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Seeburg Q 160 WOn't stop scanning, stuck on scan.
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Jake Daniel
Jan 19, 2017, 9:59:15 AM1/19/17
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This jukebox is 3 hours away from me, I'm going out on Sunday to pick it up for 200 bucks. It's in good shape. It's been in a family home since 1978, maintained by a jukebox tech whenever it had problems. Anyway the owner gave it to his bed\st friend when he retired and moved out of state. The loaded it into a truck and drove it in town from one house to another. I don't know if they secured the mechanism or not. Anyway, it was working fine before the move but now that it's in it's new location, it's stuck on scan. Turn it on and it scans till you turn it off. He said he tried to call the jukebox tech his friend used but he's retired too and the only guy in his town that says he can work on jukeboxes told him he doesn't work on Seeburgs. I've got pics of this jukebox and I can't see too much from them but nothing looks bent/messed up. I'm ordering a manual but I'll have this jukebox here before the manual arrives. Any idea of what might have been bumped to cause this? A microswitch? Maybe a short? Anyway, let me know what you guys think.
Wayne B
Jan 22, 2017, 10:58:01 AM1/22/17
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On Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 9:59:15 AM UTC-5, Jake Daniel wrote:
> This jukebox is 3 hours away from me, I'm going out on Sunday to pick it up for 200 bucks. It's in good shape. It's been in a family home since 1978, maintained by a jukebox tech whenever it had problems. Anyway the owner gave it to his bed\st friend when he retired and moved out of state. The loaded it into a truck and drove it in town from one house to another. I don't know if they secured the mechanism or not. Anyway, it was working fine before the move but now that it's in it's new location, it's stuck on scan. Turn it on and it scans till you turn it off. He said he tried to call the jukebox tech his friend used but he's retired too and the only guy in his town that says he can work on jukeboxes told him he doesn't work on Seeburgs. I've got pics of this jukebox and I can't see too much from them but nothing looks bent/messed up. I'm ordering a manual but I'll have this jukebox here before the manual arrives. Any idea of what might have been bumped to cause this? A microswitch? Maybe a short? Anyway, let me know what you guys think.
Probably not your issue, but I had a Seeburg that kept scanning last week. Turned out there was a burnt fuse.
> This jukebox is 3 hours away from me, I'm going out on Sunday to pick it up for 200 bucks. It's in good shape. It's been in a family home since 1978, maintained by a jukebox tech whenever it had problems. Anyway the owner gave it to his bed\st friend when he retired and moved out of state. The loaded it into a truck and drove it in town from one house to another. I don't know if they secured the mechanism or not. Anyway, it was working fine before the move but now that it's in it's new location, it's stuck on scan. Turn it on and it scans till you turn it off. He said he tried to call the jukebox tech his friend used but he's retired too and the only guy in his town that says he can work on jukeboxes told him he doesn't work on Seeburgs. I've got pics of this jukebox and I can't see too much from them but nothing looks bent/messed up. I'm ordering a manual but I'll have this jukebox here before the manual arrives. Any idea of what might have been bumped to cause this? A microswitch? Maybe a short? Anyway, let me know what you guys think.
John Robertson
Jan 23, 2017, 2:33:42 PM1/23/17
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I'll assume it was on the mechanism itself, but...
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Jan 23, 2017, 3:33:51 PM1/23/17
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Jake, the first step is to become familiar with the machine's assemblies. The unit that controls scanning are the two coils shown here:
http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/Rob-NYC/media/Seeb%20TSR_zpss5qcoprr.jpg.html?sort=2&o=
The coil at the right pulls in briefly when a selection is made. The one at the left subtracts each time the mech scans to the right (viewed at front). There is a set of contacts under the readout block that rides up on a ramp and closes the contacts that actuate the subtract coil.
A few words of advise; tinkering with these machines can be dangerous to both you and the machine.
I suggest obtaining a service manual whether from Victory Glass, Always Jukin or some other source.
You'll get more immediate and comprehensive responses at groups such as:
http://jukeboxaddicts.proboards.com/
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/seeburgjukeboxinformationclub/info
If the amp and selection receiver have not been rebuilt in the last 20 years, particularly new capacitors, it isn't safe to keep trying to use it as you risk doing serious damage and ruining costly parts such as transformers.
The mechanism requires comprehensive lubrication and contact cleaning. You should asses your own skills and determine how much you want to handle vs. how much, if anything, you want to send out to others technicians.
Rob-NYC
http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/Rob-NYC/media/Seeb%20TSR_zpss5qcoprr.jpg.html?sort=2&o=
The coil at the right pulls in briefly when a selection is made. The one at the left subtracts each time the mech scans to the right (viewed at front). There is a set of contacts under the readout block that rides up on a ramp and closes the contacts that actuate the subtract coil.
A few words of advise; tinkering with these machines can be dangerous to both you and the machine.
I suggest obtaining a service manual whether from Victory Glass, Always Jukin or some other source.
You'll get more immediate and comprehensive responses at groups such as:
http://jukeboxaddicts.proboards.com/
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/seeburgjukeboxinformationclub/info
If the amp and selection receiver have not been rebuilt in the last 20 years, particularly new capacitors, it isn't safe to keep trying to use it as you risk doing serious damage and ruining costly parts such as transformers.
The mechanism requires comprehensive lubrication and contact cleaning. You should asses your own skills and determine how much you want to handle vs. how much, if anything, you want to send out to others technicians.
Rob-NYC
Wayne B
Jan 28, 2017, 8:18:50 AM1/28/17
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I'm not exactly sure, it was a fuse that someone had added. It's in line between the mech and the transformer. Check all of your fuses.
Also, I just had the same problem with my G, it turned out to be a stuck scan relay.
Also, I just had the same problem with my G, it turned out to be a stuck scan relay.
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