2nd Edition, just back from the printers
Seeburg 100-Selection Jukeboxes of the 60s and early 70s
Can be purchased here at Victory Glass.
Jukeboxes covered: U100 Mustang, U100 Discotheque, Jr., S100 Phono Jet, SE100 Golden Jet, SX100 Marauder, SL100 Carnival, SB100 Magnastar
New for the second edition is a listing of keys, fuses, and lamps used in each machine. Also featured is a newly revised sound system chapter including information on pickups and speaker systems.
This book covers all of the 100-selection machines built between 1964 and 1975. The first of these, the U100, was the industry's first all solid-state machine. This book covers that machine, the Discotheque, Junior version of it, and all the later electromechanical Selector and Pricing Unit 100 selection machines, explaining how everything works, including the amplifiers and optional Steppers. Contains schematic diagrams of the Pricing Units, Control Centers, Steppers, and Amplifiers used in these machines, except the SHP2 (introduced in the SB100 Magnastar), covered in 'The Seeburg SHP Amplifiers', see below. Chapters include: Introduction, Schematic Symbols, The Pricing Unit, The Selection System, The Stepper, Motor and Mechanism Power, Sound System, Troubleshooting, and Semiconductor Cross-Reference. The Troubleshooting and Semiconductor Cross-References are worth the price of the book alone! 116 pages, 82 illustrations.
3rd Edition, new and completely revised
The Seeburg Black and Gray Boxes
Can be purchased here at Victory Glass.
Jukeboxes covered: LS3 Apollo, USC1 Musical Bandshell, USC2 Bandshell Firestar, SPS160 Olympian, SPS2 Matador, STD160 VogueII, SQS160 First Edition, STD2 Entertainer, SQD2 Quad Entertainer, STD3 Sunstar, SQD3 Quad Sunstar, STD4 Mardi Gras, FC1 Regency, FC2 Hutch
The Black and Gray boxes were introduced with the LS3 Apollo of 1969, and lasted through eight years and eleven models of 160-selection machines, ending with the STD4 Mardi Gras of 1977.
Seeburg never published any in-depth service information on these boxes, since they were to be returned to the factory for service. Well folks, the factory no longer exists, so if you have one of these, this is the book you need! Here is a complete description of how they work, including simplified logic and timing diagrams of each of the three custom chips (two in the black box, and one in the gray box). Even included is pricing board setup information, for any machines still using coins.
Also: foldout copies of each of the five board schematics (three in the Black box, two in the Gray), explanations of the power supply, buffer board, scan start board (all of these are located in the Digital Control Center), the DEC (Digital Electronic Consolette), mechanism trip circuit, and a complete step-by-step troubleshooting procedure to find where the problem in your machine lies. New for the 3rd edition is a chapter on the Seeburg Remote Translator (SRT1), an optional accessory used to permit the SC, SCH Consolettes and 3W1-series wallboxes to work with these machines. 178 pages, 131 illustrations.
There is a semiconductor cross-reference guide for all semiconductors used on all boards, plus component and circuit locators for the boards used inside each box.
Seeburg Console-Era Jukeboxes
Can be purchased here at Victory Glass.
Jukeboxes covered: LPC1 Console, LPC1B Console, LCP480BL Console 480, LPC480T Console 480, PFEAU1 Electra, APFEA1 Fleetwood, SS160 Stereo Showcase, LS1 Spectra, LS2 Gem
This is my latest book, covering the Console-Era machines listed above. It covers the differences in Pricing Units and Selection System changes between machines, Auto-Speeds, Steppers, amplifier and speaker system variations, the PRVC, and the Album Scan Control, used in the LPC480 as a 'play stimulator'. Chapters include: Introduction, Schematic Symbols, The Pricing Unit, The Selection System, The Stepper, Motor and Mechanism Power, Sound System, ASC1, Troubleshooting, and Semiconductor Cross-Reference. 166 pages, 111 illustrations.
Ron Rich's Seeburg Mechanism Guide
Can be purchased here at Victory Glass.
