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ZS-M50 SERVICE MANUAL AEP Model UK Model Ver 1.1 1999.07 Tourist Model Dolby noise reduction manufactured under license from Model Name Using Similar Mechanism Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. MD Mechanism Type MDM-3Z “DOLBY” and the double-D symbol a are trademarks of Section Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
30 cm away from the objective lens. MARK !ON THE SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS AND IN THE PARTS LIST ARE CRITICAL TO SAFE OPERATION. REPLACE THESE COMPONENTS WITH SONY PARTS WHOSE PART NUMBERS APPEAR AS SHOWN IN THIS MANUAL OR IN LASER DIODE AND FOCUS SEARCH OPERATION SUPPLEMENTS PUBLISHED BY SONY.
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ABOUT THE BD BOARD WAVEFORM CHECKING JIG The special jig (J-2501-124-A) is highly convenient when check- ing the waveform of the BD board of the MD section. Pin names and items to check are as follows: I+3V : for IOP measurement (check for depleted optical pickup laser) IOP : for IOP measurement (check for depleted optical pickup laser)
SECTION 2 GENERAL LOCATION AND FUNCTION OF CONTROLS FRONT PANEL: MD/CD/RADIO Section 1 MD operation buttons !º YES, ENTER button fl (play/pause) !¡ Jog dial π (stop) =/+ AMS 2 BAND button PRESET 3 CD operation buttons !™ NO, CANCEL button fl...
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REAR PANEL Section #¢ MW/LW ANTENNA terminal #∞ FM EXT ANTENNA terminal #§ FM rod antenna #¶ ⁄ AC IN jack #• Battery compartment (for memory back-up) #ª RESET button (bottom) $º FM ANTENNA SELECTOR switch REMOTE CONTROL Section 1 TA SERCH button 2 CD OPEN/CLOSE button 3 Numeric buttons OPERATE...
SECTION 3 DISASSEMBLY The equipment can be removed using the following procedure. < MAIN BLOCK SECTION > Cabinet (Front) Control (L) board sub ASSY Control (R) board Control (F) board, JOG board BATT board Power board Cabinet (Rear) Tuner board, Anetenna SW board Optical pick-up ASSY, CD motor board sub ASSY Cabinet (Upper)
CAUTION DURING SLIDER ASSY ASSEMBLY Slider ASSY Mount the A of the lever (head up) so that it passes above the slider ASSY. Take caution as to not damage the detection switch MD mechanism deck 3-25. MD OPTICAL PICK-UP BLOCK MD Optical pick-up block Shaft (Main shaft) MD mechanism deck...
SECTION 4 TEST MODE 4-1. CAUTIONS WHEN USING THE TEST MODE 4-5. SELECTING THE TEST MODE 1 Check to make sure the inserted disk is completed stopped be- There are 9 types of test modes (see table below). Turning the AMS fore removing since loading related operations will operate re- dial clockwise switches modes shown in the table in the order from gardless of the Test mode operation.
4-5-2. Operating in the Continuous Recording mode 4-7. TEST MODE DISPLAY 1. Entering the Continuous Recording mode The display will switch in the following sequence every time the 1 Insert a disk that may be recorded into the unit (see Note 3) DISPLAY button is pressed.
SECTION 5 ADJUSTMENTS MD SECTION 5-4. CREATING A CONTINUOUS RECORDING DISK 5-1. CAUTION WHEN CHECKING LASER DIODE • This disk is used during focus bias adjustment and error rate EMISSION check. The procedure for creating a continuous recording disk is as follows. Never look from directly above when checking the laser diode emis- sion during adjustment as failure to do so may result in loss of eye- 1.
