Repairing an old Philips record changer, long post (Gezocht)

door Ouwe Schipper , Sassenheim, 24.11.2009, 08:10 (5518 dagen geleden) @ 2blue
Bewerkt door Ouwe Schipper, 24.11.2009, 08:15

Good morning 2blue
I only know answers for q'ns 1 & 3:
1 the cartridge will be very rare indeed and my advice to you is not to try finding the original thing. To me it is very clearly a mono cartridge which will almost certainly destroy your stereo records. I can explain this by telling that the needle in those old mono's were only able to follow lateral movements; for groove depth variations (essential in stereo records) the suspension of the needle was too rigid and the needle will start chiseling material off your record.
3 When yo only have a feeling that the arm is to be rewired but there is no serious motive to do so: please don't. The two red wires conduct the signal and the third one serves as screening and earth connection for the complete arm. Underneath the chassis one of the red wires and the earth strand are connected to the metal of the player, I suppose there will be a terminal strip of some kind. From there to the radio leads a screened cable (I like your expression "woven metal stocking" ) and if that lead is deteriorating you can solder in a new one. Red banana to the core (you only need one core), black one to the shielding, always connect shielding to the metal of the player.
But all this is to no purpose before you find the right cartridge: adapting to your player arm and stereo compatible mono....! This might be searching for a needle in a haystack.
Kind regards
Old Skipper Nico