INTRODUCTION This sorvice manual is intended to assist trained and qualified technical personnel in verifying the performance of, adjusting, and repairing the ADCOM GFA-SSSII power amplifier. The procedures described here are not intended for persons unfamiliar with the appropriate safety and test procedures. AX warninG /A\ THERE ARE POTENTIALLY LETHAL VOLTAGES WITHIN THE GFA-555I AMPLIFIER WHICH WILL BE ACCESSIBLE ONCE ITS TOP COVER IS REMOVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT FAMILIARIZATION, INSPECTION Of ANY PROCEOURE WHATSOEVER UNLESS YOU HAVE DISCONNECTED THE GFA-S55II FROM THE WALL AC OUTLET OR OTHER SOURCE OF AC POWER AND THE POWER-SUPPLY CAPACITORS ARE COMPLETELY DISCHARGED. PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THE POWER-SUPPLY CAPACITORS TAKE AS LONG AS 8 MINUTES TO DISCHARGE. THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE PROVIDED FOR USE ONLY BY COMPETENT TECHNICAL PERSONNEL. DO NOT UNDERTAKE ANY SERVICE PROCEDURES IN THE GFA-5S5II UNLESS YOU ARE TECHNICALLY QUALIFIED TO DO 80. CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION ‘The ADCOM GFA-SS5iT is a stereo power amplifier rated at less than 0.04% THD from 20Hz to 20kHz with 200 watts into 8 ‘ohms and 325 watts into 4 ohms. The output stage is capable of greater than 60 amps into low impedance loads, The ampiliar employs a discrete differential Class-A front ond {ollowed by a Class-A voltage gain stage which amplify the input signal to the voltage required at the output of the amplifier. This high-voltage signal drives the high-currant triple-Darlington-follower output stage which amplifies the current by a factor of about 0,000. Referring to the accompanying schematic, describing the Left Channel only, the input signal passes through network C101, C102 and R103 which provide a 34B bandwidth of 1.7Hz to SOOKHZ to the input of the ampiitier, C101 is an ‘extremely high quality capacitor and serves to protect ihe ampiifier and the speakers connected toittrom DC faults atthe ‘utput ofthe presmatiier. WE DO HOT RECOMMEND THAT C10% BE SHORTED OUT. G10" and 102 form the rental input stage. ‘Open-loop gain s defined by F105 andthe bias current through Q101 and @102. The small-signal gain ‘is approximately '825/(2x25)=16. The next voltage gain stage consists of @107 with Q108 as a current-source load. DC biasis setby R116, D103 and D104. Open-locp gain is defined by R112 and R113, with R201, R901, C105, C201, and C301 providing high-frequency compensation. Feedback is provided from the output to the base of Q10? by the network R128, R124 and C106. C106 provides a high-frequency roll-off above 200kHz, improving stability by taking high-frequency feedback before the triple Darlingtor ‘The input stage is biased by A108, A109, R110, A122, R115, R114, A128, R116, 103, Q105, 0108, D101 through D105, land the overtemperature LED, D803. Q105 ig turned on when the B+ supply is on. A current of about 4mA flaws through Fon the heatsink and into D103 and D104. Ifthe heatsink overheats, the breaker opens andthe current flows through D105 and the THERMAL OVERLOAD LED instead. When the breaker carries the current, D103 and D104 are biased at 1.4V. This creates about 0.7V across R114; Q103 then sources about 2mA to Q10i and Q102, the ‘differential Input stage. If the negative supply fails or its fuse opens, Q103 saturates, Q101 turns off, turning off Q107, ‘D901 tums on and 108 saturates. This holds the inputto the triple Darlington te near ground. ithe positive supply fais or its fuse opens, Q105 turns off and the bias circuitry is disabled. ‘Any DC imbalance inthe amplifiers corrected by A125, R128, 127, C107, C110.and C101. Any DC error atthe amplifier ‘outputis servoed back through IC101 to adjust the DC current rough the input transistors. OC bias is nominally 1.0mA ‘through Q101 and Q102. 1C10t provides the DC bias current to Q101 and can swing from ground to +10V to bring the amplifier into balance, ‘The bias network of R117 through R119 and Q907 form a temperature-compensated DC-bias voltage to the input of the lriple-Darlington-follower oulput stage. Mid- anc high-frequency bypassing is provided by C104. 901 and C801 provide a (oad for the amplifier at high frequencies, stabilizing the amplifier under varying load conditions. 0201 and D301 provide a! ‘current from the load. ‘Tho output stage consists of two sets of 4 parallel transistors operated mitter followers. This configuration minimizes distortion caused by var ‘nave 0.22-ohm ballast resistors to ensure current sharing and bias stabil 19 108d impedances. The output transistorsTEST PROCEDURES Alltosts are portormed with a 120V, low-distortion (less then 2%}, AG-Ppower source, 8-ohm resistive load, (except slew rate), and a signal source of not more than 600 ohms. ‘Tests are performed after warming up the amplifier at 66 wals info an 8-ohm load for at least 10 minutes. All grounds during testing are referred to the ground of the biack output terminals, EXCEPY FOR RCA INPUT-JACK GROUNDS AND ANY SIGNAL-GENERATOR GROUND. DO NOT CONNECT RCA INPUT-JACK GROUNDS TO BLACK ‘OUTPUT-TERMINAL BINDING POSTS, DAMAGE TO THE GROUNDING SYSTEM OF THE AMPLIFIER MAY RESULT. ‘80kHz low-pass filter is employed during THD distortion me Signal-to-noise measurements are "A" woightod. Damping factor is measured by comparing the 20-watt-output voltage with and without an 8-ohm load, ‘Stew rate is measured with an inductive lo lad, and is derived with a dual-time-based oscilloscope reading the slope of a full-power (120V peak-to- peak) SkHz ‘wave. To avoid damaging output networks F901 /C901 AND R951/ C951 DO NOT OPERATE THE AMPLIFIER sq AT FULL-POWER, SINE-WAVE ABOVE 22kHz OR FULL-POWER (120V PEAK-TO-PEAK) SQUARE WAVE ABOVE SkHz, surements, IMPORTANT BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ADJUSTMENTS, MAKE SURE AMPLIFIER IS AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, BIAS ALIGNMENT 1. With set-up as per the first paragraph of TEST PROCEDURES and with NO SIGNAL IN, set 169} to midpoint. 