• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Pioneer Corporation; Tokyo

• Year
• 1976–1978 ?

• Category
• Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 219368

• Number of Transistors
• Semiconductors present.

• Semiconductors

• Wave bands
• - without

• Details
• Record Player (not changer); Hi-Fi equipment

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 120; 220; 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Direct Drive Two-Motor Fully Automatic Turntable PL-520 - Pioneer Corporation; Tokyo

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 460 x 395 x 171 mm / 18.1 x 15.6 x 6.7 inch

• Notes
• Description
  The Pioneer PL-520 incorporates a high precision phonomotor combining control circuitry composed of semiconductors with Hall elements in the brushless DC motor.
  Another feature is the high inertia platter.
  The speed of the platter is smooth since the Hall elements guarantee accurate position detection and the motors winding current is controlled by transistors.
  Altogether, these attractive features make a signal to noise ratio of more than 72dB and a wow and flutter of less than 0.03%.
  
  Specifications
  Type: direct drive
  Motor: 8-pole, 24-slot, DC servo motor
  Platter: 330mm aluminium alloy diecast
  Speeds: 33 and 45rpm
  Speed control range: +-2%
  Wow and flutter: 0.03%
  Rumble: 73dB (with Pioneer cartridge model PC-135)
  
  Tonearm: static-balanced type, s-shaped pipe arm
  Effective length: 221mm
  Overhang: 15.5mm
  Cartridge weight range: 4 to 10g
  Tracking error: 0.21 deg./cm
  
  Other features
  Warren motor for automatic functions (auto lead-in, auto return, auto cut, auto repeat), Anto-skating force control, Lateral balancer, Cueing device, Strobe light, Detachable dust cover, Fine speed adjusters, Insulator feet, Plug-in type headshell.
  
  

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 8.5 kg / 18 lb 11.6 oz (18.722 lb)

• Source of data
• -- Original prospect or advert

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Pioneer User Manual)

• Author
• Model page created by Jaroslav Hlavaty. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1140 models, 1125 with images and 200 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Pioneer Corporation; Tokyo