need the schematic for the Channel Master cassette recorder model 6305 or the images for the 6304 and 6306 or somewhere I can this information or even buy a 6305.
9/10/2013 2:22:18 PM*** Edd ***











Sir . . . Philip


I think that if your need for a schematic is still relevant to no sound thru the speaker, maybe this select will suffice.


This is for a pocket radio but should be relevant to your situatoion of the remoting of the wiring from the PCB


to the earphone jack.


One would have 3 wires remoted from the PCB to the earphone jack.


Referring to the speaker and output transformers secondary, there is the need to get interconnection between :


2 going up to 3


4 going up to 5


Common ground junctions 1 & 6 going up to 7.


With your reporting of an earphone WORKING, when plugged in would be indicative of the 2 to 3 and 4 to 5, loops


and 1+6 to 7
loops being intact.


Therefore . . . . . your open circuit must be between 4 to 5 or else that 3-5 pressure leaf switch within the jack


being "sprung" open.


Clarification . . . The contacts associated with 3 and 5 normally are pressing into each other to provide a normally


closed circuit unless one plugs in an earphones mini plug.


In that situation, the very tip end of the incoming plug presses 3 contact aside, to open the normal 3-5 connection


and relieves your speaker of getting any audio signal.


There is then contact of the earphone to 7 and 3 with contact 5 having been pressed aside and its connection having


been opened.


Soooooooooo . . . . if the earphone is working . . . . suspect the earphone switch or the path from 4 to 5 being open.


Quick test:


Find the ungrounded 4 terminal on your speaker along with connection 3 of your earphone plug and place a jumper


" test wire" between them and expect the speaker to work , IF being a good speaker, but not working well if a


sugared Coke was spilled into and froze its cone.


If your mentioned loose "floating wire" found, was solder tacked onto THE BOTTOM floating islands of solder blobs


on the PCB, that may be hard if not impossible to find its ORIGINAL solder point blob.


ON THE OTHER HAND, if its connection point was to the TOP of the component side of the PCB, it should have had


its OWN dedicated hole to pass thru and then be soldered on the bottom side.


If its on the 4 end it should be close to the 4 terminal of the speaker, and a magnifying glass inspection should find


that hole with a few strands of broken wire showing.


Lets see how you come out now . . . . .



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73's de Edd





A metaphor is a blatant lie told with a straight face.








:I'm striking out everywhere. Anyone. Originally I searched for a schematic for a Channel Master cassette recorder model 6305. I contacted Channel Master who said it was discontinued so they don't have any documents. I searched Ebay no luck. I went on google no luck. I contacted Sams. They have schematics for models 6304 and 6306 but no image. It may be that 6304 and 6306 are electrically identical and look similar. I don't want to buy the schematic for either the 6304 or 6306 unless I see the image. So I'll try again. I need the schematic for the Channel Master cassette recorder model 6305 or the images for the 6304 and 6306 or somewhere I can this information or even buy a 6305.
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Sir . . . Philip


I think that if your need for a schematic is still relevant to no sound thru the speaker, maybe this info selection will suffice.

This is for a pocket radio but should be relevant to your situation of the remoting of the wiring from the PCB

proper, over to the units earphone jack.

One would have 3 wires remoted from the PCB to the earphone jack.

Referring to the speaker and output transformers secondary, there is the need to get interconnection between :

2 going up to 3

4 going up to 5

Common ground junctions 1 & 6 going up to 7.

With your reporting of an earphone WORKING, when plugged in would be indicative of the 2 to 3 and 4 to 5, loops

and 1+6 to 7 loops being intact.

Therefore . . . . . your open circuit must be between 4 to 5 or else that 3-5 pressure leaf switch within the jack

being "sprung" open.

Clarification . . . The contacts associated with 3 and 5 normally are pressing into each other to provide a normally

closed circuit unless one plugs in an earphones mini plug.

In that situation, the very tip end of the incoming plug presses 3 contact aside, to open the normal 3-5 connection

and relieves your speaker of getting any audio signal.

