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Sci.Electronics FAQ: Repair: Manuals Where can I get a manual/schematics for equipment? Note: If you know of something that is incorrect or missing from this page, please. Test areas are mostly HP and Tektronix oriented Contents:. Document Version: 2.25 Last Updated: 5/26/97 Note: If you represent a firm that provides schematics to consumers (min quantity of 1 and under $100 minimum order), please information. Rich Osman, Michael Covington, Jim Mc Vein, Richard D. McRoberts, Jeff Gruszynski, James Walker, Bill Mayhew, Stanley Perkins, Mike Serafin, Thomas G Booth, Scott Holderman, John T. Black, Ronald Zettlemoyer, Jerilyn McLaren, Paul Hudson, Stan Griffiths W7NI, Terry O'Laughlin, Mark Wolfe, Joel Kolstad, Jim Tannenbaum, Bob Parnass AJ9S, Gary H.
Harmon, Jr., Nigel Cook, Tony Bailey, and John De Armond. XYZs of Oscilloscopes. Courtesy. Bob Garcia 845 Fairfield Drive Marietta, GA Tel: 1-770-977-5701 ( updated!) Bob is a retired Tek engineer who refurbishes and sells scopes for spending money. He also repairs scopes at remarkably good prices.
A typical deal will be a 60 MHz transistorized Tek scope for about $125. Anyone who attends hamfests in the southeast will recognize Bob as 'Mr Scope.' Kidd W7TYR 27270 S.W. Ladd Hill Road Sherwood, OR 97140 Tel: 1-503-625-7363 Mr. Kidd is a retired Tek engineer who sells old Tektronix manuals: For example, a 465 manual is $35. Also available, for $20, is Stan Griffith's 'Oscilloscopes: Selecting and Restoring a Classic'.
As reviewed by Wes: 'I bought that one through Tucker Electronics and it is one good book for anyone who has an old Tek scope. It details how to troubleshoot them, where to find parts and most of all, it rates them as to their serviceability in today's electronics. It also covers the MANY plug-in's out there.
I had no Idea how Many was there! Like a strain gauge pulg-in??
Good book and worth the money (as I own 4 old Tek scopes and love each of them dearly;-)' And here's a something from Stan Griffiths, the author himself: in response to a plea from an owner of a dead 454 scope Mac, I was sorry to hear that your 454 bit the dust. It is certainly worth a lot of effort to get it going again.
One thing you might check are the tunnel diodes in the sweep and trigger circuits. I have seen them go bad for no explainable reason. I have some 152-0125-00 TDs if you need them for $5 each.
(Tek wants $38 each.) If you don't know if you need one or not, you can test your TDs on a 575 Curve Tracer. If you don't have access to a curve tracer, you can mail your TDs to me and I will test them on my 575 for you. I will send checked ones to you if I find a bad one. You may recognize my name as the author of 'OSCILLOSCOPES-Selecting and Restoring a Classic'. I love old Tektronix scopes and I want to see yours run again. I own 454 S/N B010100 (the first one!) which I bought in a local estate sale.
It was the estate of one of the design engineers who worked on the project. I guess you don't have to be dead to have an estate sale since he was there personally to sell me the instrument! Stan Griffiths, W7NI E-mail: W7NI@teleport.com. Ed Matsuda Test Equipment Manuals P.O. Box 390613 San Diego, CA 92149 Tel: 1-619-479-0225 Fax: 1-619-479-1670 (From Jim Adney) Ed specializes in good quality second hand service manuals for Tek and HP. I find that a fax to him that includes a fax back number gets the best results since he has a printed request in his hand that he can check out and respond to.
Any time you are buying Tek manuals you should make sure the parts list shows serial numbers up close to yours. HP manuals should be bought by the serial prefix number (that is the number before the 'A' in the serial number; make sure to get a manual that covers your serial prefix or higher. Later manuals USUALLY cover earlier models as well, but not always. The serial prefix covered by an HP manual is shown on th title page. So fax Ed your list of model numbers with the serial prefix of each unit. I usually specify 'model HPxxxx, serial prefix yyyy or higher.' Price for an average manual is $15 + postage.
John Micek Warner Robins, GA (From Michael H. Roland) I would like to inform you that John Micek (Warner Robins, GA) is retiring from the used test equipment business.
Linda Perkins Manual Merchant E-Mail:. MECCA 1132 Conway Dr Newark, OH 43055 Tel: 614-522-4944 Used manuals for test equipment, amateur equipment and early receivers. Prices range from $5 to $35. Send an SASE with your request for price and availability. Slep Electronics Co PO Box 100 Otto, NC Tel: 704-524-7519 Operation and service manuals; schematic service for old and new amateur radios, commercial and military surplus test equipment, commercial and surplus military radios, antique radios and equipment manuals. Catalog not available due to large stock. Send an SASE for price and availability.
