I'm working on a Harman Kardon FM100 "Counterpoint II" that shows signifigant variations, internally, from the documentation provided by SAM's HF3 repair and servicing manual, or other references searchable on the web.
For a start, the valve pins are reversed, by section, in V1 and V2, from the SAM's schematic. The tube sections are swapped - confusing, but not a biggy. Second, the tube types differ from SAM's and all other references.
1) V1 dual triode in the RF amp and mixer stage are the older 6AQ8/ECC81, rather than the later 6BK7A/ECC83 expected in the SAM's schematic and listed in other web references.2) V2 dual triode in the AFC and oscillator sections is 6AQ8/ECC81 rather than the 12AT7 expected in the SAM's schematic and web references.
3) The printed circuit board has the correct heater connections for the single 6V heater of 6AQ8, without any rework in evidence (pins 4/5 receive 6V normally - same as the other 6v heaters, pin9 is grounded).4) Cathode resistor of the grounded grid 6AQ8 RF input amp is 91R, vs the 68R expected. No note in SAM's about variations here.
5) Plate resistor in V2 oscillator is 6800R, vs the 1000R expected in schematic. No SAM's note on variations here. This seems to be an extreme circuit change.The non-functioning mixer self-biases at half the schematic grid voltage value and 2/3 the plate current - but expect this when input signal is missing Grid resistor is 20% low with age/dirt. Oscillator grid resistor seems low in schematic at 22K, but what do I know.
As this is the section that seems to be malfunctioning, I'm wondering if there's any advice related to the earliest versions of this tuner that might ease in reviving it. Tubes test functional for heater, emissions and transconductance, if a little slow to warm up.
RL