Looking for MCI JH114 schematics or service manual

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eric57 wrote:
> Hello World.
> I am looking for a MCI JH114 schematics or service manual.
>
> The MCI JH114 is a vintage 24 track tape recorder using 2 inches wide tape.
>
> It is a USA made, built in 1975.
>
> My problem is :
> I want to disconnect the 3 front audio racks (including the audio cards)
> from the main recorder body.
> Is it possible and easy???
>
> I thank you a lot for your help.
>
> Best regards
>
> Eric from Paris / France. (951357@wanadoo.fr)
try

http://blevinsaudioexchange.com/

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>
> Why do you want to do this?
>

Hello Scott.

I have to move this heavy machine across a small staircase
to go to the fourth floor of my building. :-(

So i want to dismantle (strip down) the machine to reduce its weight.

I shall reassemble the parts after moving them upstairs. :-)

I thank you for your help. Bye.

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In article <37aeccd3.0502121102.7ed5dfde@posting.google.com> 951357@wanadoo.fr writes:

> I have to move this heavy machine across a small staircase
> to go to the fourth floor of my building. :-(
>
> So i want to dismantle (strip down) the machine to reduce its weight.
>
> I shall reassemble the parts after moving them upstairs. :-)

Well, that's better than what it sounded like. I thought you wanted to
mount the electronics somewhere else. Still, if you need a schematic,
you'd better not try it. I suspect that there are racks that plug in,
so just look for plugs. Chances are your best bet for making it
lighter is to remove the power supplies. Those almost certainly have
plug-in connectors or terminal boards with screw terminals. Just make
sure you put the wires back where you took them off. If they're not
well labeled, make some tags and tape them on to the wires.

It's going to be a lot of trouble, though, and you're not likely to get it
light enough to move it yourself no matter what you remove. It's worth the
cost of a couple of pizzas and six packs of good beer to get three
friends over to help you carry it where it needs to go. Just move it
before you open the beer.

You might want to remove the guides and anything else on the top
plate that comes off easily and looks a little flimsy. If you tilt it the
wrong way and knock those things on a door frame, they can break
off, and then you'll have a machine shop job on your hands trying to
get the broken stud out, and finding replacement parts. At least have
a spotter to watch if you're getting too close to anything that could
do any damage.


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I believe the guy in Belgium is Raf Lenssens www.joystick.be

JP

"Scott Dorsey" <kludge@panix.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:cumlns$emq$1@panix1.panix.com...
> eric57 <951357@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> >>
> >> Why do you want to do this?
> >
> >I have to move this heavy machine across a small staircase
> >to go to the fourth floor of my building. :-(
> >
> >So i want to dismantle (strip down) the machine to reduce its weight.
> >
> >I shall reassemble the parts after moving them upstairs. :-)
>
> Oh, you just want to tear it down, you don't want to actually remote the
> electronics and run them seperately.
>
> I think you'll find the only thing that will reduce the weight a whole
> lot is going to be to remove the power supplies. The electronics are
> pretty light.
>
> But the manual does have directions for all this stuff.. and both Boynton
> Studios and Blevins Audio Exchange will sell you a manual if you don't
have
> the one that came with the machine. There's also a guy in Belgium that
> does MCI support but I don't remember his name and I can't find his card
> here.
> --scott
>
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."