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5-6. LASER POWER ADJUSTMENT Specified values: Laser power meter reading : 6.9–7.1mW Connections: Digital voltmeter reading : ±10% the value on the label of the opti- Laser power meter cal pickup. (Optical pick-up label) 260A 27X40 Optical pick-up B0825 objective lens Digital voltmeter In this case, Iop = 82.5mA Iop(mA) = digital voltmeter reading (mV)/1(Ω)
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7. Press the YES/ENTER button to save the adjustment result to 18. Press the MD EJECT button to remove the check disk (MD) the non-volatile storage memory (at this time “ EFB= SAVE TDYS-1. ” will be displayed for an instant, then “ EFB= MO-W ”...
CD SECTION C1 error 1. Enter the CD Test mode (see page 19) 88 07 00 3A0 Focus bias volume (F, BIAS) The above is the default display. Pressing the ^ button will rotate the CD and pressing the YES/ ENTER button once more will output sounds.
3. Traverse signal check DISPLAY SECTION DIMMER ADJUSTMENT Connection Point: 1. Connect the LCD1 to the CN533 of the LCD board. 2. Connect the digital voltmeter to the CN533 8 pin of the LCD [MAIN BOARD] (SIDE A) board. 3. Adjust the RV550 of the LCD board for 2.83V reading on digi- tal voltmeter.
TUNER SECTION 0dB=1µV LW FREQUENCY COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT reading on digital Adjust part Frequency display AM Section voltmeter Function switch : MW or LW Confirmation 153kHz Standard value : 0.5 – 0.9V Volume : MIN Adjustment value :5.5V 297kHz 60cm Standard value : 5.1 – 5.9V loop antenna B loop antenna A LW TRACKING ADJUSTMENT...
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Connect and Adjustment Location : CFT1 : MW/LW IF Adjustment [TUNER BOARD] (SIDE B) MW/LW frequency coverage FM frequency coverage Digital voltmeter 100 k Ω TP (VT) (VT) – Be sure not to move L9 L3 : LW Tracking Adjustment L4 : MW Tracking Adjustment CT2 : MW Tracking Adjustment CT1 : LW Tracking Adjustment...
SECTION 6 DIAGRAMS 6-1. EXPLANATION OF IC TERMINALS BD BOARD IC101 MD SECTION RF AMPLIFIER (CXA2523R) Pin No. Pin name Description Input of RF signal l converted from I to V Input of RF signal J converted from I to V. Midpoint voltage (+1.5V) generation output.
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MAIN BOARD (2/2) IC405 SYSTEM CONTROL (CXP740096-026Q) Pin No. Pin name Description MD function output. RADIO/LINE Radio/LINE function output. ACCHK AC power supply detection input. L : Supplied H : Not supplied – Not used (OPEN). – Not used (OPEN). –...
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Pin No. Pin name Description SELECT Destination select detection input. AVSS – A/D converter ground terminal. AVREF – A/D converter reference voltage input. AVDD – A/D converter power supply terminal. LED - PRESET/AMS AMS/PRESET LED drive output. LED - SELECT SELECT LED drive output.
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• BD BOARD IC121 digital signal processor, digital servo signal processor, EFM/ACIRC encoder/decoder, shock- proof memory controller, ATRAC encoder/decoder, 2Mbit DRAM (CXD2652AR) DG BOARD IC601 SYSYTEM CONTROL (RU8X12MF-0021) Pin No. Pin name Description Pin No. Pin name Description Pin No. Pin name Description Pin No.
ZS-M50 6-3. BLOCK DIAGRAM (MD SECTION) Circuit Boards Location CD MOTOR board POWER board AUDIO board MOTOR board CONTROL (L) board ANTENNA SW board JOG board MAIN board CONTROL (F) board CONTROL (R) board LINE board CONTROL SW board BATT board...
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6-5. SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM – MAIN SECTION (1/3) – Refer to page 89 for IC Block Diagrams. ZS-M50 Waveforms – Main Section (1/3) – PLAY MODE 3.2 Vp-p 1.0 – 1.5 Vp-p 8.7 µ sec IC701 #¡ (RFO) IC702 @ª (PCO) VOLT/DIV : 0.2 V AC...
