Contents 6000 Series Specifications 1 PAGE 3 General Circuit Functions 2 PAGE 4 Performance Check 3 PAGE 5 Trouble Shooting Procedures 4 PAGE 6 6000 Standard Disassembly Procedure 5 PAGE 14 6000R Disassembly Procedure 6 PAGE 14 Trouble Shooting Tables 7 PAGE 18 Parts List 8 PAGE 17, 18, and 19 TECHNICAL AUDIO PRODUCTS CORPORATION 6000 SERIES Repair Manual Technical Audio Products Corporation 3810 448th Avenue NE. Redmond, WA 90052 Phone (206) 899-9510€ 6000 SERIES SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Response THe to sO Ke=1 ao Preamp gain @ a8 below clipping Input 2 1500 Equivalent input Nowe —122 GoM Available Gain 512066 MIKE INPUTS imapaiance Mating teva [ore | none Max. input Level i7vAMs_| 25v AMS | Tne INPUT Input impedance 22K Max. Input Level Tov RMS EQUALIZATION Shelving Type Continuously Variable =15 48 Bass 30 He Treble TO KHE “Wie EQ (G000R nly) +9 6B @ 20 KHz © atevetoureur TOV RMS into OR OF Grater Toa Max. Output Level +16 dm inte 600 Outputz 150 Cow LeveL OUTPUT Max. Output Level 20 8 down from Hi Level Output Output Z 7K ADDITIONAL SPECIFIGATIONS — 6000R ONLY Maximum Output Level Output Z Efects Sena High 75V RMS into 1K or 150 araater load Eifecia Send Low 72 dB down from ak Ettects Sond High Monitor Send (rear panel) TV into 10K or i greater load Reverb Tank Accutronics Type 4, modified Power Requirements TISVAG, 7 watts WEIGHT 6000 7 pounds 0008 a 10 pounds BIMENSIONS TL _W___H [Rack mounting qc = 15% x_7% x 3% [kit avalable 60008 17 10% x34 [for both unite2. General Circuit Functions ‘The Tapco 6000 Series mixers are designed to satisy @ wide range of high quality P.A., sound reinforcement anc Fecording requirements. An increasing demand for low cost versatility has produced several design innovations. ‘The 5000 Series output stages are integrated circuit op- amps, selected for low noise and hich output capability ‘The input preamp is capable of very wide dynamic range, and will accept either low or high Z microphones. These preamp features are the result of a unique design whose fundamentals must be understood before attempting repairs: 1. Gain Control The volume level of most preamps is ‘controlled by 2 fader after the preamp. In the 6000 Series, the actual gain of the circuit is governed by the volume knob. Referring to the schematic, note that potentiometer VR1 varies the amount of nega: tive feedback applied to the base of the first input transistor, Q1. More feedback, lower gain; less feed- back, more gain. With this control in the full counter-clockwise (off) position, preamp gain betore the tone controls is 10 48. In the full clockwise position the preamp gain is over 60 dB. Proper use Of this control will always prevent preamp overload distortion, iat -2 HiROPHONE ee NEGATIVE FEEDBACK Negative Feedback Signal Flow Fig. 24 2. Automatic Impedance Matching Well, matching isn’t exactly the right term. Actually, automatic im- ‘pedance accepting is more accurate. The measured impedance at the input of the preamp varies between 4K and 2K ohms, depending on the setting of the volume control. However, the circuit behaves as if it were perfectly matched with either low or high Z mikes. Visualize a low impedance mike connected to the input of the preamp, as in Fig. 2-1. Any negative feedback returned to the input through the volume control will be shunted to ground by this low imoed- ‘ance. This loadifg of the feedback loop effectively reduces the amount of negative feedback that, reaches the input, $0 the gain goes up. Now let's say there's a high Z mike connected to the input, This presents a much lighter oad to the feedback loop, so, more of the feedback reaches the input. This lowers. the circuit