[BC] Cart machines - and others

[Henry Royce]

Engineering purgatory for me was when that time announce cart machine like the one in the pic would skip cues.  I learned to hate Bob Kinsley's voice by repairing the cue detector, then having to "set the time" (cue past) on both the odd and even sides of the deck...I'm spoiled now, comparatively...

Henry Royse, President
Royse Radio, Inc.
WCLU AM FM
Glasgow, KY

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Harold Hallikainen" <harold at hallikainen.com>

>
>> Oh man does that bring back bad memories!  Do you have any pictures of
>> the back of the carousel's showing the rubber bands holding in the PC
>> boards?
>>
>> Craig Bowman
>
>Nope, I don't have any photos like that. Things I remember about the
>Carousels:
>
>1. They were HEAVY. Putting them into the rack cabinet was a challenge.
>
>2. The playback amplifier would start to oscillate if you turned the
>output level up too high. The ultrasonic oscillation would hold up the
>silence sensor so you could do hours of dead air when an EOM cue was
>missed.
>
>3. If the pinch roller pressure was set too high, the pinch roller would
>get stuck and not go back down. The tray would try to eject with the pinch
>roller still in the cart. The system would then just sit there like that.
>It's interesting that the stalled motor did not burn out. This also
>contrasts with the Gates 55 which would just chop off a cart that did not
>eject properly.
>
>Harold
>
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