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ZS-M50 6-6. SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM – MAIN SECTION (2/3) – Refer to page 89 for IC Block Diagrams. Waveforms – Main Section (2/3) – 0.5 Vp-p 8 MHz IC405 $™ XTAL VOLT/DIV : 0.1 V AC TIME/DIV : 50 nsec 3.0 Vp-p 32 kHz IC405 *¶...
6-7. SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM – MAIN SECTION (3/3) – Refer to page 89 for IC Block Diagrams. ZS-M50 Note: • All capacitors are in µF unless otherwise noted. pF: µµF 50 WV or less are not indicated except for electrolytics and tantalums.
6-9. SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM – AUDIO SECTION – Refer to page 93 for IC Block Diagram. ZS-M50 Note: • All capacitors are in µF unless otherwise noted. pF: µµF 50 WV or less are not indicated except for electrolytics and tantalums.
ZS-M50 6-13. SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM – TUNER SECTION – Refer to page 94 for IC Block Diagrams. Waveform – Tuner Section – 1.5 Vp-p 75 kHz IC2 @º XOUT VOLT/DIV : 0.5 V AC TIME/DIV : 5 µsec Note: • All capacitors are in µF unless otherwise noted. pF: µµF 50 WV or less are not indicated except for electrolytics and tantalums.
6-14. SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM – CONTROL SECTION – ZS-M50 Note: • All capacitors are in µF unless otherwise noted. pF: µµF 50 WV or less are not indicated except for electrolytics and tantalums. • All resistors are in Ω and W or less unless otherwise specified.
SECTION 7 EXPLODED VIEWS NOTE : • -XX, -X mean standardized parts, so they • The mechanical parts with no reference The components identified by mark ! may have some difference from the original number in the exploded views are not or dotted line with mark ! are critical one.
7-2. FRONT CABINET SECTION 4 A : Control (R) board 4 B : Control (F) board 4 C : JOG board 4 D : Control (L) board SP301 SP302 (including 4 A– 4 D) Ref. No. Part No. Description Remark Ref.
7-6. MD SECTION (2) (MDM-3Z) not supplied supplied not supplied M903 M902 HR901 M901 not supplied The components identified by mark ! or dotted line with mark ! are critical for safety. Replace only with part number specified. Ref. No. Part No.
7-7. CD OPTICAL PICK-UP SECTION (KSM-213CDM) not supplied (including M702) M702 M701 The components identified by mark ! or dotted line with mark ! are critical for safety. Replace only with part number specified. Ref. No. Part No. Description Remark Ref.
SECTION 8 ANTENNA SW AUDIO ELECTRICAL PARTS LIST NOTE : • Due to standardization, replacements in the • SEMICONDUCTORS In each case, u : µ , for example : The components identified by mark ! parts list may be different from the parts uA..
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Ref. No. Part No. Description Remark Ref. No. Part No. Description Remark IC152 8-759-430-25 IC BH6511FS R140 1-216-029-00 METAL CHIP 1/10W IC171 8-759-428-58 IC XL24C01AF-E2 R141 1-216-295-00 METAL CHIP 1/10W IC181 8-759-095-65 IC TC74ACT540FS R142 1-216-073-00 METAL CHIP 1/10W IC192 8-759-426-95 IC L88MS33T-TL R143 1-216-073-00 METAL CHIP...
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CD MOROR CONTROL (F) CONTROL (L) CONTROL (R) Ref. No. Part No. Description Remark Ref. No. Part No. Description Remark 1-639-678-12 CD MOTOR BOARD < IC > **************** IC550 8-742-129-00 HYB SBX1971-51P < CONNECTOR > < RESISTOR > CNP707 1-564-722-11 PIN, CONNECTOR (SMALL TYPE) 6P R570 1-216-045-00 METAL CHIP 1/10W...