When i press the start buttom the red light on it starts blinking and the tonearm doesn't move, then press off buttom for to many times and on ocassions the tonearm works fine. What could be the cause for this flaw? thank you.
Tone arm could need cleaning never done it personally but if you take it to a stereo shop they should b able to help you
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Hi, Assuming the the turntable is on a level platform and that you have "adjusted the weight and anti skating correctly", might it not be just the styli/cartridge that's left in question? Visually check the styli/cartridge assembly, look for unevenness of wear on the needle itself, compare with a known good styli the angle. On some rare instances, it is the shielded wire inside the arm. Hope this be of some help/idea. Post back how things are or should you need further information. Good luck and kind regards.
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Well, if it's not your tonearm, then the issue is either your RCA cables (red/white), or your cartridge/stylus.
There is nothing else on this unit that would cause distortion in sound. Well, unless you have the unit sitting next to a very powerful electrical source. Try a different outlet as well, just to be on the safe side that it's not electrical interference.
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SOURCE: Technics SL-1600MK2
Tonearm lift is probably a deteriorated belt. Google it, it's pretty common. The platter spinning might be due to a bad control board. You'll probably have to go to a repair shop to diagnose it.
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technics used special grease for lots of their products, any good quality grease will do but use sparingly
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I have also had this problem with the same model turntable. I opened mine up and the problem seems to have been that the grease on the arm lift and cueing lever was gumming up the linkage between the two. (I suspect that my turntable hadn't been used in some time.) I managed to free up the parts by manually working the the arm lift (pressing it down) several times. I'm not sure that I needed to open up the chasis for this fix but it did help me to see what was going on. Good luck with yours.
Tim Orange
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