gain, automatically matching the higher output level of the high 2 mike. The actual 1 to 2K input impedance of the 6000 Series preamp presents a nearly ideal load for both. Jew and high impedance microphones, In the case of low Z mikes, the dynamic range, output level and transient response are dependent upon the |oad the microphone ‘'sees” looking into the preamp input. When @ low Z microphone is operated into an im- edance equal to its own, dynamic range and output level are reduced, and transient response sutfers. ‘The net result is @ sound that's just not quite as clean as it should be. That's why most microphone man- tufacturers recommend terminating their mikes into a load NO LOWER THAN THREE TIMES THE MIKE'S, IMPEDANCE. That means a 1500 mike should see NO LESS than 450 ohms, and a 60001 mike should ‘see 1.8K. Under these racommanded conditions, the amount of distortion produced by the microphone itself is greatly reduced, and the mike's output level is greatly increased. The 1 to 2K input impedance of ‘the 6000 Series preamp meets or exceeds micro- phone manufacturers recommendations. This can Produce a signiticant improvement in perceived quality and signal to noise performance. High Z microphones periorm better into the 6000 Series preamp also. Most dynamic microphone ele: ‘ments are, by their very nature, low impedance. In ‘order to make a high Z dynamic mike, most manufac- turers put a small low to high Z transformer right inside the microphone housing. Of course, any transformer that'll fit inside a mike has to be pretty small. The bigger the transformer, the more voltage you can get out of it. That little transformer in the ‘mike housing isn't going to give you much signal betore it starts producing a lot of distortion. How- fever, the amount of signal the transformer has to handle can be effectively reduced by loading the ‘secondary. In other words, plugging this high im Pedance mike into the 6000 Series “medium” im- Pedance preamp will greatly reduce the voltage ‘swing the transformer is required to handle, This will tend to keep tne levels in the transformer within the real limits of the transformers size. The net result is, cleaner sounding performance from high 2 micro- phones. The tone control section of the preamp is the usual pas ¢c sive configuration. The two most notable characteristics Of this type of tone contral are 1.) the signal is attenuated the same amount as the available boost or cut; and 2.) the response of the network is not exactly flat” with the controls at center. In the 6000 Series, tne signal is pro- ‘cessed through the tone controls, then mixed through a 40K rasistor. The other side of this resistor is the virtual ground summing junction of an op-amp. Because this junction is almost at electrical ground, very little signal will be seen here. ‘The dual low-noise op-amps used for all mixing and out- pout functions are capable of 10 volts MS output. Full se of this headroom is made avallable to the operator by the gain controlled mixing stage, IC4A. This summing (op-amp is operated in the inverting mode, with a variable rasistor in the feedback loop to control gain. This pre- vents this stage from being overloaded under all cond tions. The mixing stage is followed by an op-amp line river with @ gain of 12 48 (1048). You'll notice on the ‘schematic, between the mixing and output stages, the ‘stacking output.” This connection is provided for com- bining two or more mixers. As you can see, connecting mixers together at this point puts the mix buss signal from each mixer onto the output amp of every other mixer. All signals from any mixers connected like this will appear at any other mixer's main