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1. Oo Hard Wiring Guide Manual Version 1 2 July 2007 AUDIO NOTE KITS M3PHONO LA n Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Page 1 www AudioNoteKits com audionotekits rogers com a dA Table of Contents ON LENS Phono Board Build RR ends nn ee aan mena ee din D a ee ee en 3 FFI US OM PAS RSS ds do a ele desole a aie Le ee dd Ge Le 3 DO aden aonsnete done mani dees see rgenoeee dete netic dese AEAEE 4 FAUNO MG VAN E EAE E R AAE ERATE TAA 6 SA he ICSI SONS serando nii E EAR A E E EERE AAE AE ER ARAA ETTA DA T Ne ONO T errira aE E R E E EE AE E A AE A vena neeedevdastegensaeet 9 Addiuonal TECHMOUCSS and VS Sa a AA R a Eao nee m0 ee et AEE NRAN een 16 COMMU AS OS OO Pm m m 18 aael ehe SEE ne i nio A mom 20 Adding tne Tube Shield GrOUNOS sense enana i us ia ce see ee aa a A a ai e messes ER du ess 20 HSAN Me Capa HOr S sainan ee ee eee Se aE EEA eais 23 Sc ee ELA MM ae A A E A sone A 28 Section 3 Testing the M3 Phono BOa ccccccccsscccseeeceeecceeeceuceceueeceeecueeceucecsueesaueeseeseueecsueessueesueessueessueeseeesseeesseessnsess 29 Hook Up and voltage CMC CRS same tonsa bx ludos ous ries dlag tee sde een a ess aani oa Mesh lun een tan come en 30 POS OR a nn 31 Resistor Color Code Reference cccccccsscccssceceseeceeeccueeceucecaueesaeeecueeseeecaueesueesaeeseaeessueesaueeseessueessusesaueeseeesseeeeseeessaeens 32 Phono BOIS C2. code chart handy These will make it easier for you to verify that you have done the correct thing as you work through the various connections Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Page 5 www AudioNoteKits com a i audionotekits rogers com _ Fitting the Valve Bases Our first installation will be the valve bases As you can see from the picture opposite the valve base is inserted in the board and the small spacers are used under the screw holes The Tube Shield is then used on top with the screws going through them Use a M3 screw from the phono hardware bag and secure with an M3 nut on the other side of the board Opposite you can see the underside of the board where one of the valve bases has been fitted and secured Here we have the 3 valve bases installed Valve base installation is now complete Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits j Page 6 www AudioNoteKits com Fi audionotekits rogers com ics Installing the Resistors Our next task is to install MOST of the resistors in the board Start by referring to your schematic and your Resistor Color Code Chart You can start at the top of the chart You will notice that the first resistor on the chart is the 820R resistor R8 and R10 Identify the two resistors that have the following color codes GREY Red Black Black followed by a thicker BROWN tolerance band You will need to bend the resistor leads with pliers or neatly by hand in order for
3. re Sa Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Lets start by looking for some easy connections of the resistors to the valve bases For example looking at the base on the upper right in the picture opposite let s pick some easy connections that we can make the connection to PIN 1 looks very easy Bend the lead enough with the pliers to fit it into the valve base pin 1 This is the leg of R7 that is connecting to the valve base Here you can see that the leg of R7 has been connected to PIN 1 of the valve base V1 Once it has been soldered you may or may not want to clip the end Be careful of your eyes when cutting little pieces as they can flick off use your hand to cover them or try to hold on to the piece that will come off with pliers The graphic on the left is a view of the underside of wiring side of the board with the top side inverted and overlaid transparently This can sometimes be helpful saving you continually turning over the board d Page 11 Once that wiring has been completed of R7 you will want to update your schematic as shown opposite We just need to show you a few more techniques and then you will be well on your way to completing the resistor connections How about a break and congratulations so far Let s make a connection now to pin 2 As you can see from the trace on the board the wire must curl around and connect to pin 2 Often it will not stretch all the way there so w
4. the tubes Power back on and check for the following voltages across the resistors 100v RB y j R9 100v If all the voltages check out then we can hook up the RCA s and the AN A or AN V cable Start by tinning the input and output wires on the M3 phono board This is done by adding some solder to the hooked wires that are coming out the board at the Right I P and Left I P and R GND and L GND Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Page 30 www AudioNoteKits com F audionotekits rogers com nm