Jukeboxes covered: All Seeburg vertical play (all coin-op machines on this site except the M100A)
From Ron Rich is his Seeburg Mechanism Guide. Packed into 62 pages of you-can-only-find-it-here information is a complete step-by-step description of the mechanical and electrical operation of all 7 inch 45/33 RPM mechanisms, starting with the M100B of 1950 all the way up to the last vinyl mechanism, used in the SMC3 of 1984. There is stuff in here you will absolutely have to know if you are going to wash your mech, remove the clutch, or remove the pickup arm frame. Don't even think of moving your machine until you've read the 'Transporting Your Jukebox' chapter! Also, lubrication guidelines, including places your mech needs lubrication that isn't in the charts. Includes five pages of detailed troubleshooting information, gathered from 40 (yes, forty, even though Ron doesn't look a day over 21!) years of experience working with these machines. Includes 32 illustrations, lubrication charts, representative schematics of each major mechanism modification, even a complete list of all vertical-play mechanisms built by Seeburg, along with pickup and stylus data! 62 pages, 32 illustrations.
Seeburg's Red Box and MCU Systems
Can be purchased here at Victory Glass.
Jukeboxes covered: SMC1 Disco, SMC2 Phoenix, SMC3 Prelude, 100-77D Topaz, 100-78D Celestia, 100-79M DaVinci
This books covers two different selection systems, those used in the 100-77D and 10078D machines (the Red Box) and the MCU system, used in the SMC1, 2, 3, and 100-79M models.
Who better to write this book? I designed the Red box system, and was also responsible for the redesign of the CPU board for the MCU system. How each design came to be (its design history) is here.
The book starts out with a section discussing the various schematic symbols used throughout the text, then jumps right into the Red box Credit and Selection systems, including troubleshooting tips, and a foldout complete schematic of the red box at the back.
The rest of the book is devoted to the MCU system. I redesigned the CPU board to make it easier to manufacture, incorporate bug fixes, and had to make several circuit changes to get everything to fit. The book gives complete explanations of how both versions of the circuits work, along with detailed descriptions of the mechanism control circuitry, easily the most complex and problematic of any Seeburg implemented. Plus mechanism switch adjustment and system troubleshooting tips!
There's also a section on connecting a Consolette to either system, including descriptions of the two remote translators used.
For troubleshooting, I've included timing diagrams with cause/effect arrows to speed up tracking down problems, and a complete semiconductor cross-reference list for both systems, worth the price of the book alone! 210 pages 131 illustrations.
The Seeburg Microlog Jukebox Troubleshooting Guide
Can be purchased here at Victory Glass.
Jukeboxes covered: LS3 Apollo, USC1 Musical Bandshell, USC2 Bandshell Firestar, SPS160 Olympian, SPS2 Matador, STD160 VogueII, SQS160 First Edition, STD2 Entertainer, SQD2 Quad Entertainer, STD3 Sunstar, SQD3 Quad Sunstar, STD4 Mardi Gras, FC1 Regency, FC2 Hutch
If you have one of the jukes listed above or pictured at left, you need this book! Its twenty-four pages are jam-packed with over forty years of troubleshooting experience on these machines.
This guide covers the complete machine: the selection system (Black & Gray box), amplifier, mechanism, tormat, keyboard, and control center, including modifications made to the mechanism and control center over the years. In depth troubleshooting, meant as an adjunct to the 'Black & Gray Boxes' listed above.
It even discusses in detail how to disassemble and clean the keyboard contacts, a procedure that can be difficult if you don't know the tricks. 26 pages.
The Seeburg SHP Amplifiers
Can be purchased here at Victory Glass.
Amplifiers covered: SHP1 (standard equipment for SPS160, SPS2, FC1); SHP2 (SB100, 100-77D, 100-78D, 100-79M); and SHP3 (STD160, SQS160, STD2, SQD2, STD3, SQD3, STD4, FC2, SMC1, SMC2, SMC3)
The SHP (Seeburg High Power) amplifier was introduced with the SPS160 Olympian of 1972, and was standard equipment in all machines up to and including the last vinyl jukebox, the SMC3 of 1984. The 100-selection machines (Topaz, Celestia, SMC1 Jr.) used a lower-powered version, the SHP2 which is also covered.
This manual tells you everything you need to know about: the Preamplifier, tone, balance, and volume controls, the driver board, the S.O.S. (Save Our Sound overload circuit), mute/trip relay, the output transformers and power supply.
The output transistor bias circuit gave plenty of problems with this amplifier, causing some early units to catch fire and prompting the change to the later bias circuit. The solution to this problem, along with a more accurate method of setting the bias, is discussed at length. Also covered is how the AVC (Automatic Volume Control) works, and a detailed explanation of how the drivers and outputs work.
Also included is a semiconductor cross-reference (worth the price of the book alone), component views of both PC boards, and schematics for all three amplifiers. 56 pages, 37 illustrations.
