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

door 2blue, 24.11.2009, 20:10 (5518 dagen geleden) @ Ed de Jong

hank you for hints and help all of you. I am rather relieved and encourage

Ed; your record changer looks like it's brand new! I still think mine might be the same model. I shall post some pictures. I would have done so right now, but my internet connection is acting up and is too slow to upload pictures for the moment. Mine has a grey silver type finish.

John; My record player came with two different cartridges and neither of them works. One is a open construction where the entire cartridge flips over in the headshell to switch between 78 and 33/45 stylus. The other one is a closed construction where only the stylus flips over. I suspect it's possible (if not probable) that neither of them are the original cartridge. If you are willing to take a look at them I can send them to you in the mail. I am wondering if the open headshell model might be fitted with some kind of custom fittings and a current type of cartridge? However then I shall have to figure out some kind of preamp solution for the phono stage, and I'm not shore I like that idea.

Skipper Nico; thanks for taking time for the detailed explanation, it helps a lot You are right; I don't really know if any thing is wrong with the tonearm wiring. However the cables that connect to phono input in radio is bad. One banana plug is broken, the other one is a sort of emergency repair at one point, and the soldering and copper-wire is deteriorating, at least the outer parts that show. I shall have to do some thorough investigation with your description in mind. I am afraid the wires that connects to phono input needs replacing.

When I first got the radio, the turntable worked, at least it moved, turned around and the speed changer worked. Now it is stuck. If I can find parts and drawings I might figure out how to mend it.

Best Regards from Arild