"Brian Gaff" wrote in
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I guess you could have shorted the inputs out in some way
though. Its a pity you don't have the circuit as this might
help. Brian

There are service manuals listed on the web, but they are $15
and up. I am fixing this Sharp to sell it - I do not need it,
although it is probably a better 20-30W/side power amp than
anything you can buy now for under $100 or so. And it has
outputs for 2 sets of speakers - very nice feature. I doubt I
will get much - if ANYTHING - for it, but I hate throwing nice
old stuff away. OTOH, people just do NOT appreciate treasures
like this. Someone just GAVE it to me.

I may end up keeping it, it is cute as hell, and works great as
AM radio or line-in amplifier.

I have another (better than the Sony) turntable plugged into a
perfectly good stereo which I am using to transfer old vinyl to
mp3. (My old ears can't hear the difference much anymore.)

Thanks for your comments.



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