Include make and model of each unit. R5-D3 Electronic Surplus Portland, OR Tel: (503) 774-6560 Ask for Bob Lee. Older Tektronix 'scope stuff/plugins/manuals If he doesn't have what you are looking for, he will know who to point you to here in the land of Tektronix. Tektronics, Inc. Box 500 Beaverton, Oregon 97077 Tel: 1-800-426-2200 (best) Tel: 1-800-838-3553 Most older manuals are available as fische only.
The paper versions are sky high if they're available. I paid $7 for a 561A manual, and $5 and $10 for the amp and timebase plug-in manuals. Newer scope manuals are about $25 on fische, and in excess of $100 for the paper version.
I was able to find a surplus fische reader at the SW Bell surplus store for $10, so it's not to bad. HP is much better when it comes to pricing on their paper manuals:-(. Research Products Corp 1015 E.
Washington Ave Madison, WI 53703 Tel: 608-257-8801 The source of the OEM Tek scope air filters is alive and well. Hewlett Packard also sells manuals for basic instruments. If they don't have printed manuals anymore, they still try to stock the microfiche versions. In the US & Canada: 1-800-227-8164, 6AM-5PM Pacific Time, Monday-Friday. (Prices are between $25-$40 each for these ones when I looked, but this could change tomorrow. Call to get the latest prices) Tel: 1-800-227-8164 6AM-5PM Pacific Time, Monday-Friday Another number to try is: Tel: 1-800-452-4844 But it could be old.
(From Walter Shawlee 2) Sphere Research Corporation 1955A Moss Court Kelowna, BC, Canada V1Y 9L3 Tel: +1 (250) 762-5455 Fax: +1 (250) 762-0244 E-Mail: WWW: We have a huge HP-to-Industry Standard Semiconductor cross-reference. Also HP and Tek repair parts and equipment on-line, plus helpful FAQs and links to all kinds of test gear sites. We also have a big used equipment site on line for Canadians. B+K Precision Maxtec International Corp. (could be '6460') Chicago IL 60635 Tel: (312) 889-1448 Fax: (312) 794-9740 Ask them for the servicing information manual and calibration procedure. Inform them of the model year and serial number.
Domain BBS Tel: 1-208-375-6571 Marty Gasmans service manuals are included as are manuals from other individuals. You may search the database while online, add your own entries, change your own entries and delete your own entries. Anyone may log onto the BBS and search any of the databases. Please feel free to add service manuals that you no longer need and would like to sell. If you have a very large list of manuals, contact the sys-op for a free database program that will let you enter the manuals off-line and then upload them to the database.
Trilithic 9202 E. Indianapolis, IN Tel: (317)895-3600 They provide support and manuals for older Texscan brand spectrum analyzers, signal generators, or field strength meters. Fair Radio Sales Lima, OH Tel: 1-419-223-2196 Tel: 1-419-227-6573 (old?) They carry some older manuals as well as tubes of all sorts. Call them and ask for a catalog.
Diverse Devices 75 Priory Rd St Denys, Southampton England SO17 2JQ Tel/Fax: (+44) (-0)1703 584680 E-Mail: WWW: (From Nigel Cook) Shop stocking Obscure/Obsolete Components, Second hand test equipment, Pinouts, Service Manuals, and Schematics and more. Marty Gasman's Manuals E-Mail: WWW: I have over 3,000 audio service manuals audio owner's manuals original manufacturer's literature. W7FG VINTAGE MANUALS Care of: GARY GOMPF E-Mail: WWW: We have over 3000 manuals in stock, and ship 6 days a week. Mostly ham and test equipment manuals. Manuals Plus P.O. Box 549 TAD #601 Tooele, Utah 84074 Tel: 801-882-7188 Tel: 1-206-531-8031 (might be disconnected) Fax: 801-882-7195 E-Mail: WWW: These folks sell and buy service manuals and parts for test equipment. Expect to pay $30-$50.
I've been hit for over $100 on manuals for newer equipment. (From their Home Page) Manuals Plus sells and purchases used Electronic Test & Measurement Equipment Manuals. We maintain a large stock of original (not photocopied) test equipment manuals for equipment manufactured by Hewlett-Packard, Tektronix, Fluke/Philips, Wavetek, Wiltron, GenRad, IFR, Systron-Donner, and many others.
We pride ourselves on being able to respond to client requirements in a prompt manner. Service Center Paramus NJ Tel: (201) 262-9550 They have Service/Information on Fluke meters. Tucker Electronics Dallas, TX Tel: 1-800-527-4642 They are another good source of used manuals for older instruments. Bowman (W2ZUX) 4172 East Ave., RD2 Canandaigua, NY Al says he has manuals for everything from garage door openers to electronic organs, CB radio (gulp), test equipment, ham radio, etc. He specializes in equipment from the 1920-1970 era, and says, ' Most of my material is tube type (that could mean BAs for those of you in Rio Linda). I charge $5 for a schematic with 1-6 pages of text. Real complicated schematics I enlarge to 11X17, same price.