5. R AS ne de D ee ee de 33 Resistors and Color COS neni aona aE EEEE E EAN E ERA EEES EEE EEEE E en de 34 Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Page 2 www AudioNoteKits com audionotekits rogers com i v s Section1 M3 Phono Board Build There are two versions of the M3 Phono Board available The Standard Copper Track PCB board is considered to be the simplest board to build whereas the Hard Wired version is usually the choice of the more experienced builder This manual is dedicated to the Hard Wired trackless PCB version Phono Board Parts List The Complete Parts list for the Phono Board is shown below For resistor color code chart refer to the APPENDIX You can also find an Interactive Resistor Color Code Calculator on our website available from the Links page Category Quantity Designator Capacitors Electrolytic 470uf 16v or 220uf C3 C4 C5 C6 C13 C14 C11 C12 Capacitors Non polarized C9 C10 8n2 or 8200pf C7 C8 047uf C1 C2 R25 R26 R1 R2 R11 R12 R13 R14 Resistors R4 R6 R8 R10 1M2 in series Valves Bases 3 9 pin Vale Bases amp M3 Phono Board 1 1 6072 V1 V2 V3 Throughout the construction of this board make sure that no adjacent wires touch each other Use the black insulating sleeving provided to insulate such wires from making an unwanted and potentially dangerous contact Wires follow the paths to the components as indicated by the white lines on the bo
6. also be well marked by now Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits f Page 19 www AudioNoteKits com J Fi audionotekits rogers com itus Installing R3 and R5 R3 left channel and R5 right channel are a special case as each of them is actually made up of two resistors The value of these resistors is 2M2 or 2 2Meg ohms Since this resistor value is not available in Tantalum we are going to put a 1 2M 1M2 1W resistor in series with a 1Meg 1 2W resistor Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits F www AudioNoteKits com a audionotekits rogers com ictus Twist the resistor and solder After soldering the resistors together clip the extra wire You should now have a nice U formation Install the resistor into the R3 position as shown and then solder under the board into correct position refer to your schematic Then do the same for the R5 position Once these resistors are in position you have completed all the resistors You will want to remove the three GND Lugs from your Hardware Phono Bag and then install them in the positions shown in the picture opposite You will need to take the M3 nut off each screw and install the GND lug underneath the nut against the board then secure with the nut Page 20 Use some of your silver wire to connect the GND lugs to the GND planes and solder Be careful with this particular connection as is comes very close to a wire you must make sure that there is so
7. ard Often it will be possible to use the leg of the ERR RR C RR RNT HMM NO Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Page 3 www AudioNoteKits com audionotekits rogers com ictus components to connect to the various points however from time to time the legs will be too short and will need to be extended with tinned wire The above picture shows the top and bottom of the M3 Phono Board The bottom of the board shows how the leg of each component is joined to another these are shows by the thick white lines Whenever making a connection you should at the same time trace that connection on the schematic i e circuit diagram That way you will make fewer mistakes and also learn more about the circuit NOTE We have included a disk in your kit that includes high resolution pictures of most of the ones shown here in the manual so that you can zoom in on them on your computer Preparation The first step is to install the spacers onto the board as shown opposite Note on the underside of the board that we have white lines stencils that show the connections of the components Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Z Page 4 www AudioNoteKits com audionotekits rogers com Vl Here are some tools that you will find very handy while working on the hardwired phono board a cutter on the left a wire stripper cutter in the middle and needle nose pliers on the right Have your schematic and Resistor Color
8. e use the silver wire to complete the connection see next two picture for completion As you can see we have curled the lead with the pliers and now we must extend with silver wire to pin 2 of the valve base Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits www AudioNoteKits com audionotekits rogers com Page 12 nnel es ls i ari Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits www AudioNoteKits com audionotekits rogers com In this picture we have fed the silver wire through the valve base pin 2 and then applied some solder to the valve base pin Then we have soldered to the resistor lead to complete the connection Let s update our schematic with the new connection we have just made pin 2 of V1 valve base connecting to R11 This picture shows that we have completed the connection of pin 8 and are in the process of using silver wire to complete the connection of pin 7 again using a long piece we will solder and then cut Page 13 ac vt s We have completed all the connections to the valve base V1 Note that have not highlighted pin 7 yet but should do that now The only pins not connected now are pins 4 amp 5 these will be used for our filament wiring in other words we will be using some wiring from the power supply board to connect to these pins to provide the filament current this subject is dealt with later in the guide The other pin not connected is pin 9 which is not used Congratulatio