output, while the mas- ter volume control on aach mixer remains submaster for its six input channels. With the axcaption of the Mic EQ circuit, the 6000 standard and 6000R mixing and out- put sections are essentially the same. The 6000R has another completely separate mixing sec- tion for reverb and effects. This effects mixing section performs many functions. It provides signals for the in- ternal reverb, the monitor output on the rear panel, and the effects send outputs on the rear panel. It also’ pro- vides the return path for external effects devices to teed ’back into the mixing system. Referring to the schematic, note that IC1A pertorms tha effects buss mixing function. The output of this amp drives the high and low effects send outputs on the rear panel, as well as the next stage of the etfects section. ICIB provides pre-equalization for the reverb drive amps. IC2A & B are both used to drive the reverb tank in a push-pull, or balanced differential con- figuration. IC2A is operated non-inverting, IC2B is invert- ing (180° out of phase). The signal from the output of the reverb tank is very smal, maybe a millivalt or so. ICA amplifies and re-equalizes this signal. PLEASE NOTE SWITCH SW2A IS PART OF THE REAR PANEL MONITOR SEND JACK. WHEN A PLUG IS INSERTED INTO THIS JACK, THE INTERNAL REVERS IS COMPLETELY DIS- CONNECTED FROM THE REST OF THE SYSTEM. This allows the effects buss to be used as a completely sepa- rate mix buss for external effects mixing, stage monitor- ing or what have you. When used in this manner, the signal flows from the output of IC1A through the etfects/reverb mix pot VR7 and into the effects system master amp, IC38. Thisis the master gain control amp for AlLeffects system functions. its output is mixed onto the main buss through isolation resistor AS3, and mixing re sistor R54 3. PERFORMANCE CHECK Because of the unusual operating features and many dit ferent functions available in the Tapco 6000 Series mix- fers, the following performance check should be made BEFORE OPENING THE CASE. Those simple tests will isolate the general area in which a defect may have ceceurred PREAMP SECTION 1 VOLUME to 5 (Ci BASS and TREBLE to 0 Cl EFFECTS to 0 (1 CHANNEL IN/OUT to IN (i MASTER EFFECTS to 0 MIC EQ to OUT (CD MASTER VOLUME to 5 D 20mv/1000H2 to MIC IN ( 30V P-P on HI LEVEL OUT? 28V P-P on LO LEVEL OUT? EFFECTS SECTION 1 VOLUME to 5 Co BASS and TREBLE to 0 ( EFFECTS to 5 (CHANNEL IN/OUT to IN (MASTER EFFECTS to 5 [i REVERB CONTOUR to 5 i MIC EQ to OUT (] MASTER VOLUME to 0 ( EFFECTS/REV at MAX ( 28V P-P on EFFECTS SEND HI? ( 3.6V P-P on MONITOR SEND? Signal to Noise Ratio Test The isolation scheme of Fig. 4-1 MUST be used for this test. Resistor R2 in the isola. tion network represents the reference impedance for the test. In other words, to specify S/N ratio for 1500 mi- ‘crophone impedance, R2 is 1509. For 6000, R2 is 6000, ‘etc. One other precaution: BE SURE TO SET THE GENERATOR OUTPUT LEVEL TO PRODUCE THE DE. SIRED LEVEL AT THE INPUT OF THE MIXER, NOT AT ‘THE OUTPUT OF THE GENERATOR.‘Asan example, let's say you want to make a S/N ratio test to determine noise performance for a 150% mike that puts out 1mY RMS. Further, the output level ef the mixer is to be 0.8m 1. With the test set-up of Fig. 41, adjust the genarator for 10mV at the mixer input Set the preamp volume somewhere in 1 Usa range for this input level: approx. “ volume knob. Bring the master volume control up as far as necas- sary to produce the 0 d8m reference level at the out put, INTO A 6002 LOAD. Now either turn off or ground the generator outaut. Remember, the gain of the preamp is affected by load resistor R2. It you ground the preamp input tne ‘gain