Pioneer Pl-300 Turntable Motor Jogging in Reverse Direction

When the motor is switched on, it sort of jogs its way round in a back and forth motion, but overall in a reverse direction.

Please see the attached pictures of the motor/motor pcb, and the board it attaches to (power board) I can't see anything visually wrong, and the Service Manual I've downloaded isn't helping me much.

I only have a digital meter (no oscilloscope etc), so fault finding is difficult. I'd like to check the output voltages on the 7 pin connector first, but can't see this in the manual. Or is the fault more likely to be on the motor/motor pcb anyway, so I should concentrate there first.

Maybe replace all the electrolytic capacitors as a first step??

Thanks, Rob
 

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Electrotanya has a better manual than vinyl engine but its still 3 big chips operating it in block diagrams .

If the fault isn't the mechanical start switch connection then without an oscilloscope on a crystal controlled DD motor then all you can do is test voltages at the chips.
 
When the motor is switched on, it sort of jogs its way round in a back and forth motion, but overall in a reverse direction.

Please see the attached pictures of the motor/motor pcb, and the board it attaches to (power board) I can't see anything visually wrong, and the Service Manual I've downloaded isn't helping me much.

I only have a digital meter (no oscilloscope etc), so fault finding is difficult. I'd like to check the output voltages on the 7 pin connector first, but can't see this in the manual. Or is the fault more likely to be on the motor/motor pcb anyway, so I should concentrate there first.

Maybe replace all the electrolytic capacitors as a first step??

Thanks, Rob


Don't run motor without aluminium platter. When you run motor without platter, it will run back and forth and sometimes reverse. Put on platter and check.