Hello All,
First the good news, I received my Technics SL-Q33 coupled with Pioneer SX-434 Int. Amp. and stereo receiver by safexpress on sat. evening. Delivered safely...credit also goes to my friend in pune who packed it greatly.
TT plays well & the amp is really nice. THe only issue is auto function. It was not operating initially at all. I opened it up & the belt was broken. I replaced it with a rubber band!
Now the thing is that at times it will play the records entirely on its own flawlessly...will detect disc sizes & all toys work fine.
But at times, it will start malfunctioning...
1. THe arm will ascend & descend on the arm rest without moving.
2. At times the arm will ascent, fly over entire record, rest on the lead out grooves & then return back to the arm rest.
3. At times, even when i try to play the records manually by placing the tonearm on the record by myself, it will play for a second & the auto -return to the rest position.
4. When i press cue button, it arm will again ascend from current position, go to the lead out groove to the end of record & then back to rest.
5. At times the platter will spin even when the tone arm is at rest, at times it will be stationary.
I checked the 3 IR LEDs that are under the platter mat with a cell phone camera, they all light up & (turn off immediately) simultaneously when switched on or off.
Do you guys have any idea what it is upto?
Thanks in advance,
Saket
First the good news, I received my Technics SL-Q33 coupled with Pioneer SX-434 Int. Amp. and stereo receiver by safexpress on sat. evening. Delivered safely...credit also goes to my friend in pune who packed it greatly.
TT plays well & the amp is really nice. THe only issue is auto function. It was not operating initially at all. I opened it up & the belt was broken. I replaced it with a rubber band!
Now the thing is that at times it will play the records entirely on its own flawlessly...will detect disc sizes & all toys work fine.
But at times, it will start malfunctioning...
1. THe arm will ascend & descend on the arm rest without moving.
2. At times the arm will ascent, fly over entire record, rest on the lead out grooves & then return back to the arm rest.
3. At times, even when i try to play the records manually by placing the tonearm on the record by myself, it will play for a second & the auto -return to the rest position.
4. When i press cue button, it arm will again ascend from current position, go to the lead out groove to the end of record & then back to rest.
5. At times the platter will spin even when the tone arm is at rest, at times it will be stationary.
I checked the 3 IR LEDs that are under the platter mat with a cell phone camera, they all light up & (turn off immediately) simultaneously when switched on or off.
Do you guys have any idea what it is upto?
Thanks in advance,
Saket
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