will go way up. This will altar every parameter of the S/N ratio test and produce incorrect results. Read the residual noise voltage appearing at the output. If you have a very accurate, well shielded meter calibrated in dBm, you may be able to read the rasult directly. if your meter is not calibrated in dBm, calculate 2 normal on the 068m at output SMM = esidual noise of mixer 20Log 775 RMS 20.08 -coosv RMS 2013.19) = 628 48 SIGNAL GENERATOR So ark —vwwv—o SET GENERATOR FOR 1500 Tooouz sine Mave METAL FiLM Typical Repair Scene Fig. 82 4. TROUBLE SHOOTING PROCEDURES Equipment Required: Oscilloscope Low Distortion Sine Wave Generator VTVM BECAUSE OF THE UNUSUAL CONFIGURATION OF THE 6000 SERIES INPUT PREAMP, THE GAIN OF THE PREAMP IS PARTLY DETERMINED BY THE IMPEDANCE OF THE SIGNAL SOURCE, SIGNAL GENERATORS MUST BE ISOLATED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER TO GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF ANY TESTS TO BE PERFORMED: OSCILLOSCOPE coo 20 MV. RMS AT MIXER INPUT VERT. Input tsoation Seheme Fig. 441SO @d AlddNS Yad Ad sinaino th OyeCa) ee50008 Trouble Shooting Guide Fig. 49 G ©5. 6000 STANDARD DISASSEMBLY PROCEDURE Tools Required: 41 Phillips Screwdriver Needle-nose Pliers Low Power Soldering Pencil (800° max.) Diagonal Cutters Narrow tip flat blade ‘Screwdriver We Nut Driver Interior Access Reterance: Fig. 51 Step 1. With mixer resting on knobs, remove six Phillies screws securing bottom plate. DO NOT REMOVE FEET! Carefully lift off bot: tom plate, Step 2, Remove all 3 pin XLR connector mounting Step3. Turn unit face up. Remove all knobs on channels 1-8. Remove all pet nuts on chan- nels 1-6 Step 4. With the3 pin XLR connectors hanging out, fold out the circuit board as in Fig. 5-1. Try rot to bump the lock washers off the pot ‘bushings when you do this — it'l save you the trouble of replacing them all when you put it back together. 6000 Standard Disassembly Fig. 51 Reassembly: Reverse steps 1-4 above. Be sure there's 1 lock washer on every pot. Also, take care not to pinch any of the coax cables {rom the 3 pin connectors under the pots. After you get the board secured with 2 or 3 pot nuts, give each of those cables a gentle tug to make sure they're not pinched 4 6. 6000R DISASSEMBLY PROCEDURE € Tools Required: #1 Phillips Screwdriver Needle-nose Pliers Low Power Soldering Pencil (800° max.) Diagonal Cutters Narrow tip flat blade Screweriver Ve Nutdriver Interior Access Relerence: Fig. 61 Step 1. With the unit resting on knobs, remove six ‘outer Phillips screws securing bottom plate. DO NOT REMOVE FEET! Step 2. Facing front (1a" phone jack side) of mixer, carefully lift the bottom plate, exposing the front of the raverb tank and the cablas that plug into it (Fig. 61). Step3. With needie-nose pliers, carefully remove the cables from the jacks in the front of the reverb tank. Grasp the plugs on the cables by the metal cable clamp that extends to- ‘ward you. This will ensure the structural in- tegrity of the cable. Step 4. Carefully lift off the bottom plate 6000R Bottom Plate Removal 9.61 Input PC Board Removal Reference: Fig. 2, 6-9 Step. Remove the securing nuts trom the phone jack for channels 1-4 Step2. Referring to Fig. 62, desolder the SIX buss wires that connect the two main PC boards. Step3. Turn the unit face up. Remove all knobs from channels 1-4. Romove al 201 nuts fom channels 14 Step 4, Referring to Fig. 69: with the unit resting (on the rear apron, fold out the input board.