There is then contact of the earphone to 7 and 3 with contact 5 having been pressed aside and its connection having

been opened.

Soooooooooo . . . . if the earphone is working . . . . suspect the earphone switch or the path from 4 to 5 being open.

Quick test:

Find the ungrounded 4 terminal on your speaker along with connection 3 of your earphone plug and place a jumper

" test wire" between them and expect the speaker to work , IF having a good speaker, but its not working well, if a

sugared Coke was spilled into and froze its cone.

If your mentioned loose "floating wire" found, was solder tacked onto THE BOTTOM floating islands of solder blobs

on the PCB, that may be hard if not impossible to find its ORIGINAL solder point blob.

ON THE OTHER HAND, if its connection point was to the TOP of the component side of the PCB, it should have had

its OWN dedicated hole to pass thru and then be soldered on the bottom side.

If its on the 4 end it should be close to the 4 terminal of the speaker, and a magnifying glass inspection should find

that hole with a few strands of broken wire showing.

Lets see how you come out now . . . . .


REFERENCING:





73's de Edd





A metaphor is a blatant lie told with a straight face.








:I'm striking out everywhere. Anyone. Originally I searched for a schematic for a Channel Master cassette recorder model 6305. I contacted Channel Master who said it was discontinued so they don't have any documents. I searched Ebay no luck. I went on google no luck. I contacted Sams. They have schematics for models 6304 and 6306 but no image. It may be that 6304 and 6306 are electrically identical and look similar. I don't want to buy the schematic for either the 6304 or 6306 unless I see the image. So I'll try again. I need the schematic for the Channel Master cassette recorder model 6305 or the images for the 6304 and 6306 or somewhere I can this information or even buy a 6305.
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::I'm striking out everywhere. Anyone. Originally I searched for a schematic for a Channel Master cassette recorder model 6305. I contacted Channel Master who said it was discontinued so they don't have any documents. I searched Ebay no luck. I went on google no luck. I contacted Sams. They have schematics for models 6304 and 6306 but no image. It may be that 6304 and 6306 are electrically identical and look similar. I don't want to buy the schematic for either the 6304 or 6306 unless I see the image. So I'll try again. I need the schematic for the Channel Master cassette recorder model 6305 or the images for the 6304 and 6306 or somewhere I can this information or even buy a 6305.
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9/11/2013 12:19:24 PMPhilip
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Hi Ed- Your schematic and directions were helpful. Thank you. Let me bring you up to date. Using you numbers terminal 3 of the earphone jack, is my white wire that according to your schematic is connected to 2 of the transformer secondary. Terminal 5 of the earphone jack is my broken yellow wire. Plugging in the earphone gave me some kind of audio.

That was a breakthrough since I didn’t have any audio to begin with. This showed me at least the output stage was at least working in some kind of fashion. Now I had to find the yellow wire terminal on the PCB. My speaker had a brown wire and a black wire. The black wire measured zero ohms to ground.

The top of the PCB had an arrangement of 9 solder terminals opposite 9 corresponding terminals for a total of 18 terminals, which had wires and printed circuit conductive paths to various components on the bottom of the PCB. On the pc bottom were 19 corresponding pins. It is a block with a plunger at the end facing the buttons.

Empty Brown wire plunger

9 terminals top
9 terminals bottom

I think the plunger gets activated when the Record button is pressed. The 3rd terminal top from the left on the block had a brown wire. The 2nd terminal top from the left on the block was empty although it had a solder blob. I disconnected the brown wire from the speaker and checked continuity from the brown speaker wire to the 2 ND from left (empty terminal) and 3rd from left (brown wire).

I got zero ohms to both. Apparently there was an internal jumper between 2 & 3. I hooked back the speaker. I took a chance and touched the yellow wire to both 2nd and 3rd terminals. I got some kind of audio the same audio from the earphone. But the audio wasn’t good.

