Absolute brilliant thank you ! I have adhd and I was engaged for the whole video - the use of drawings is a great visual : very clear explanations of everything. I'm off to adjust ! Many thanks
Finally! Someone actually showing us a way to get the VTA fairly close! Not like other “detailed” explanations on how to set up a cartridge and then twirl the height adjustment a little before they move on.
James you are so informative. I can't thank you enough for all the information and knowledge you've given me about my turntable, stuff that I had no idea about, that I for years never checked while playing my records. With all the crappy and cheap CD's they've been making over the years, squandering such a technological advancement and letting it go to pot, there's now a wonderful re emergence of records. Records that I still have tons of . Thanx again.You are spot on - and I love your accent.
You are my source for technics 1200 info. Picked one up at a Pawn Shop for $20.00-"Twenty" and have been giving it a good cleaning and tuning. Your instructions are simple and effective. Thank you.
You just saved me a lot of money, I thought my tonearm was completely screwed and it turns out this was the problem, I had no idea height affects tracking so much. Thanks so much for doing these videos man.
Top man Very usefull. Just got serrato and saw that the signals were very different. Had my decks for 12 years and never bothered setting them up properly. Thanks to your video help they are set up perfectly.
I own 2 1200's and it's great to know how to take care and make the most of them. Thanks so much. All your videos have been extremely helpful and absolutely informative.
Appreciate the clear explanation, I currently own an Audio Technica AT-LP120 and noticed that even in the zero height position my tonearm was not level. Luckily I was able to fix the issue by putting the stock mat below the cork mat I use and it raised the height just enough to be level, or as close as possible. Tested a few records and noticed less sibilance and even some records had less surface noise.
absolutely brilliant demonstration! I had just watched the other video on the antiskating setting and checked this one right after... You nailed it just like the other one! Thanks!!!
wow im so glad i found these old vids. i took a brake from playing for a few yrs. got the bug again and just bought a pair of used m3ds. after watching your vids i am confident to work on them myself if needed. after adjusting height with concords i noticed at 0 one deck sits about 6 mm higher at needle from deck case compared to the other. so my next move will be to take apart and grease/re calibrate/repair like your other video. might just replace tone arms as well and upgrade rca with internal ground and be done with it in one swoop. floating test with anti skate test kicks both arms to clip at 3 but does not totally kick them to spindle at 0. none of it seems to effect playing with traktor in absolute mode but new parts are fairly cheap online. by the way i like your taste in early 2000 dnb. my favorite genre is techy dnb. big ups for your detail videos!
Thanks for your videos. I bought a pair of second hand 1210s a few months ago and they were stinking. The last owner never looked after them. Thanks to your videos I've now serviced then and adjusted the height, weight and anti skate to the correct settings. Thanks
Thanks mate this and your anti skate one are brilliant. You have a knack for explaining these concepts clearly.I've owned 1210s for twenty years now and finally understand anti skate properly.
What setting the Stylus rake angle (SRA) the stylus should "rake": forward about 1 -2 degrees to match the average rake angle of the cutting sting stylus on the master . When people talk about the VTA,, there are actually referring to the SRA.
great vid! I have a tip for the different vinyl thickness problem. set it up with your slimmest vinyl why? because its better to have your tonearm too low than too high. if its too high the needle will totally hack away your precious vinyl. if you set it up with the slim vinyl, when you use a thicker one, it'll have the same effect as a lower tonerarm. which is your best bet.
Great video on stuck tone arm adjustment. I took apart the tone arm apart. And the ring of the tone arm height adjustment is still stuck. I can’t move it. Any ideas how to unstick it. Some sites say use a heat gun. But not sure about that. Please let me know any ideas
@TheUzimis Thank you!!!, I never really taught of my self as much of a genius, but I'm glad you like the videos. I will try to get my stuff sorted and get some more videos up soon. Thanks again for your comment and kind words. nice one!!!
Thank you so much for your detailed video regarding VHA. I can't tell you how much you simplified the process of set-up. You rule and all the best to you and your vinyl acquisitions.
Hello, nice explanation, my question is if I have vinyls of 120g mixed with 180g in my collection, there must be some unlevel in the arm to adapt to all thickess of vinyls, because it can be perfect for 120g vinyls then not for 180g, right?. Thank you.
@planey2k No problem, thank you for your feedback, I'm glad you like the video. I never thought of my self as much of a teacher but now I actually quite enjoy it. thanks again for your comment. nice one!!!
