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Roy;
Obviously you didn't see my
message regarding your record player so I am forwarding it to the list again.
The reject on any record changer is activated by the tone arm reaching the
center of the record and this is done mechanically not electrically. As
mentioned below the mechanism is probably overdue for a cleaning and grease
job as well. There should be an adjustment screw somewhere near the pivot of the
tone arm, this controls the point on the record at which the changer
mechanism picks up the arm and returns it to it's place. You will need to find
servicing instructions to explain where the adjustments are and which way to
turn them. Very likely the reason why your machine was still in the
box was that it wasn't working right when new and was put on a back room shelf
and forgotten about rather then being repaired. I have seen cases like this with
old radios found in the original boxes as well.
----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony
Foster
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: ARC record player Roy;
I would suspect that your record player has
two wires for the motor and two for the phonograph cartridge. If the platter is
spining your motor is still connected but your cartridge isn't. As for the
reject button it sounds like your machine has a mechanical problem. It may be
NOS but it is still old and probably in need of a grease job.
I had a used bicycle once that was about 25
years old and was in such good shape it still had the original inner tubes on
it, although they wouldn't hold air. When I got the thing home I took the
bearings out of the wheels to grease them and found a lump of grease that was
still clean but had dried to the consistency of wax. You may find that the
changer mechanism has a few similarly dried lumps of grease in the mechanism. If
you aren't mechnically inclined I would find someone else to do this job as
record changers can be a nightmare if you twiddle screws in the wrong places,
find an old T.V repair man.
Best Regards
Arran Foster
1954 Imperial Newport
Needing A Left Side Tailligt Bezel and other trim
parts.
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