2. Connect a milivoli meter across TP201 and TP301 3. Turn amplifier on and allow a 3 to § minute setting period. 4. Adjust BIAS control R119 to obtain either a+ oF — 10mV{z: tmV} indication on the milivlt meter. 5. Connect a mulivolt meter across TP251 and TP351. 6. Adjust BIAS control 1169 to obtain either a + or — 1OmY (+: 1mV) incication on the milivolt meter. 7. To check for proper bias setting, remove milivolt meter and apply input signal to abtain 68 watts Into 8 ohms for 10 ‘minutes with cover on. 8. Remove input signal and connect the millivoltmeter as in Step 2and step . Let amplifier idle until bias stabilizes and readjust to 10mv (+ mV}. controle (R119 andADCOM GFA-5551 SERVICE PARTS LIST 1, AUDIO INPUT/DRIVER PCB ASSEMBLY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ic101, 16181 ‘TRANSISTORS: Qi01, Qi02, 751, a152 103, 0153 Q104, 2108, 0154, 0156 Q108, Q107, 0155, 0157 0108, 0158 ADGOM 3A 28¢2362{K\(6) 2802240 2SA1016(K)(G} 28A1210 2SC2912 piopes: D101, D102, D103, D104, Dist, D182, B19, O18@—l~ 188178 D105, D155 1ssat DIODES, ZENER: D106, D156 GZA20x 20 VOLT ‘CAPACITORS, ELECTROLYTIC: C04, c1s4 80V/4.7uF C109, C188 25/470uF ‘CAPACITORS, FILM: C103, C183 100V/0.1uF C107, C108, C110, > sowo.1uF C157, C158, C160 C158, ROEDERSTEIN MKC 1862 C101, C181 soov/1uF {ELECTRONIC CONCEPTS SMC22B108K ‘CAPACITORS, MICA: C102, 0182 t00v/330pF C105, C155 SOOV/15pF 106, 6156 S00V/50pF RESISTOR, VARIABLE: N19, R169 41-7126-0-0 2000 OHMS RESISTORS, OXIDE METAL-FILM, 5%: R104, RI54 RW F100 ohms R107, RIS7 “AWI3.9 kohms RESISTORS, METAL-FILM, 1% Riot, RISt YET Mohms R102, R52 4100 kohms R103, RIT, R124, 4 15a, RIG! Rize) PT hrs 105, R155 ‘4WW/825 ohms 106, R156 4W/365 ohms R08, A158 YAWW47 5 kohms Ri09, R123, RISS, R173, F180 *4W¥r22.1 kohms R10, Rteo "41133 ohms 112, RI13, R162, R163 ‘AWI33.2 ohms, Rita, Ries ‘W301 ohms R18, R122, R165, A172 ‘AWr10 kohms AY16, R166 ‘W100 ohms 117, R167 4WW/381 ohms R118, RIB ‘AWB kohms 126, R178 AW1.5 Mohs 128, R178 ¥4W1475 ohms 128, R173 AWS kohmsRESISTORS, FUSIBLE, 5% F120, 121, R170, AI71 ¥W100 ohms. RESISTORS, CARBON-FILM, 5% R128, R127, R175, RIT? WW4.7 Mohms. ‘THERMOSTATS: 8101, $181 A 81-7014 ‘Switch: S102 81-322-0-0 2. LEFT CHANNEL OUTPUT PCB ASSEMBLIES ‘TRANSISTORS: 201 ascas12 202 2801047 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206 aspaze a301 28A1210 302 2se8i7 303, A304, 905, 306 28554 9307 2sc2240 DIODES: Deot, D301 €Pqs0D CAPACITORS, MICA: 201, C301 S00V/68pF CAPACITORS, ELECTROLYTIC: 202, C302 reowa7uF RESISTORS, OXIDE METAL-FILM: 202 4/470 ohms. 203, R302 WI kohms. Read 4/33 ohms. RESISTORS, METAL-FILM: 201, R301 wwia7 ohms. 205, R207, R209, R211, F303, R906, R307, Rade RESISTORS, CEMENTED