\ 6 Output PC Board Removal Step 1 Step 2 Step 3. Step 4 Step 5. Stop 6 ‘O00R Buss wire Removal 000A Input Beard Removal Fig. 63 Reverse Steps 1-4 above. Be sure there's a lock washer on every pot, and that none of the 3 pin XLR connector coax cables are pinched under the pots when you re- place the board. After you get a couple of pot nuts replaced, check to make sure the coax cables are free. Referring to Fig. 6-2: esolder the SIX buss wires that connect the two main PC boards. Desoldar the black wires from the channels 8 and 6 “IN/OUT” switches. Clip the white nylon cable tie that secures the reverb pickup cable to the (short black) channel 5 input wire. Remove the securing nuts from the Ye" phone jacks for channels § and 6. Don’t forget the "TAPE/HI LEVEL" jack at channel 6 ‘Turn the unit face up. Remove all knobs tor channels § and 8. Remove all pot nuts for channels 5 and 6, With the unit standing on its right side, fold ‘out the output board as shown in Fig. 6-4, Reassembly: {S000R Output Board Removal Fig. 64 Reverse Steps 1-8 above. Be sure there's 4 lock washer on every pot. Look out for those coax cables that go to the XLR connectors on the rear panel, After you et the board back in place, pull gently ‘on each coax to be sure it's not pinched under a pot. 157. Trouble Shooting Table #1 — 6000 Series Input Preamp PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SUGGESTED REPAIR Dead Channel, no signal Defective Transistor Check bias voltages, replace TP transistor as indicated in Fig. 4-5, 49, Dead Channel, no signal ‘Spin connector wires ‘Check input connections with at TPA touching. Broken input wire ‘ohm meter. input preama will not Leaky capacitor Replace C1, or G3, clip (ow gain} Defective transistor Replace 2, or 03 Scratchy sounding Dirty element Spray contact cleaner inside volume control pot Ueaky capacitor Replace G2 OC level shift when Leaky capacitor Replace C5, G2, or G7 turning bass control, or Defective 2Na250 Replace 03 ‘channel volume control Preamp hums D: nsistor Solder oridge Replace Q1, 02, or 03, Look very closely Malfunctions listed in order of probable occurrence Trouble Shooting Table #2 — 6000 Standard Output Stages PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE, SUGGESTED REPAIR, No output, distortion, oscillation, Defective RC#739 Raplace IC low output. noisy or hum BC on output Leaky capacitor Replace C14 or O10 Defective OC feodback Toop Power supply hum Leaky capacitor Replace 035, 038, C37 or O16 Defective 1NdOOT Replace Di, 02, D3, D4 Figh GV) and Low (EV) With power of check resistance between TP7 and TPS supply busses shorted Check Fiza AZS, C11 (1.7K Nominal) Maifunctions listed in order of probable occurrence Trouble Shooting Table #3 — 6000R Effects/Output Stages PROBLEM, POSSIBLE CAUSE SUGGESTED AEPAIA We output, distortion, oscillation, Dalective ACA739 Replace IC4) Jow output, noisy or hum, No reverb, distorted reverb, Detective RO739 Replace (cs no effects roturn Reverb or effects send noisy, Detective ROTS9 Replace ICt or 102 distorted, low or dead 470 (R86) in power TC in socket backwards ‘Check IC positionin supply burned, or Power supply shorted Check for solder bridges correct voltage at TP6. Oscillation Datective ROIS Replace \C1, 1C2, 1G3_ or IGa. Defective capacitor Etfects buss grounded OC on output Leaky capacitor or misplaced wires, Replace C15, C16, G17 oF C13, Inspect board for solder bridges (check jumper wires) Replace C30 or C26 Malfunctions listed in order of probable occurrence 16 ¢ €Trouble Shooting Table #3 — 6000R Effects/Output Stages Tore Dray ov bent contacts on ‘heck monitor send jack swing monitor send jack (ear) action with ohm meter. Ciean contacts as necessary Wo reverb, reverb hams Toose reverb drive plug Insert plugs as necessary Loose reverb pickup plug Incorrectly grounded bottom plate Tighten bottom screws firm Excessive hum Defective RC4739 —Bepce C1102. 