Other functions: Tape pitch adjustment (+/-3%), Auto stop
Built-In speaker:10 cm dia. 2.0 W input rating: 1 pce.
Terminals:Line In Jack [stereo mini jack, input impedance: 15 ohms]
Guitar Out Jack [monaural standard jack, output impedance: 4.5 ohms,
output voltage: 0.25 V (RMS) Maximum]
Phones Jack [Stereo mini jack, output impedance: 4.5 ohms,
output voltage: 0.50 V (RMS) Maximum]
AC Adaptor Jack (DC 9 V)
Power source:DC: 6 AA size dry batteries
Battery life: Approx. two hours (R14P/SUM-2)
Approx. four hours (LR14/AM2)
AC: AC Adaptor AD-5
Power comsumption:7.7 W
Dimensions (HWD):75 x 966 x 324 mm
(2-15/16 x 38-1/16 x 12-3/4 inches)
Weight:3.2 kg (7.0 lbs) including batteries
ELECTRICAL
Current drain with 9 V DC:
No Sound Output 92 mA ± 20%
Maximum volume750 mA ± 20%
Speaker Output Level (Vrms with 8 ohms load)
with 6th string picked at 12th fret from 5th string780 mA ± 30%
Phone Output Level (Vrms with 8 ohms load)
with 6th string picked at 12th fret from 5th string 65 mA ± 30%
Guitar Output Level (Vrms with 8 ohms load)
with 6th string picked at 12th fret from 5th string 32 mA ± 30%
Minimum Operating Voltage: 6.3 V
— 2 —
Pickup
Distortion
Button
HOT1
HOT2
Hum
Cancel
VR13
Guitar Volume
Flip-Flop
T51, T52
VR11
Distortion
Changeover
T54, T55
Filter
IC53
Distortion
Circuit
VR51
Distortion Volume
Mixer
IC53
Guitar MIX
VR52
— 3 —
Cassette Mechanism
HeadHead Amp.
Leaf Switch
Motor
Line IN
SVC
+
A
B
BIAS
L-CH
R-CH
REC
Switch
S41
VR31 VR32
Line IN Amp.
MVC (Motor Drive Signal)
T21, T22
Bias Circuit
TA8142AP
IC41
Tape Speed Volume
RAUX
LAUX
T41, L41
Mute
T45, T46
T42
Mute
T43, T44
GUITAR-R
TAPE-R
AUX-R
GUITAR-L
TAPE-L
AUX-L
Mixer R
IC42
Mixer L
IC42
BLOCK DIAGRAMS
A
B
Headphone Amp.
Main Volume
A
VR53
RVOUT
LVOUT
Mixer
IC12
LA4525 IC21
Power Amp.
LA4127 IC13
B
Phone Output
Speaker
— 4 —
DC IN 9V
VC 9 V
Power Switch
S21
Power Supply Circuit
< DISTORTION CIRCUIT >
Band-Pass Filter
IC51
VCC 9 V
D22, T24
Amp.
IC51
Distortion Volume
VR51
+
Amp.Clipper
IC52
Mute
T23
DI505~DI508
T56
Guitar Output
Filter
IC52
DISASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
Note: EG-5 has a detachable neck. So do not loosen the four black screws attaching the neck to the body at
usual repairs. Only when replacing the neck, remove the screws.
Black Screws
< Figure 1 >
To open the lower body
1. Remove the battery cover.
2. Remove the eighteen screws holding the lower body.
3. Open the lower body.
To disassemble the cassette mechanism
1. Open the lower body.
2. Desolder PC cable, JD cable and PH cable on JCM370-MA4M PCB.
3. Remove three screws on JCM370-MA2M PCB and four screws on JCM370-MA4M PCB.
4. Remove all buttons from the cassette mechanism.
5. Remove the four screws holding the cassette mechanism.
6. Remove the cassette mechanism from the upper body.
To disassemble the pickup
1. Remove all strings from the guitar.
2. Open the lower body.
3. Desolder the cable of the pickup on JCM370-MA1M PCB.
4. Remove two black screws on the upper body.
To disassemble the bridge
1. Remove all strings from the guitar.
2. Remove four screws on the bridge.
To disassemble the neck
1. Remove all strings from the guitar.
2. Remove the four black screws on the lower body.
— 5 —
TUNING
Most guitar players tune their guitar by themselves as they like.