@FerreNL thank you, I'm glad you like the video, I always like to keep things relaxed when I do my videos, I like people to enjoy watching my videos not feel like they are on a forum and there are too many rules. thanks for your comment and your kind words. nice one!!!
@mushroomleg yeah i can see your point it does seem a bit strange, but the reason is because all needles and cartages are different shapes and sizes, you could have an ortofon blue and set it level but if i than put a stanton 500 on there it will be a bit lower so ill have to re adjust it. hope this helped and thats for your comment. nice one!!!
Great guide, I think the tone arm height is is a good indicator but not the whole answer. I was eye-balling my LP120x putting more mats on and really checking the angle of the stylus and cantilever. It needed a bit higher up than I initially estimated purely going visually off the tone arm. You can see how the stylus behaves once everything drops.
Key is "height adjustable tone arm". A lot of turntables lower end or vintage don't have that. So you can change the platter mat or if your using a standard type 1/2" mount head shell you can shim between the top of the cartridge and and bottom inside of head shell.
Your videos are excellent. Thank you. I have two 1210MK2 and I simply cannot get the tone-arm to become parallel in neither. The first one has the height adjustment jammed up so I'll have to check your other video on fixing this. The second one however has a different issue. I rotate the height adjustment as low as possible and I still have the tone-arm base too high! Am I doing something wrong here? Thanks!!
hi yeah mine was jammed too so my advice is be really careful when messing around with the tonearm cause I broke mine even though I thought I was doing everything like he said in the video...
Why would a needle slide outwards, i.e. off the vinyl? Adjusting the anti skating doesn't seem to do anything. Would this be a tweak with tone arm or a whole new tone arm? Only happens when lining up a track and it skips backwards off the whole vinyl?! Great video by the way.
Great video, very helpful. My question is can you adjust the pitch of the tonearm? What I mean is that when I bought my 1210 M5G's I noticed that one of the tonearms kind of was tilted inwards, like if a person was pigeon toed.
Agree, good video! So basically, as well as doing it by eye, as long as the ruler measurement is the same (back and front end), the tone arm height is set correctly?
I've owned 5 1200s, 1999-present. I got my original set right from trial and error, but good grief, this video breaks it all down. It's amazing. Thank you so much @viperfrank
finally step up to face the two turntables in my room. it's been sitting there for half a year since I bought it. Really wanna pick up what I used to like. but which comes first? the tonearm adjustment or the cartridge adjustment(counterweight)? Sry I'm new to this.
i would try weight adjustment. then tone arm height and the check weight one more time. after that check the anti skate. most people set anti skate to 0 if they scratch and back cue aggressive. this gentleman has a video for all of it and explains very well.
@viperfrank, cheers mate your vids r excellent. i have followed the tone arm and counterweight vids and still have really distorted sound.when i apply more pressure it sorts it. first i swapped the weight round, then moved it after seeing you say it was wrong. i put the tone arms at zero gravity, but then the weight only moves to 2 on dial. not enough tone arm space to move towards the needle end.. technics 1200. 1 ortofon & 1 technics head. ortofon more than technics but both still not perfect
Hi mate I’ve just bought mk2 1210 and the lock moves but the rotars won’t move to adjust height , I can’t see from the video you unlocking and what the part you’re trying to move
Some excellent points. I honestly never gave it much thought of the thickness of the vinyl, sounds weird but I never have. Thanks again for the tips...
Thanks for the vid. Very informative. I have one turntable but the height adjustment wont budge. I unlock it and try to adjust up or down but its stuck. Do I need to replace the whole tonearms or what would you recommend? Thanks.
My tonearm is locked up on both decks, due to less than ideal storage conditions. yes I unfastened the actual lock. I want to fo from shure M447s to Concorde scratch mk2 or orto VNL's. Any recommendations?
Does placing a 180g LP or heavier significantly alter the angle ? Because it's in effect thicker and thus raises the stylus contact angle ? Many say thicker records offer more bass, but it's likely because of the altered angle of the stylus ?
