SPARE PART only, not the complete turntable!
HISTORY:
In our audio post production business "many moons ago" we used many different types of turntables, from the venerable Technics SP10's, Planar, LP12's, Dual's of various kinds and so many more. I had a personal interest in turntables as well and tended to collect just about any turntable that looked interesting - although in the budget category, this turntable has an interesting feature ...
Multi-play (repeat) function although I never used this, generally you listen to a piece of vinyl once and move on but if ever you wanted to, you could set this turntable to play the vinyl twice, thrice or even for all eternity over and over and over!
I was recently using this turntable, it ran fine EXCEPT I did look into a significant problem it had, it would not turn OFF when the tonearm was at rest! Feeling rested after my holiday, I took a good look at what was going on ... I discovered it had a mechanical issue with the cam and actuating lever and after thinking about it, I decided this turntable was going to go up on the workbench for "the operation" - Yes, it has become an organ donor so that another Q310 can live again!
Yes, there will be more Q310 spare parts being advertised ... look HERE to see them all
AKAI (Japan) - Q310 Record Turntable
Designed & made in Japan
Direct drive
Electronic locked speed control
Designed for the consumer marketplace with some "extra features" thrown in for good measure i.e it could run as a Manual or Fully Automatic with single, double or infinite repeat of the vinyl being played.
Australian market model: 240V with a standard Australian plug (no earth pin) mould fitted to the 2 metre lead
Two speed: 45 or 33rpm
Front controls are either soft touch push buttons or slide controls, depending upon the function.
SPARE PART THAT IS BEING OFFERED: AC Power Lead, Transformer, PCB & ON-OFF Switch
AKAI Part Number: BT337074 APT310-50 (240V Input Transformer) P1022B503B (AC input PCB) ES-316432 K2 0273RA (ON-OFF Microswitch) + Power input lead with Australian non-earthed plug.
These AC input components are for the Australian model and the input voltage cannot be changed (single winding primary)
Although provision is made for fuse holders on the PCB, these are not used and instead a link bridges where the fuse would normally be - this is exactly as the Service Manual indicates it should be. The only fusing of this turntable is on the Quartz Lock Servo board, on the low voltage rails.
All original mounting hardware AND the metal microswitch actuator level are provided
The power switch is quite some distance from the transformer, being situated at the front panel (activated by the slide button POWER ON)
CLEAN
TESTING:
This Q310 turntable was, previous to "the operation" mentioned above, running perfectly but had the "she won't turn off" issue which was due to mechanical problems, not electronic.
I have carefully removed these AC input and switching components from the turntable, removed all wire-wrap* 'dags' so she is ready to be re-wired into another Q310.
Note the almost exclusive use of wire-wrap technology, instead of the wiring being soldered at the terminal posts, it is special wire that is wrapped around the post (actually this provides an improved and more certain connection than soldering) If you do not have a wire wrap tool (you can still buy these), soldering is still fine with these wires.
Should some clarifications be necessary, I do have the Service Manual or it can be readily downloaded online for free in any case.
These components of the AP-Q310 turntable have now been mounted onto a stiff card base then inserted into a clear plastic packet which is then wrapped in bubble-wrap to protect everything when being shipped.
