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.
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Optøning
Dybfrosne madvarer bør optøs inden brugen. Afhængigt af, hvor lang tid man har til rådighed, kan dette ske i køleskabet eller ved rumtemperatur. Mindre mængder kan også tilberedes i dybfrossen tilstand. Naturligvis medfører det en forlængelse af tilberedningstiden.
Afrimning
Kølerum Rimlaget på køleskabets indvendige bagside afrimes automatisk, når køleskabets kompressor ikke arbejder. Tøvandet løber gennem tøvandsåbningen ned i en skål, der er anbragt på bagsiden af skabet over kompressoren. Tøvandsåbningen skal renses med jævne mellemrum, således at tøvandet ikke løber over og drypper ned på madvarerne. Hertil anvendes den dertil beregnede rensepind, der allerede be�nder sig i a�øbshullet.
Fig. 7
Isterninger
I køleskabe med fryserum ( ) medfølger 2 bakker til isterninger. Fyld bakkerne med drikkevand og sæt dem ind i fryserummet.
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Fryserum I fryserummet ( ) skal islaget dog skrabes af, når det har nået en tykkelse på ca. 4 mm. (Det er i den forbindelse ikke nødvendigt at afbryde skabet eller tage madvarerne ud.) De bør aldrig bruge metalgenstande til at skrabe rimlaget af, da dette kan medføre vedvarende skader på køleskabet. Hvis der imidlertid er opstået et tykt lag is, skal skabet helt afrimes. Dette sker på følgende måde: Termostatknappen stilles på «O», eller stikproppen trækkes ud af stikkontakten. Madvarer i fryserummet tages ud, pakkes godt ind i avispapir og lægges på et køligt sted. Døren skal stå åben, og et fad med varmt vand stilles ind i fryserummet (med et stykke papir under). Derved fremskyndes afrimningen. Vandet tørres op, og rummet skal derefter tørre helt. Termostatknappen drejes til den ønskede position, eller stikproppen stikkes i stikkontakten igen. Efter et par timer kan de dybfrosne madvarer igen placeres i rummet.