Pioneer PL-500

 With the same engine as well as drive system including PL-600 plus a separate motor for the tonearm Warren-automatic (including the auto-repeat).

All functions can be operated from the front with easy to use micro switches, even when the cover is closed.

Integrated are the Pioneer SHR system and a coaxial damping system to the player engine and tonearm are hung up combined to suppress resonance and vibration.

 Full Automatic Quartz-PLL DC Direct-Drive Turntable

Impressive Convenience, Impeccable Accuracy.

Full Automativ with Cut, Cue and Infinite Repeat

High-Torque DC Hall Direct-Drive Motor - 0,025% W&F

Quartz-PLL periphery-Integration Servosystem

Mass Concentrated Tonearm and Coaxial Suspension

Separate Motor for Automatic Functions

Front-Panel  Array of Easy-Use Controls

Single Row Stroboscope Marker  and Shortstroke Microswitch

Housing Without Acoustic Feedback

Specifications

Motor nad Turntable

Drive System:  Direct-Drive

Motor:  Quartz PLL Hall motor

Turntable Plater:  330 mm diameter, aluminum alloy die-cast

Moment of Inertia:  300 kg-cm² (including platter mat)

Speeds:  33⅓ and 45 rpm

Wow and Flutter:  less than 0,025% (WRMS)

Signal-to-Noise Ratio:  more than 75 dB (DIN-B)

Rotational Characteristics

Buil-up Time:  within 120° rotation at 33⅓ rpm

Speed deviation:  less than 0,002%

Speed Vs. Load Characteristics:  stable up to 150 grams drag load

Speed Drift:  less than 0,00008%/h at 33⅓ rpm (less than 0,00003%/degree temp. Change at 33⅓ rpm)

Tonearm Section

Type:  Static-balanced type, S-shaped pipe arm

Effective Arm length:  221 mm

Overhang:  15,5 mm

Usable Cartridge Weight:  4 g to 10 g

Subfunctions

Full auto mechanism; Anti-skating force control; Stylus pressure direct-readout counterweight; Cueing device; Strobe light; Free stop

Semiconductors:

3 Transistors; 3 Diodes; 3 Hall Elements

Miscellaneous

Power Requirements:  AC 120, 220 V; 50/60 Hz

Power Consumption:  10 W

Dimensions (W x H x D):  440 x 140 x 388 mm (17-15/16" x 5-1/2"x 15-1/4")

Weight:  9,1 kg (20 lb)