It was static sound and I could faintly hear the tape music in the background. The static had maybe an appreciative level. So as I said the output stage was working in a fashion. This recorder has 4 transistors, 1-2SB475 and 3-2SB175. Many wires are submerged under the chassis and I can’t physically trace them.

I need to do that. So I’m in the process of trying to lift the chassis and exposing the wires. But what could cause the predominant static? Do the heads need to be cleaned? Is a transistor defective? Can I send an audio signal to the arm of the volume control after I somehow disconnect it from the input show anything? Write to you soon.

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:Sir . . . Philip
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:I think that if your need for a schematic is still relevant to no sound thru the speaker, maybe this info selection will suffice.
:
:This is for a pocket radio but should be relevant to your situation of the remoting of the wiring from the PCB
:
: proper, over to the units earphone jack.
:
:One would have 3 wires remoted from the PCB to the earphone jack.
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:Referring to the speaker and output transformers secondary, there is the need to get interconnection between :
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:2 going up to 3
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:4 going up to 5
:
:Common ground junctions 1 & 6 going up to 7.
:
:With your reporting of an earphone WORKING, when plugged in would be indicative of the 2 to 3 and 4 to 5, loops
:
: and 1+6 to 7 loops being intact.
:
:Therefore . . . . . your open circuit must be between 4 to 5 or else that 3-5 pressure leaf switch within the jack
:
:being "sprung" open.
:
: Clarification . . . The contacts associated with 3 and 5 normally are pressing into each other to provide a normally
:
: closed circuit unless one plugs in an earphones mini plug.
:
:In that situation, the very tip end of the incoming plug presses 3 contact aside, to open the normal 3-5 connection
:
:and relieves your speaker of getting any audio signal.
:
:There is then contact of the earphone to 7 and 3 with contact 5 having been pressed aside and its connection having
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:been opened.
:
:Soooooooooo . . . . if the earphone is working . . . . suspect the earphone switch or the path from 4 to 5 being open.
:
:Quick test:
:
:Find the ungrounded 4 terminal on your speaker along with connection 3 of your earphone plug and place a jumper
:
: " test wire" between them and expect the speaker to work , IF having a good speaker, but its not working well, if a
:
: sugared Coke was spilled into and froze its cone.
:
:If your mentioned loose "floating wire" found, was solder tacked onto THE BOTTOM floating islands of solder blobs
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:on the PCB, that may be hard if not impossible to find its ORIGINAL solder point blob.
:
:ON THE OTHER HAND, if its connection point was to the TOP of the component side of the PCB, it should have had
:
: its OWN dedicated hole to pass thru and then be soldered on the bottom side.
:
:If its on the 4 end it should be close to the 4 terminal of the speaker, and a magnifying glass inspection should find
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:that hole with a few strands of broken wire showing.
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:Lets see how you come out now . . . . .
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::I'm striking out everywhere. Anyone. Originally I searched for a schematic for a Channel Master cassette recorder model 6305. I contacted Channel Master who said it was discontinued so they don't have any documents. I searched Ebay no luck. I went on google no luck. I contacted Sams. They have schematics for models 6304 and 6306 but no image. It may be that 6304 and 6306 are electrically identical and look similar. I don't want to buy the schematic for either the 6304 or 6306 unless I see the image. So I'll try again. I need the schematic for the Channel Master cassette recorder model 6305 or the images for the 6304 and 6306 or somewhere I can this information or even buy a 6305.
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:::I'm striking out everywhere. Anyone. Originally I searched for a schematic for a Channel Master cassette recorder model 6305. I contacted Channel Master who said it was discontinued so they don't have any documents. I searched Ebay no luck. I went on google no luck. I contacted Sams. They have schematics for models 6304 and 6306 but no image. It may be that 6304 and 6306 are electrically identical and look similar. I don't want to buy the schematic for either the 6304 or 6306 unless I see the image. So I'll try again. I need the schematic for the Channel Master cassette recorder model 6305 or the images for the 6304 and 6306 or somewhere I can this information or even buy a 6305.
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