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Alright...here's what I picked up during my build thihs past week that appears to be misprinted in the manual..fortunately the accompanying pics were correct...for those wondering...it took me about 3-4 nights of work to do the upgrade with about 2-4hrs/night...
Corrections:
Pg 13..first soldering step is to the wrong location..it should be 28L not 27L..28L is the location of the common ground point...27 is used for the input selector.
Pg 30...top of page, no length given for the black teflon wires connected to 19U and 39U..both should be 2 inches, I assume.
Pg 32...top of page, backwards directions for the red and black
wires (picture is correct)..red wire should go to 10L and black wire to 5L.
Pg 35...Instructions got cut off at bottom of page...Picture shows correct placement of the black jumper wires.
Pg 39...this one really got me...3rd instruction down..the red wire should go from B1 to pad "O" on the A end of the C4S board, not pad "I"
I think thats it...minor errors/omissions..Now if I can just get mine to work I'll be able to post a review...Have a great Sunday everyone and thanks Bottlehead for this great and rewarding hobby...
Follow Ups:
Hi WesleyI'm a new user of FPIII in HK. Any recommendations to solve the 220V operation problem (e.g. replacement transformer)?
hello alex,i'm sorry i only saw your message today.
i will eventually hook up a big china made transformer (set @120v) for all my bottlehead gear. even if bottlehead does have 220v transformers for their equipment, it will take some time (or maybe never) for them to have everything in 220. so you're better off just using a transformer. i only get 108v using a step down i bought from an electrical shop, so it's better to use a transformer where you can adjust to exactly 120.
maybe we should get together one of these days and compare our fpIII's. i will do the extended upgrade maybe next week.
The consensus is that a step down transformer is best. And it gives you a stage of isolation from any nasties in the incoming poewer.A few "out of towners" have wanted custom wound Bottlehead transformers for 50Hz/240V. In the scheme of things, that really is asking for too much from the Bottlehead business.
But, again, the transformer is an ideal thing to have for the whole system. Sizing it for Phono/Pre/Power would only cost twice what you would pay for a preamp only transformer.
Thanks for your advice.My FPIII is still on the way to Hong Kong. I may need more help from Wesley as there are not much FPIII user here.
thank you for posting the errors. it will come in handy when i do my upgrade next week.please do keep us up to date on when you get your foreplay is up and running. i think we will all benefit from your experience.
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