Pentax ME Super, Service Manual

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ADJUSTMENT SEQUENCE:
1. Auto speeds
Variable resistor A set: ASA 100, X1 compensation, f/8. With 2.8V
supplied to the battery compartment, the shutter should deliver the
following shutter speeds ath the indicated light levels:
EV12 1/60 second
EV16 1/1000 second
EV8 1/4 second
2. Meter Readout
EV 12 and 16 Adjust variable resistor B
EV8 Adjust variable resistor C
Later versions of the flex circuit board have only one meter readout
adjustment, Fig. 8.
3. Battery test
Adjust variable resistor D for proper operation. Later versions of
the flex circuit do not have the batery test adjustment. It is then
only necessary to make an operational check.
AVOID DISTURBING:
Variable resistor VR-E on the menory circuit board (not
accessible until the flex circuit has been removed). In some
versions of the flex circuit, VR-E is at the top of the camera.
DISASSEMBLY HIGHLIGHTS:
Control positions:
Speed selector Auto
Film speed Unimportant
Location of left-hand threads:
Winding lever cap screw
Winding lever retaining nut
Self-timer lever screw
Sequence:
1. Bottom cover (Loose parts: cover for power winder terminals and
rewind button)
2. Top cover (Remove black ring at top of speed selector; top cover
screw is then accessible through hole in speed selector)
3. Unsolder film speed resistor wires (two yellow) from flex
circuit and from diaphragm resistor (if you're just removing the
flex circuit, unsolder only the film-speed resistor wire that
connects to the flex circuit)
4. Film-speed resistor (not necessary if you're just removing the
flex circuit)
5. Unsolder red wires from flex circuit
6. screws holding hot shoe contact above eyepiece
7. Screw and clip that hold down photocell circuit board
8. Screw and circuit board retainer at rewind-side of camera
9. Screw and washer holding LED display at wind-lever side