The cueing lever on my Technics SL 1210MK5 does not work. I can manually lift the arm and lay it gently on the disc, but that lever is not engaged! Advice please, does it just need silicone oil?

Assuming it does not need repair, you should be able to slide cueing lever to the right (raising arm), then place over the record and the platter should start turning. Just slide cueing to left and needle should gently drop on the record. Just press stop button to return the arm and platter should stop/turn off.

If the problem is that the cueing control also does not lift the arm high enough, see the Adjustment section of the Owner's Manual:

http://akdatabase.org/AKview/albums/userpics/10007/Technics%20SL-BD22%20Owners%20Manual.pdf

Hi,
When you say that the auto cue does not function properly,do you mean that the arm will not lift from the rest onto the record or do you mean that the set down point of the arm on the record is not correct? Or does it not work at all?

Technics SL BD22
Cheers john. Stylus City

Technics SL D202
Cheers john. Stylus cITY

hi, they are the same function ..u

the auto stop mechanism needs adjusting

You'll need what's called a STANDARD Mount cartridge. In addition, that cartridge will need to be mounted to a Standard Mount Headshell.

Here is a collection of Standard Mount Cartridges that will fit this model.

And here is how it all comes together...



- OPTiC
The ORIGINAL 1200 TECHNICIAN.

Technics DJ Repair Videos
Technics DJ Repair
Technics DJ Parts
DJ Parts
DJ Equipment Sales
Audio Video Accessories

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

Usually the damping fluid is to let the tone arm lower slowly, lifting is usually a mechanical link. Read THIS.

Hope that helps...

Geno