WIRE-WOUND: 206, R208, A210, A212, R04, R906, RgOB, a1 ——b ~~~ 200.22 ohms ‘THERMISTOR: THSO1 ‘TD5-C310DA, uWWi19 ohms. 3. RIGHT CHANNEL OUTPUT PCB ASSEMBLIES: TRANSISTORS: 251 2sc2a12 aes 2801047 2283, 0254, 0255, 0256 2sp424 287 28cz240 351 28A1210 a352 288817 0353, 0954, 0955, 0355 28554 DIODES: 0251, 0351 EPGSOD P62, 85°C Be2JH ECEA2AGE-470CAPACITORS, MICA: 0251, C351 S00V/68pF CAPACITORS, ELECTROLYTIC: C252, 0352 180V/47uF RESISTORS, OXIDE METAL-FILM: Rese W470 ohms, R253, R952 WI kohms. R254 44W133 ohms RESISTORS, METAL-FILM: R251, R351 swwraT ohms 265, R257, R259, A262, R353, RGSS, A367, RBSO.—P 10 ohms RESISTORS, CEMENTED WIRE-WOUND: F286, R258, A261, R263, 2w10.22 ohms i354, A956, A352, R360 ‘THERMISTOR: ‘THOO2 TDS-C310DA 4. FILTER CAPACITOR PCB ASSEMBLIES RESISTORS, OXIDE METAL-FILM: aot, R802, R803, Re04 3W/3.9 kohms 80s, 2/82 kohms ‘CAPACITORS, FILM: C806, C807, C08, C809 100v/0.01uF 5. CHASSIS-MOUNTED COMPONENTS. ‘AC POWER SWITCH: 901 120056 ‘& 120050W POWER TRANSFORMER: Teo! A 28-2048-0-0 CAPACITORS, ELECTROLYTIC: C802, C803, C804, CBOS: 4 100v/15000uF CAPACITORS, FILM: C901, C951 100V/0.010F CAPACITORS, SPARK-KILLER: Ceot A. 400V/0.01uF RESISTORS, OXIDE-METAL FILM, 5%: 01, A951 2110 ohms SILICON RECTIFIER: Deot, 0802 A 400W/254 RCA JACKS: 3901, J9St VTW.J5Mt SPEAKER TERMINALS: §902, v962 A39729 3903, 4953 833729 ECEA2AGE-470 BLACK, CARLING RGSCO-711-R-B-B-0 WHITE, CARLING RGSCC-711-R-W-W-O- ADCOM ‘ADCOM ECKONS103Z2V kaP2504 ADcOM RED, ADCOM BLACK, ADCOMFUSE HOLDERS: FHeOt FHB02, FH03, FHBO4, FHE0S FUSES: FU80t (120V UNIT}* Fusor (220v UNIT} Fueot (240V UNIT] F802, FU03, FUB04, FUBOS" Leps: D901, D902 A 4 4 FHOs2 FHO32 ABC-12/250V 3AB314012/250V (CES6-12A/125V AGC-7/250V 3AG312007/250V AGC-6/250V 3AG312006/250V CES14-6A/250V ‘AGO-7/250V 3AG312007/250V BAG 7A/125V LTL2201 LTL2201 LrLeest 6. POWER SUPPLY PCB ASSEMBLY FOR OPTIONAL FAN MOTOR, ISSUE * INTEGRATED CIRCUITS: ice iceo2 ‘TRANSISTORS: 601 DIODES: D601 De02 CAPACITORS, ELECTROLYTIC: eat e602 RESISTORS, CARBON-FILM, 5%: R601, 604 Reo2 R603, A605, REO 607 R608 E09 NUMs558 NUM7BMZaFA 2SA1469R, 188178 DBATOB S0V/10uF ‘35v/1000uF 1AWI7.5 kohms YW/9.1 kohims ewie4 kohms W150 kohmns YW/10 kohms: eW/1 kohms BUSSMAN LITTELFUSE soc BUSSMAN LITTLEFUSE BUSSMAN UITTELFUSE SoC BUSSMAN LITTELFUSE BEL RED, POWER INDICATOR RED, THERMAL PROTECTION ‘YELLOW, INSTANTANEOUS DISTORTION ALERT * The uses listed, and their timo-current blowing points, have been carefully selected and thoroughly tested to deliver optimal performance while stil accomplishing their protective functions. Replace these fuses, individually, only with the specific types listed, DO NOT USE ANY SUBSTITUTE FUSES WITH DIFFERENT RATINGS, TIME-CURRENT CURVES OR VALUES. These may cause serious damage to the amplifier circuits and MAY CREATE A FIRE HAZARD. A Because of tire, shock and/or other hazards, parts identified by, with the IDENTICAL FACTORY