9. ge 23 www AudioNoteKits com audionotekits rogers com ix Yt us Install C1 C2 C7 and C8 The picture opposite shows TIN capacitors installed in the C1 amp C2 positions and copper caps installed in the C7 amp C8 positions Note that normally you will be using either all tin or all copper depending on what level Phono Kit you have ordered Sat lar AM These FILM caps are not polarized such that they can go in either way without any problems however there is a recommended method to have the side of the cap with the Line on it on the side where the audio signal is entering As you can see from the picture the line on these caps is towards the top of the board for the 047uf position T Lu P d AN The 0082 caps are positioned with the LINES towards the center of the board This is the underside of the board with the four film capacitors installed Ly cae The next step is to install the 2 42n Farad capacitor that we i m a eg ON UL have made for you into positions C9 amp C10 ar M This capacitor is made up of a 2 200pf and 220pf in parallel which makes a 2 420pf or 2 42nf capacitor You can see how we bend the resistor to fit into position Ao WOIE MES i Bi 5r HUE MTS P I E si i Pu Copyright O 2007 AudioNote Kits 4 f Page 24 Now we come to the home stretch We need to install the 4 Film capacitors that will be installed on the underside of the board Now we come to the home
10. it to be inserted correctly into the board S0 go ahead and install the 2x 820R resistors in positions R8 amp R10 Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Page 7 www AudioNoteKits com ic ttu audionotekits rogers com Above you can see the two resistors installed correctly into the board You will also want to gently bend the leads on the underside of the board so that the resistors don t fall out as we are going to install all the rest of the resistors except for R3 amp R5 The graphic on the right you can see how the legs are bent to keep the resistor in position Carry on with your color code chart and install the rest of the resistors on the chart except for the last two R3 amp R5 these are a special case The pictures above show your Phono Board with the resistors installed Page 8 www AudioNoteKits com Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Z audionotekits rogers com 4 di Starting the Soldering The next step is to gently bend down the resistor leads so that they are roughly following the traces In some cases it will be straightforward in others you will not be sure which way to go Do your best Some traces will require the needle nose pliers where you will have to bend the leads to follow the tracks Once that is completed we will now perform our first soldering job We want to connect pin 3 and pin 6 together on the V1 Valve Base Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits www AudioNoteKits c
11. me clearance Graphic showing the GND lugs that are connected to the valve base and soldered with SILVER wire to the GND Planes IMPORTANT NOTE When working with silver wire always work with a long piece solder in position THEN cut off never work with a small correctly fitting piece of silver as it will be very difficult to manage _ RULE LONG wire in position gt Solder both ends gt Cut l l EN Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Page 21 www AudioNoteKits com A i audionotekits rogers com itus At this stage all our resistors are installed and have highlighted my schematic see opposite Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits j Page 22 www AudioNoteKits com r 1 audionotekits rogers com Installing the Capacitors First we will install the 4 Electrolytic capacitors these are all 470uf 16V and are used on the cathode of the tubes These capacitors are polarized meaning that there is a and a Negative and its very important that they are put into position correctly you will see the marking on the board On the capacitor you will see a side with a long stripe on it this is the Negative side The top level view of the board with the capacitors installed The underside of the board shows the 4 capacitors installed into position and soldered In some cases you will use the leg of the capacitor to extend along a trace Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Pa