Good video but I can't figure out how to adjust my tone arm on my Onkyo 1116a turntable. Is it possible that it doesn't have any adjustment for leveling the tone arm? The manuals don't mention it, only talk about tracking force and antiskate.
hi there, nice vid my dial that adjust the height is super stiff and I can't move it. I've tried a bit of oil but it still won't move. what could you suggest? please help
Awesome videos james... thanks to you i managed to replace both my tonearms and now my 15year old 1200s sounds much much better and SHINY!!! :) but one problem... they still somewhat skip every now and den when i do simple scratching, i calibrated both the tonearms with new headshell+carts&stylus and also levelled it as in this video.... hope you could advice on some other problems that might be happening :) thanks again james!!! nice record collection btw :)
Another neat move I've just read is to place the needle on the run-in of the stationary record and raise the height at the tonearm base until the bottom of the stylus housing is parallel with the record. Then do the measurements. This might be more protective of the stylus as you don't need to hold the tonearm level while adjusting with no chance of dropping or bumping.
It is gonna sound silly but, I don't know where to adjust the height. I have an old Akai AP-103 model with a broken needle. I've ordered the needle, it's on its way... But I can't find the place where you adjust the height on that model...
I have a Audio-Technica AT-PL120 which looks exactly like your Technics, just silver instead of black. They must be made by the same company. Very solid direct drive turntable for the past 5 years.
Cheers for all you put up mate, much appreciated! Already replaced an rca cable from one of your videos and just sorted anti skating (on one only as one not doing it), tone arm height and cleaned contacts for needles etc. and seems a lot better sound wise :) Think my mixer and speakers need servicing but defo way better at the minute!
Hi Viperfrank, hope you can help me. I have a BSR 35CS Mcdonald record changer, everything works great except when I want to turn it off, and slide the slider to Auto so that it should turn off, the tonearm goes to the resting place and right away goes back to play the record. It does not go down upon the resting stand so that it should turn off. It use to work great but may be I touched some setting, please let me know how to do this. Thanks in advance.
Hi! Frank, I have a minor problem with my SL 1200 type II... for some reason the adjuster does not want to move while this TT is almost new so I'm afraid to force it and lose it instead. You were my favorite technician or what is the proper title for you. What can I do to break the mechanical lock that is giving me headache. Thank you much Frank please give me that advice and should I need to pay, don't hesitate to give me the bill. mike
Hi, My Shure 447's don't allow for the height to be level, even on zero. Are u sure it applies to a headshell style cartridges? it''s as though there needs to be a -2 setting on the height adjust to make this levelling method possible. I look forward to your reply. thanks.
So helpful and easy to follow. I'd played about with this before but not really known what I was doing - also your anti-skating video was very useful as I'm about to come into an old 1200 which I'm sure will need a bit of reset. Plus; some of the decks I've played on in clubs have been all over the place and thanks to your video - I now have some idea of why. Cheers!
Got an oldschool Gemini PT1000II with a ortofon concorde pro s needle, despite lowering the armature to its base setting it still wont sit flat. Are there any solutions? Thicker slips? Thanks in advance!
Continuation... When measureing one is always lower and the tone arm sits on the record kind of slanted to the inside sometimes causin my cartridge to scrape the record. Is the any way of adjusting the pitch or roll on my tonearm. Sorry for using aviation terms but its the only was to get my point across with out taking photos.
Hi mate. Just picked up a 2nd hand 1200 mk5. Is it normal for the tone arm adjustment to be really difficult to adjust. Its taking so much force to adjust it its actually making the deck. The setting is set to unlock too so its not locked. Does something need to be looked at and repaired here? Thanks
hmm from what i think the needle is already leaning when it's not in the groove by default, and when you drop the needle it is basically go vertically in the groove so either you extend the height or not i think there's no difference and there's a different Vinyl anyway, thinner or thicker. That's why other turntable have a fix height
Do you know what the problem is on a 1600MK2 TT when the cuing operates the tonearm but it fails to stay in the "up" position unless activated 4-5 times?
I had a similar problem and whilst this tutorial is good I think it may be slightly inaccurate, I found a very handy tutorial on the ortofon website. Cant post the link but if you google, "ortofon how to set up a turntable" you should find the tutorial easy enough. Hope this helps.
Hi, I still cannot seem to get the arm completely level. Another issue is with the counterweight at 3.5 the stylus does not settle firmly in the grooves. It needs a coin on the headshell. How do I increase the counterweight effect when it will need go any further ? Thanks,
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This is the clearest explanation of tonearm height I have ever seen. Thank you.
Technics should award this guy a medal.
15 year old video. Was needed today so thanks!