Manual proces depend on the number of pages; 6-10 pages $6, 16-30 pages $8, etc. Material is good photocopy, subject to yur approval, or your money refunded.' McIntosh Home Audio Tel: (607) 723-3512 Schematics for McIntosh Home Audio are free from McIntosh. (From Scott Perkins) GM Delco Publications Tel: 1-313-974-0341 '.the last time I got schematics they were at no charge!!' (From Mark Zacharias) Sansui Schematics are available from: Fox International Tel: 1-800-321-6993 As of 2 or 3 years ago, schematics, but not full service manuals, were available for older Sansui units at a very nominal cost. The only problem is that you may have to wait three or four weeks to get it. Heathkit Education Systems Heath Company PO Box 1288 455 Riverview Dr Benton Harbor Mi Catalog/Mailing list subscribe: 1-800-44-HEATH Order by Phone: 1-800-253-0570 Order by FAX: 1-616-925-4876 Customer Service: 1-800-253-0570 Technical Consulting: 1-616-925-4914 Parts Replacement/Repairs: 1-616-925-3273 Manuals: 1-616-925-5899 (8-4 EST) The Manual Man 27 Walling St Sayreville, NJ 08872 Tel: (908) 238-8964 (From JohnM@daka.com) Detailed schematics for Mac's are available.
They can be obtained from: Bomarc Services P.O. Box 1113 Casper Wyo 82602 Tel: (307) 234-3488.
If I may blow my own horn for a moment, September 1994 issue of Electronics Now contains an article I wrote called, 'New Life for Old Oscilloscopes,' by Michael Covington, complete with a schematic of a Heath IO-12. If you are looking for some obscure manual, you should just a hop skip and jump to THE ham radio mecca in Dayton, OH at the end of the month of April. There's no excuse available for not going. Things like weddings get postponed so hams can make it to the Hamvention. I'm sure you'll find manuals for the scope frame and all the plug-ins at Dayton. Cost is probably about $5 to $15 each.
2647 Waterfront Parkway East Drive Indianapolis, IN Tel: 1-800-GET-SAMS Tel: 1-800-428-5331 Tel: 1-800-428-7267 Ask for a catalogue. Sams Photofacts is a company that publishes service data on TVs and radios going back to the 1930s. More importantly, their catalogue is full of ads for parts suppliers, and it also gives manufacturers' addresses.
(From Jim Tannenbaum) A. Tannenbaum P. Box 386 Ambler, PA 19002 Tel: (215) 540-8055 Fax: (215) 540-8327 E-Mail: WWW: (From their Home Page) Try us for Service Manuals for Radio, TV, VCR, as well as Antique, Amateur, Audio, and Test Equipment. We buy and sell Vintage Radios, TVs, Tube Hi-Fi Equipment, Test Equipment and Hard to Find Repair Parts. Don't forget our extensive collection of SAMS Photofacts! Didn't find the manual you need? Check back soon, we constantly update our website.
Or send us mail, since we stock more than we can list here. (From Michael Roberge) Sams PhotoFact folders:. Number 1 to 1400 cost $5.00/each.
Number 1400 and up cost $7.00/each VCR manuals(Sams or Originals) are $15.00/each. Please Call for other manuals. This source carries previously owned schematics for VCR, TV, AUDIO and some test equipment. Being previously owned they are able to resell them for a fraction of the cost of new.
Coupled with this is the fact that they have a wide selection from many manufactures. They carry SAMS PHOTOFACTS and original manufactures service literature. I have personally purchased many manuals from this source. Initially I was concerned that they are used but I must say that this has not been a problem. Never has a single page been missing and otherwise in almost like new condition. In the event that they don't have the exact schematic for a specific model the owners have cross reference manuals which they use in an effort to locate possible 'look-a-like' chassis for which they might have a manual.
I am told that they have many.many filing cabinets full of manuals. Payment is generally expected in advance until a good working relationship is established. All manuals are shipped first class for $1.50 and they get them out fast. Before you send off for any schematic, it is highly recommended that you:.
Read the FAQ. Post to group to ensure that you actually need the schematic. Some problems can be fixed without one and in other cases, a schematic will not help to begin with.
Most schematics will cost over US$35 and, as a rule, are NOT returnable! In your post to, please include:. Brand, Model Number, and FCC code.
Clear and accurate description of the problem. How the problem appeared and what are the symptoms. What you have checked already (including the FAQ!). The level of your electronics repair experience. Computer Component Source (CCS) Tel: 1-800-356-1227.
MI Technologies Tel: (513) 335-4560. Amkotron 1-800-344-3882. EDI. Electronic Parts Supply 4071 Emery Street Emeryville, CA 94608 Tel: 800-227-0104 Fax: 510-420-0812 Email: WWW:. M.I. Technologies distributor Email: WWW: Monitor schematics are available from my self at I.C.H.E. For UK, Europe, Middle and Far East.
Plus test equipment and technical software, such as Techtips database. HP's 54600 series knows how to play Tetris! In the Display/Utility menu, press soft keys 2 and 3 both at once.
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Or maybe it's 1 and 2. Or maybe 3 and 4.:-) One of those two other key combinations will get you into a cool debugging menu!) This article was processed/written by Filipg Gieszczykiewicz. The most recent version is available on the WWW server.
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