12. not to have two wires touching There are times where wires need to cross each other or need to go between valve bases its ok to have the wires go above the board somewhat so that they do not touch other wires Now that you have familiarized yourself with the various techniques required you can continue with construction Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits www AudioNoteKits com audionotekits rogers com Continue completing soldering connections for all the resistors except for R3 amp R5 When you are done your board should look something like the picture opposite Refer to your Hi Res disk pictures 100 8374 8375 8376 8377 and 8378 for close up pictures of the board at this point 4 Page 18 ape Ww cs If you look at the bottom left corner of the wiring side of the board you will see the spacer that is very close to the trace going to W8 E You have two options to use some heatshrink tubing and follow the trace or route the trace around the outside of the spacer as shown in this picture The same for the lower right side and W5 you can route the wire along the trace shown on the board or go around the spacer to give you a little more space You can see in both cases that even though have routed around the spacer have used shrink tubing to make sure that there is no potential short The picture opposite shows how the top side of the board should look like at this point Your schematic should
13. ns as we have just completed all the connections to V1 It is always good to double check your connections after completing them making sure that the stencils on the back and the schematic and your connections all correspond would suggest that you go over and do the same to V2 now using the same techniques and updating your schematic highlights Another technique that you will use quite a bit of is longer extensions of silver wire You will need to do this when you connect to the HT The HT or High Tension is the point on the circuit where the DC voltage from the power supply will come in and provide the overall electrical DC for the phono circuit Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits www AudioNoteKits com audionotekits rogers com Page 14 ae ws If you look on the component side of the board you will see two circles with HT marked on them Let s wire up the HT terminal for V1 do this by using the silver wire to extend You can see here that am laying down a length of silver wire that will be soldering to for the HT connection Here am inserting the silver wire through the HT hole so that it will follow the trace and connect to the resistor lead On the component side of the board you will want to bring the silver wire through curl it and clip it so that you have a nice hook in order to connect to later Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits 4 Page 15 ac vts Here am soldering another lead to the
14. om audionotekits rogers com Using the silver wire supplied with your kit you will want to slide one end of the silver wire into the valve base V1 DO NOT CUT the silver wire yet this is one of the tricks to using it always have a long piece do your soldering and then CUT when the job is completed the wire gets very hot and difficult to handle in short pieces d Page 9 suggest using a highlighter to keep track of your successful connections so that you know where you are up to So in our case we have just completed the wiring of pin 3 to pin 6 of the V1 LEFT Valve base so highlight the connection with a highlighter or pen Eventually you will be able to spot any connections that you may have missed etc As you can see from the above picture strip the three steps involved here are e Slide the wire into position e Perform soldering on both sides e Cutthe wire You will be repeating this a few times Now go a head and do the same thing for V2 and then highlight your schematic with the same connection Now we will start to make some other soldering connections to the valve bases We are not going to show you every detail of the phono board build but rather show you the techniques involved and the correct order that you should do things and then leave it up to you make your own decisions on connections etc Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits i Page 10 www AudioNoteKits com dr 1 audionotekits rogers com ix
15. s picture is showing the other side of the capacitor This is the tricky part that goes around the spacer Since am a little crowded am going to solder the wire directly to the wire as shown opposite rather than inserting in the hole for the capacitor To complete the connection here for W8 you will want to use some silver wire to connect to the lead Page 26 On the top side of the board you will have some extra capacitor lead from the caps we installed on the underside of the board Clip these about 5 mm from the top of the board and curl down You will now have to do a similar operation on the other 33uf capacitor installed into C14 Congratulations You have completed the M3 Phono Board Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits d Page 27 tts Section 2 Final Wiring Using some red black twisted filament wire you will need to Parallel the filaments on the V1 and V2 tubes the reason for this is that we have 2 filament supplies coming from the power supply we will use the filament supply to power the V1 and V2 tubes and then use the second filament supply for V3 the output tube In order to parallel the filament refer to the graphic below 9 12AX7 10N ut sac Next you will want to connect the twisted wires from the M2 power supply 6V2 filaments to pins 4 amp 5 of V1 OR V2 Then connect the other filament wiring from the power supply to V3 Connect the HT from the power supply B to
