Sound Leisure Manhattan Jukebox problem - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

keyfixer · 25th Nov 2015, 12:15 am

Hi, I am a keyboard / audio engineer but one of my customers is asking me to look at a 1996 Manhattan CD Jukebox that is misbehaving and hoping someone on here might point me in the right direction.

The CD selection is all over the place, have had the main PCB checked and that is fine so I suspect a problem in the carousel area. It has a total of 70 CDs to be selected. It always goes to the requested TRACK, but "rarely" finds the correct CD, and end up selecting the CD a few either side of the programmed number

Anyone have any experience of these?

Thanks..

mickyfinn · 25th Nov 2015, 8:02 am

Sound Leisure are still going strong in Leeds. Members of the British Jukebox Owners Yahoo group that have had problems say they are very helpful.
Mick

keyfixer · 25th Nov 2015, 6:15 pm

Thanks for that, my customer did contact them and arranged to send in the main PCB, they tested it and found no faults?..so I'm just wondering if there is a decoder on the carousel?, I can't see one but was trying to avoid taking it all out to find out.

The thing is 20 years old so trying not to keep pestering the manufacturer, I guess we will just have to see if we can get hold of a service manual, then I might make sense of how the

thing works!!

PsychMan · 25th Nov 2015, 10:43 pm

You might want to post about this on the Phonoland forum in their jukebox section. Lots of original jukebox engineers from various brands and eras.

http://www.phonoland.com/

Someone here may well have a solution though

mickyfinn · 26th Nov 2015, 8:08 am

Phonoland is an excellent resource but the BJO Yahoo group is largely UK specific. There are members on there that have worked on these machines. It's free to sign up and start asking for solutions.

Mick

kevin m · 27th Nov 2015, 12:53 am

How does the machine know whereabouts the carousel is? I know they're two totally different beasts but my nsm vinyl juke had the very same problem a few years back. Mine has an optical sensor that picked up tiny holes that passed by it. This mechanism was a little clogged with years of dust and grime. I used a paint brush to clean out all the holes and brush the sensor clean. its been fine ever since. If its an electrical track like circuit board under the carousel then it could just be dirt getting moved about by the brushes making poor contact.

Kev

25th Nov 2015, 12:15 am	#1
keyfixer Diode Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 4	Sound Leisure Manhattan Jukebox problem Hi, I am a keyboard / audio engineer but one of my customers is asking me to look at a 1996 Manhattan CD Jukebox that is misbehaving and hoping someone on here might point me in the right direction. The CD selection is all over the place, have had the main PCB checked and that is fine so I suspect a problem in the carousel area. It has a total of 70 CDs to be selected. It always goes to the requested TRACK, but "rarely" finds the correct CD, and end up selecting the CD a few either side of the programmed number Anyone have any experience of these? Thanks..

25th Nov 2015, 8:02 am	#2
mickyfinn Hexode Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 473	Re: Sound Leisure Manhattan Jukebox problem Sound Leisure are still going strong in Leeds. Members of the British Jukebox Owners Yahoo group that have had problems say they are very helpful. Mick

25th Nov 2015, 6:15 pm	#3
keyfixer Diode Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 4	Re: Sound Leisure Manhattan Jukebox problem Thanks for that, my customer did contact them and arranged to send in the main PCB, they tested it and found no faults?..so I'm just wondering if there is a decoder on the carousel?, I can't see one but was trying to avoid taking it all out to find out. The thing is 20 years old so trying not to keep pestering the manufacturer, I guess we will just have to see if we can get hold of a service manual, then I might make sense of how the thing works!!

25th Nov 2015, 10:43 pm	#4
PsychMan Octode Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Fleet, Hampshire, UK Posts: 1,765	Re: Sound Leisure Manhattan Jukebox problem You might want to post about this on the Phonoland forum in their jukebox section. Lots of original jukebox engineers from various brands and eras. http://www.phonoland.com/ Someone here may well have a solution though Last edited by PsychMan; 25th Nov 2015 at 10:44 pm. Reason: typo

26th Nov 2015, 8:08 am	#5
mickyfinn Hexode Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 473	Re: Sound Leisure Manhattan Jukebox problem Phonoland is an excellent resource but the BJO Yahoo group is largely UK specific. There are members on there that have worked on these machines. It's free to sign up and start asking for solutions. Mick

27th Nov 2015, 12:53 am	#6
kevin m Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Derbyshire, UK. Posts: 210	Re: Sound Leisure Manhattan Jukebox problem How does the machine know whereabouts the carousel is? I know they're two totally different beasts but my nsm vinyl juke had the very same problem a few years back. Mine has an optical sensor that picked up tiny holes that passed by it. This mechanism was a little clogged with years of dust and grime. I used a paint brush to clean out all the holes and brush the sensor clean. its been fine ever since. If its an electrical track like circuit board under the carousel then it could just be dirt getting moved about by the brushes making poor contact. Kev