103, or 14 Detective ING750A—— lace zener dioce OZT = Ceaky capacitor Replace Coty O36, G37- oF Defective INAOOT Roplace D1, D2, D3, D4 High (34V) and Low (@2¥) With power off, check resistance ‘supply busses shorted. between TPS and TP7. (1.7K Nominal. Malfunctions listed in order of probable occurrence 8. PARTS LIST REFERENCE TAPCO PARTNUMBER DESCRIPTION ‘SOURCE RI, 3, 5, 8, 28, 94 005114 82k 36, 37, 38, 99, 41, 42 Re, 52 ‘005064 6800 Ra, 40 005143 1.3 6, 7, 27, 29, 15-20 05099 20k Ro, 47 005132 470K R10, 11, 51 05076 22K R12, 14,59 ooso84 4.7K R13, 60 ‘005060 470 21-26, 31 oosoe2 10K R30, 35, 43, 46 005124 220K R32 005047 1300 Ras 005104 33K Ras 005124 220K 43, 46, 49 05052 2200 Rag 005096 18K Ras, 53 005068 1K Ras 005088 aK 50 ‘905094 12K Ra 005108 47k 55, 58, 62 005076 22K R87 ‘000094 12K Se 005112 8K Rei 005300 3902, 1 watt composition 63 005082 3.9K Re¢ 005143 13M All resistors 5%, Yaw carbon film unless otherwise noted. v7REFERENCE a cz os 4,18 os 6, 9, 12, 14, 31, 93, 94 or 3,21 10,11 C13, 19 os, 616, 17,20 022, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30 Power Switch Chan. IN/OUT switch Pilot Light Ic Socket vai vo vrs ved vas ve 18 ‘TAPCO PART NUMBER 001308 001403, oo1211 02022 001403, 03061 003085 003025 001408 003073 004013 003001 001408 003055 003019 004022 01412 06001 coso02 08021 07002 008042 302001 301001 301040 300100 005400 008401 005401 005402 005404 005403 DESCRIPTION 22uF 16V olectrolytic. 2.2uF 2V electrolytic. 471 F 10V electrolytic. 1.54 25V tantalum 2.2uF 25V electrolytic 087). F polyester 22uF polyester 00474 F polyester 25uF 25 electrolytic AUF polyester 220F ceramic 001 polyester 22uF 25V electrolytic (033,: polyester (0033uF polyester 39pF ceramic 100, F 25V electrolytic: NPN Transistor GES-97 PNP Transistor 2N4250 ‘1N4001 Diode C4739 Dual Low Noise Op-amp 1NS750A, 27V 1 watt zener diode Power Transformer 118V pri, 24V sec. @s00ma, ‘SPST rocker switch ‘Neon pilot light (NEZ) 14 pin DIP IC socket 6v9610, 1.5 meg special audio taper 09611, 50K linear taper potentiometer, PC mount T0961 1, 50K linear taper potentiometer, PC mount MV9612, 500K audio taper potentiometer EF9614, 50K linear taper potentiometer AC9619, 10K audio taper potentiometer SOURCE GE Semiconductor National Semiconductor Nanticoke Raytheon ‘Semiconductor ACR Electronics Carling Switch (TA100TRB) Kelvin Electronics Thermaloy Tapco Tapco Tapco Tapco Tapco Tapco “a REFERENCE vay Jt, 2ote. Monitor out- pout jack (rear) Effects return jack XLR Connector XLR Connector Reverb tank Chassis Chassis Chassis Chassis Chassis knob knob knob Line cord £6000 printed circuit board complete {6000R Input printed circuit board complete 6000R Output printed circuit board complete 16000 Serias Power ‘Supply Circuit Board complete ‘TAPCO PART NUMBER 005403 300001 300003 ‘soao02 300006 300008 802001 450001 450003 450004 ‘450005 450008 ‘400001 400002 400003 303001 00002 ‘800003 ‘gocoos 800001 DESCRIPTION C9613, 10K ausio taper potentiometer We" phone jack Ww" phone jack with multiple switch " phone jack with switen| 3 pin XLF connector (rouna) 3 pln XLA connector (rectangular) Moditied reverb spring and can 000 standard top plate 6000CF top plate O00RCF top plate 6000 bottom plate 6000RCF bottom plate 34" Pointer knob Number knob We Beak knob 2 cond. AC cord PCB w/6 preamps and output stage PCB wis preamps SOURCE Tapeo ‘Switcheraft #11 Switchoratt #55 Switchoratt #124 Switehoraft COF Amphenol #91-456 Accutronies Type 4 Tapco Tapco Tapco Tapco Tapco Tapco Tapco Kelvin Electronics Belden Tapco Tapco PCB w/2 preamps, effects.Tapco reverb drive, reverb return, and main output stages. PCB with rectifiers, pilot light, filter capacitors Tapco 18