PART listed in ihe SERVICE PARTS LIST. No substitutions with other “equivalent parts can be made. eve 1920 lated with, this sign MUS1 replGFA-5551 AUDIO INPUT/DRIVER PCB ASSEMBLY GFA-S55II POWER SUPPLY PCB ASSEMBLY (GFA-S5SII FILTER CAPACITOR FOR OPTIONAL FAN MOTOR, ISSUE "B” PCB ASSEMBLIES eGFA-5551 LEFT CHANNEL NPN OUTPUT PCB i o ° ° |GFA-5551I RIGHT CHANNEL NPN OUTPUT PCB GFA-555I RIGHT CHANNEL PNP OUTPUT PCBGFA-5551 TYPICAL PERFORMANCE DATA Ferontin ea Cri oN oa (arasii Cr)GFA-5550 TYPICAL PERFORMANCE DATA it oi Se WL aT ST a THN ws aU (aessiT TEC) ws Fa) (ora IN Can OE TOD vs Fa a 60 We TT ws "GFA-555I SPECIFICATIONS ° Power Rating (To FTC Requirements) 200 watts continuous average power into 8 ohms at any frequency between 20Hz and 20kHz with both channels driven at less than 0.04% THD. 325 watts continuo less than 0.04% THD: ‘600 watts continuous average power into 8 ohms at any frequency between 20Hz and 20kHz at less than 0.09% THD, bridge “With tan option installed, IM Distortion (SMPTE) 1 walt fo 200 watts into 8 Ohms . 1 walt to 325 watts into 4 Ohms {sa Distortion (CCIF, Any Combination trom Ak to 20K) 200 watts into 8 Ohms . 325 watts into 4 ohms . THD + Noise at 200 Watts into 8 Onms .verage power into 4 ohms al any frequency between 20Hz and 20kHz with both channels driven at 20Hz ... 0.004% eH 0.003% TORHZ : : 2; 0.008% THD + Noise at 325 Watts into 4 Ohms 20Hz . . : \ tkHz saseeensneseeees Diiesneessssenssrcsissesessceseneesssess 0.004% 10kHz : mt 0.015% 20kH2. IM Distortion, Bridged (SMPTE) 1 walt to 600 watts into 8 Ohms 1 walt to 850 watts into 4 Ohms. 1M Distortion, Bridged (CCIF, Any Combination from 4kH2 to 20kH2) 600 watts into 8 Ohms . 1850 watts into 4 Ohms. THD + Noise at 600 Watts into 8 Ohms, Bridged 20H2 ‘kHz 10kHz 1 850 Watts into 4 Ohms, Bridged Frequency Response @ 1 Watt into @ Ohms 10H2 to 20kHz. Power Bandwidth (—3d8) . Dynamic Headroom into 4 Ohms - Signal-to-Noise Ratio, A" Weighted 200 watts into 8 Ohms . Gain... 40,-0.284B seeesceses 1THEt0 100KHZ 2.648 Input impedance ...... seseeee 12Input Sensitivity 200 watts into 8 Ohms 1 watt into 8 Ohms Damping Factor 20H2 to 20kHz Rise Time ‘SkHz,120V peak-to-peak square wi ‘Semiconductor Complement Power Consumption (Continuous, Both Channels Driven) Quiescent ....-.- Maximum .. £200 watts into & Ohm 325 watts into 4 Ohms £600 watts into 8 Ohms, bridged . 1.75 rms. + 180mV rms - 800 < 2.3us --++_ 42 tansistors, 2 zener diode: 13 diodes, 2 ICs, 2 diode bridges BVA 1500VA 675VA, 1180VA 1920VA GENERAL Powe avaiable n 220V cr 240V on specie orde}-.. Chassis Dimensions ..........s.csseeeeeeee Maximum Dimensions : Weight . ‘Weight, Packed - 120VAC/50-60Hz 6 54°(172mm) x 17-(AS2mm) x 1B3H0"(3tOmM} 27%" (185mm) x 17"(4B2mm) x 123he"(310mm) = 95 Ibs. (96k9) + 99 Ibs. (18k9) ADCOM' ADCOM Service Corp. (732) 683-2856 10 Timber Lane Mon, Thm Fri Maboro, NI 9 AM104 PM o7mas Eastern Time vc 1920