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Hello, Last week I picked up a nice Kenwood KA-3500 40watt intergrated amplifier in pretty good shape. Upon using it a bit more, I noticed a bit of distortion at high volume, more so in the left channel. I checked the DC offset at the speaker terminals, and the L channel said 100 mV, while the R was 25 mV. I understand this isn't so good for the L channel at least, but unfortunately this amp doesn't have any DC offset adjustments. Am I right in saying that to fix this I'd have to replace the output transistors? -- On a related issue, in the service manual I found the section on BIAS adjustment, and I read online how it can affect the DC offset. So I hooked up my voltmeter to the test points, and I got 4 mV on the L, and 8 mV on the R. In the manual it says should be 40 mV.....(!). Is there something wrong here? I tried carefully adjusting them, but they only go to 30mV with the pots fully on, this doesn't seem right to me. -- I compromised at 20 mV BIAS for both channels, and now the DC offset is 50 mV for L, and 5 mV for R, which is better, less than half what they were. I'm wondering, will I damage anything doing this, should I put them back to where they were? -- The service manual is on site here. Let me know if you want me to upload an english copy of the Owner's Manual, it has a better schematic in it all on one page, easier to read. I've also included some pictures. They're not my actual unit, but mine is exactly the same, but less dusty. -- Thanks for reading this. Many thanks in advance, and have a peaceful Palm Sunday! :taps2: Bellarmine

Sziasztok! Kaptam egy ilyen autórádiót, örültem is neki egy darabig, mire rájöttem hogy kijelzője nincs neki. Még nem adtam neki tápfeszt, így vakon el lehet ezt indítani? A kódja megvan. A neten találtam egy oldalt miszerint számítógéppel kommunikál, de programot nem találtam hozzá.http://teletehnika.km.ru/articles.php@id=135.

I greet you! I would need the scheme of this "vintage" amplifier that needs to be "restored". The problem is that in the prefinal and final floor I have many "fried" resistors well, their value cannot be identified.I replaced the defective transistors: 2SC1509, 2SA777,2SB690 and 2SD 796 (each 2 pcs.) and the electrolytic capacitors adjacent to them. I could not go further because of the carbonized resistors that I do not know their value (I can only guess that they are values small, in the order of ohms). The schematic diagram I downloaded, from the address received by the kindness of a colleague is not complete - it is a single page (missing Q29-Q30-Q31-Q3 and resistors R115-R116-R117-R118 which are completely carbonized, at other resistors I could see their value).Thanks in advance!
Finally, I found the missing part

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Sziasztok! Mi nap került hozzám ez a kis jószág! A Hiba jelenség az hogy néma (hangügyileg), minden más rendben üzemmel. Kapcsolási rajzot megtaláltam de nem lettem okosabb. Kimértem a tápvonalakat minden fesz. rendben van. Vagy van valami amit nem néztem? Találkozott már valaki ilyesmivel?