Do not adjust tunings of a customer’s guitar at usual repairs, because the tunings may be re-adjusted by a
customer. Only after replacing the neck, the bridge or the pickup, adjust a certain tuning item shown in the
following table.
Items to be tunedReplaced Part
Warp of neckNeck
Pickup heightPickup
String heightBridge
Octave pitchBridge
Tools/Equipments required
4 mm hexagon key (Accessory tool)
1.5 mm hexagon key (Accessory tool)
Guitar tuning meter
TUNING PROCEDURE
Please refer to the tuning instructions in the operation namual also.
To adjust warp of neck
1. Check the space between a string and the 10th fret when pressing the string at the 1st fret and at the 19th
fret.
And check all strings.
2. If the space exceeds 0.3 mm, straighten the neck by turning the nut in the head clockwise with a 4 mm
hexagon key.
To adjust pickup height
1. Press a string at 22nd fret.
2. Use a screw driver, adjust a height of the pickup to be 2 mm off from the string by turning two screws at both
ends of the pickup.
To adjust string height
1. Use a 1.5 mm hexagon key, adjust a height of the 1st string to be 2 mm above the 14th fret by turning two
hexagon socket screws at the 1st saddle in the bridge.
2. Adjust height of other strings by the same way.
To adjust octave pitch
1. Use a guitar tuning meter, tune the 1st string at open string to the standard pitch.
2. Use a guitar tuning meter, compare pitch of two tones, a tone at the 12th fret with a harmonic*.
3. If pitch of the tone at the 12th fret is sharper over 3 cents than pitch of the harmonic tone, turn the adjustment
screw clockwise.
4. If pitch of the tone at the 12th fret is flatter over 3 cents than pitch of the harmonic tone, turn the adjustment
screw counterclockwise.
5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 until the differnce of pitch between two tones is within 3 cents.
6. Adjust octave pitch of other strings.
* Harmonic: An overtone produced by touching a string above the 12th fret with a finger and by picking the
string just before freeing the string.
— 6 —
ADJUSTMENT
Equipments required
Oscilloscope
Frequency counter
Test tapes, MTT-111N (0004 5032) and MTT-113N (0004 5033)
Two 8-ohm resistors
Pre-adjustment procedure
1. Clean the head and all tape handling surfaces using standard cleaner and cotton swabs.
2. Connect an 8-ohm dummy load to headphone jack of each channel.
3. Set the main volume to the maximum.
4. Set the tape speed volume to the center position.
Head azimuth adjustment
Never use a magnetized screwdriver for this adjustment.
The head azimuth adjustment screw is located just under the notch which can be seen when opening the
cassette door.
1. Connect a oscilloscope to the dummy loads.
2. Set a tape MTT-113N holding the door open, and playback the tape.
3. By turning the adjustment screw slowly, adjust for amplitude of both channels at maximum and adjust for
the waveforms in the same phase reading on the oscilloscope.
8-ohm Dummy Load
Phone Jack
EG-5
R-ch
L-ch
8-ohm Dummy Load
Ch 1
Ch 2
Oscilloscope
< Figure 2 >
Tape speed adjustment
The tape speed adjustment volume VR32 is located on M370-MA3M PCB.
1. Connect a frequency counter to the dummy load.
2. Playback a test tape MTT-111N.
3. By turning the volume, adjust for 3000 Hz ± 30 Hz reading on the frequency counter.
8-ohm Dummy Load
EG-5
Phone Jack
Frequency Counter
OK
NG
NG
< Figure 3 >
— 7 —
CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
Pickup
The pickup is a humbacking pickup, which consists of the two coils connected in series opposition. Each coil
has the same turns but it has the opposite polarity of the core to the other one.
