20 Most Recent Califone International 1030AV Turntable Questions & Answers

The usual cause is a dirty idler wheel. Clean the tire on the idler using alcohol or rubber cleaner. Make sure everything turns easily and check the height adjustment on the idler wheel. You may have to take the motor apart to clean and oil it (if not spinning freely).

If you take the platter off you may find a rubber "idler wheel" that rides on the inside rim of the platter. It may be worn or glazed over and hardened. Might try cleaning with denatured alcohol. If that doesnt work you may need a new idler wheel. West Tech Services is a place that comes to mind that may carry what you need.

Take the turntable off by removing the "E" clip on the top center of the turntable. You can then oil the motor, lube and check the main turntable bearing and most important, clean, lube and adjust the idler wheel. The rubber tire on the wheel can be cleaned with alcohol or rubber cleaner and this will fix most speed problems. The height of the wheel can be adjusted by changing the fiber washers and of course the wheel bearing should be greased.

This one is actually fastened from underneath (inside). You need to open the player up and you will see the usual C shaped fastener on a cleat near the motor assembly. Most old direct drive record players have a C pin around the spindle that you can unfasten (pry with a twist) with a screwdriver. Irealize you figured this out yourself, but I'll take the guess work out for someone else... yeah..l you gotta take it apart!

Replace the knob switch.

Likely to be a worn, old and slack belt - if it's a belt drive deck.
Lift rubber platen matt and you'll likely find access to the belt between motor hub and platen which should lift off or a retaining clip will have to be removed first if there is one (of course!)
Remove belt and find it's circumfrence size.
Then check out belt suppliers online and find one with your size belt at a fair price.
When it arrives pop it on by reverse method of how you removed it.
All should then be well.
While the platen is removed take the opportunity to clean it's spindle and squirt in a few - very few - drops of light machine oil or spray but not bike oil into the spindle well.
Check there's nice quiet and hyper responsive movement to a finger tip touch by the platen, don't spin it fast ever.

Probably a bad relay switch. Open up the turntable. Identify the motor that spins the table. Follow the wires of that motor to, perhaps, some type of little circuit board with a relay. I have a Backley-Cardy 322-487 classroom phonograph which uses a Califone 1620 amp and a BSR turntable. To get the table to spin, you have to move the tone arm. Mine doesn't move and I'm in the process of replacing the faulty relay that is the problem.

Pull straight out on the plastic stylus while holding the cartridge in your other hand

May be the "winding" on the speaker. If it has got damp at some point(you may not notice any on the casing) the cardboard tube that the coil is wound around swells and "rubs" in the speaker. Thus producing a scratching sound. Try connecting to another speaker, just to test and if it sounds fine then that is what it is.

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Ya, this is a tough one. If it was on it's side, and not handle properly, something may have come loose and caused some damage inside. If you have absolutely no power, then more than likely the power transformer fried. Not much else in these things that could have caused such an issue. At this point, you have to decide whether it's worth getting repaired, or buying a working used one. They go on ebay for about $30-50, which is much cheaper than getting it repaired. Transformers for these units run around $20-30, then you have to tack on labor, which will be in the 40 min range - that's if its the transformer. But I do understand if it has some personal value, so that is something to consider. Hope this helps some. - Justin DJPROAUDIO

This is an idler wheel drive turntable that uses a small rubber wheel, that when engaged pushes on the motor spindle and also on the rim on the underside of the platter. The spindle on the motor is stepped so as you shift speed the idler wheel moves up or down the spindle and that changes the speed of the platter. It could be the the shifting mechanism is dodgy You can try to loosen it by gently shifting the speed from 78 to 16 and back again. But the idler wheel rubber might be in trouble too.

The arm should have a pin through it that secures it to the bracket that is attached to the arm bearing. There should be a long spring that is used to adjust the tracking force and it is underneath the arm. The arm can be taken off by taking the player apart, unsoldering the wires from the arm and unscrewing the nut on the turntable bearing. Because the arm mounts to a soft rubber grommet it should feel a little loose. Hope this helps.

Take the turntable off by removing the "E" clip. Make sure the motor spins - if it does not, it can be taken apart and oiled. The main turntable bearing should turn easily - if not take apart and lube. The idler wheel is the next thing to check - clean the rubber tire with alcohol or rubber rejuvenator and grease the bearing. Also check the motor mounting grommets - if they are bad the steps on the motor pulley won't line up with the idler wheel. That's about all there is to it!

Three causes. 1 belt off or broken. 2 Bad motor or power failure to it. 3 Faulty switch, perhaps hidden from normal view.