16. silver wire that is the HT At this point you should have enough skills to start working your way through the soldering process Before proceeding however please read the following additional techniques Additional Techniques and Tips Use your cutters to cut off excess wire after you have made a solder connection Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Page 16 www AudioNoteKits com audionotekits rogers com ac Yt s This picture shows the next tricky part of the board all the input resistors These resistor legs need to be bent and pulled through the holes in the board Right I P RIGHT GND etc Use your needle nose pliers to perform this task The legs are fairly flexible and can be bent around a bit On the top side of the board you will want to snip a little length and then curl the lead so that it created a little hook like we did with the HT Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits www AudioNoteKits com audionotekits rogers com Page 17 i Continuing Construction USING INSULATION You will notice that in your kit you will have some thin heatshrink You will use this in situations where the wires are coming close in contact with each other When this is going to happen you need to cut some heatshrink to ensure that the wires will not short with one another You will need to use a hair dryer or heatshrink gun to heat up the heatshrink so that it wraps even with heat shrink it is a good idea
17. stretch We need to install the 4 Film capacitors that will be installed on the underside of the board In the picture opposite you can see the 22uf capacitor being inserted into the holes on the board in the C12 position The line on the capacitor is closest to the spacer or the side of the board You will notice that these capacitors have a clear heatshrink insulation on them DO NOT REMOVE THIS the reason for the heatshrink is because the copper or tin outer shell of the capacitor is conductive and needs to be insulated so as not to cause any shorts on any wires that it touches Install the other 22uf capacitor beside it in the position C11 position with the line closest to the spacer in the corner or the left edge of the board You will notice in this picture that the hook created earlier can easily be soldered to the capacitor that we install on the underside of the board orum rect We now have the 2 22uf capacitors into position Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Z Page 25 fF www AudioNoteKits com audionotekits rogers com lt tc Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits www AudioNoteKits com fr audionotekits rogers com We will now install the 2x 33uf capacitors into C13 amp C14 When installing these capacitors the lines will be positioned closest to the center of the board These capacitors will take a little more care Solder the pin closest to the center of the board FIRST Thi
18. the HT on the M3 Phono Board Connect the GND from the power supply GND near the LED to one of the input GND s on the M3 phono board Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Page 28 www AudioNoteKits com audionotekits rogers com 4 Section 3 Testing the M3 Phono Board If you have an OHM meter you can use it at this stage to do some preliminary checks From the top side of the board we are going to measure some resistances from the Tube sockets Check for the following resistances Copyright 2007 AudioNote Kits Z Page 29 www AudioNoteKits com i Fi audionotekits rogers com iu us V3 pin 8 to GND V3 pin 7 to GND V3 pin 3 to GND V3 pin 2 to GND V3 pin 6 to HT V3 pin 1 to HT 100K Left output to GND Right Output to GND Check the resistance across C11 and then check C12 should be over 1M If all these check out then you should be very close Next step is to double Check that the 4 capacitors 470uf 16V are installed properly with the in the correct orientation Hook Up and Voltage Checks The next stage is to install the Phono Board into the chassis and 1 Connect the filament supply from the M2 power supply board to the Phono Board 2 Connect the HT 3 Connect the GND Without installing any tubes turn on the amp and check for HT voltage of 260V on the phono board Check between pins 4 amp 5 on each valve base and check for 6 3V DC If all is well then power down and install
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