NoiseNoise
Output2Output1
Signal
Humbacking Pickup
Noise
N
S
< Figure 4 >
S
N
Signal
Hum Cancel Circuit
By adding two outputs from the pickup, the hum cancel circuit removes a hum noise, it also doubles amplitude
of the signal.
Distortion Circuit
The distortion circuit adds a distortion effect to the original signal from the pickup. The circuit cuts off peak of
the waveform, it also produces a sound signal like a howling sound.
Head Amp. (TA8142AP)
The internal block diagram is shown in Figure 5.
PIN1
PNF1
PNF2
PIN2
POt1
3
1
Ch1
2
Vref1
7
Ch2
8
6
POt2
GND
12
Iref
5
VCC
< Figure 5 >
Vref2
4
CG
ROt1
11
14
ROt2
Ch1
ALC
Ch2
10
13
16
15
9
RFN1
RIN1
ALC
RIN2
RNF2
— 8 —
Pickup
HOT1
HOT2
SHIELD
PU-B
PU-W
PU-BK
JC-5
JC-4
JC-3
JC-2
JC-1
MVC
AG
VCC
MIXOUT
PG
JC-5
JC-4
JC-3
JC-2
JC-1
PV-BL
PV-W
MA3M
A
B
PV-BL
PV-W
Cassette Mech
— 9 —
Speaker
SP+
SP-
MA1M
PS-BL
PS-W
JB-7
JB-6
JB-5
JB-4
JB-3
JB-2
JB-1
JA-8
JA-7
JA-6
JA-5
JA-4
JA-3
JA-2
JA-1
VC
LAUX
RAUX
LVOUT
RVOUT
AMPOUT
SP+
MA2M
JB-7
JB-6
JB-5
JB-4
JB-3
JB-2
JB-1
JF-6
JF-5
JF-4
JF-3
JF-2
JF-1
AG
VCC
GVOL
RVOUT
LVOUT
RAUX
LAUX
MVC
VC
MVC
A
PG
SVC
B
JF-6
JF-5
JF-4
JF-3
JF-2
JF-1
JA-8
JA-7
JA-6
JA-5
JA-4
JA-3
JA-2
JA-1
MA4M
PH-BR
PH-R
PH-O
PH-BK
PC-O
PCW
JD-4
JD-3
JD-2
JD-1
JE-8
JE-7
JE-6
JE-5
JE-4
JE-3
JE-2
JE-1
GND/BIAS
L-CH
R-CH
FG
VC
SVC
A
B
MVC
PG
AG
VCC
GVOL
GOUT
RVOUT
LVOUT
LOUT
ROUT
WIRING DIAGRAM
CN1M
JE-8
JE-7
JE-6
JE-5
JE-4
JE-3
JE-2
JE-1
AMP PCB JCM370-MA1M
SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS
— 10 —
I/O PCB JCM370-MA2M, MA3M
— 11 —
CASSETTE PCB JCM370-MA4M
— 12 —
CONSOLE PCB JCM370-CN1M
— 13 —
S-1
EXPLODED VIEW
5-4
5
5-1
S-2
6
S-2
1
PV
10
12
S-4
19
25
9
24
7
13
S-11
S-1
14
15
16
17
18
JD
PH
1
JF
4
4-4
4-3
4-2
4-5
S-10
4-1
4-1
4-6
S-6
5-3
5-2
20-1
20
21
S-1
11
25
24
8
JE
JB
S-4
S-9
JC
22-2
S-8
3
S-4
S-7
S-9
22-1
— 14 —
1
JA
S-4
23
S-7
S-8
22-3
S-8
S-8
S-4
S-2
22
S-3
2
S-2
PARTS LIST
EG-5
Notes:1.Prices and specifications are subject to change with-
out prior notice.
2.As for spare parts order and supply, refer to the
"GUIDEBOOK for Spare parts Supply", published
seperately.
3.The numbers in item column correspond to the same
numbers in drawing.