Author Topic: Portus and Haywood stereo decoder schematic sanity check-Help please.  (Read 667 times)

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Offline djsbTopic starter

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I have 2 schematics for a stereo decoder. The first one is produced by the original designers in 1970. The second one is an improved version from 1978. There is one point on the second schematic that says "Link to B or C" on the newer 2nd schematic that I don't understand. Ambiguity drives me mad where schematics are concerned as when I make a schematic I try VERY hard to avoid confusion. I am on the process of making a schematic in MicroCap 12 and KiCad and I have an actual physical circuit that is working (a built kit from the late 70's) so ultimately I can check that. Just want to ask what people reckon this part of the circuit (marked with the text in quotes) is ACTUALLY connected to.
Physically checking it on the PCB is going to take a lot of disconnecting of wires. Drawing the circuit with pencil and paper would be quicker. Thanks.
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Offline Renate

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Re: Portus and Haywood stereo decoder schematic sanity check-Help please.
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2021, 12:20:39 am »
On the second schematic:
Directly under "Link to B or C" is a line that has nothing to do with this, it bypasses it all despite having an ink blob/slash.
The white dot under that is what they mean.
That is the DC bias for the L & R outputs.
Using (A, B, C) 12 V, 6V, 0V, connect it to C, ground.
Using (A, B, C) +6 V 0 V, -6 V. connect it to B, ground.
 

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Re: Portus and Haywood stereo decoder schematic sanity check-Help please.
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2021, 09:24:46 am »
Thanks Renate.

David.
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University Electronics Technician, London, PIC16/18, CCS PCM C, Arduino UNO, NANO,ESP32, KiCad V8+, Altium Designer 21.4.1, Alibre Design Expert 28 & FreeCAD beginner. LPKF S103,S62 PCB router Operator, Electronics instructor. Credited KiCad French to English translator
 


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