Absolute brilliant thank you ! I have adhd and I was engaged for the whole video - the use of drawings is a great visual : very clear explanations of everything. I'm off to adjust ! Many thanks
Finally! Someone actually showing us a way to get the VTA fairly close! Not like other “detailed” explanations on how to set up a cartridge and then twirl the height adjustment a little before they move on.
James you are so informative. I can't thank you enough for all the information and knowledge you've given me about my turntable, stuff that I had no idea about, that I for years never checked while playing my records. With all the crappy and cheap CD's they've been making over the years, squandering such a technological advancement and letting it go to pot, there's now a wonderful re emergence of records. Records that I still have tons of . Thanx again.You are spot on - and I love your accent.
You are my source for technics 1200 info. Picked one up at a Pawn Shop for $20.00-"Twenty" and have been giving it a good cleaning and tuning. Your instructions
are simple and effective. Thank you.
You just saved me a lot of money, I thought my tonearm was completely screwed and it turns out this was the problem, I had no idea height affects tracking so much. Thanks so much for doing these videos man.
Top man Very usefull. Just got serrato and saw that the signals were very different.
Had my decks for 12 years and never bothered setting them up properly.
Thanks to your video help they are set up perfectly.
Best video I saw on the subject even better than turntable manufacturers. You gained a subscriber my friend.
I own 2 1200's and it's great to know how to take care and make the most of them. Thanks so much. All your videos have been extremely helpful and absolutely informative.
Appreciate the clear explanation, I currently own an Audio Technica AT-LP120 and noticed that even in the zero height position my tonearm was not level. Luckily I was able to fix the issue by putting the stock mat below the cork mat I use and it raised the height just enough to be level, or as close as possible. Tested a few records and noticed less sibilance and even some records had less surface noise.
Thanks so much! You're the only person on RUclips that could explain this well. You've earned yourself a new sub!
+Bacon Grace thank you, i really appreciate the feed back. and thank you for your support.
Hi Bacon. See new post above to set up tone arm correctly
absolutely brilliant demonstration! I had just watched the other video on the antiskating setting and checked this one right after... You nailed it just like the other one! Thanks!!!
wow im so glad i found these old vids. i took a brake from playing for a few yrs. got the bug again and just bought a pair of used m3ds. after watching your vids i am confident to work on them myself if needed. after adjusting height with concords i noticed at 0 one deck sits about 6 mm higher at needle from deck case compared to the other. so my next move will be to take apart and grease/re calibrate/repair like your other video. might just replace tone arms as well and upgrade rca with internal ground and be done with it in one swoop. floating test with anti skate test kicks both arms to clip at 3 but does not totally kick them to spindle at 0. none of it seems to effect playing with traktor in absolute mode but new parts are fairly cheap online. by the way i like your taste in early 2000 dnb. my favorite genre is techy dnb. big ups for your detail videos!
Thanks for your videos. I bought a pair of second hand 1210s a few months ago and they were stinking. The last owner never looked after them. Thanks to your videos I've now serviced then and adjusted the height, weight and anti skate to the correct settings. Thanks
I do professional electronics repair, I just started fiddling w/these 1200's, this was most informative, thanx
I learned all these techniques from A-trak & Infamous back in the 90s but never knew the why behind it all. Thanks James!!
Thanks mate this and your anti skate one are brilliant. You have a knack for explaining these concepts clearly.I've owned 1210s for twenty years now and finally understand anti skate properly.
what you been doing for the past 20 years...
Same here.
Subbed.
What setting the Stylus rake angle (SRA) the stylus should "rake": forward about 1 -2 degrees to match the average rake angle of the cutting sting stylus on the master .
When people talk about the VTA,, there are actually referring to the SRA.
great vid!
I have a tip for the different vinyl thickness problem. set it up with your slimmest vinyl why? because its better to have your tonearm too low than too high. if its too high the needle will totally hack away your precious vinyl.
if you set it up with the slim vinyl, when you use a thicker one, it'll have the same effect as a lower tonerarm. which is your best bet.
Great video on stuck tone arm adjustment. I took apart the tone arm apart. And the ring of the tone arm height adjustment is still stuck. I can’t move it. Any ideas how to unstick it. Some sites say use a heat gun. But not sure about that. Please let me know any ideas
@TheUzimis Thank you!!!, I never really taught of my self as much of a genius, but I'm glad you like the videos.
I will try to get my stuff sorted and get some more videos up soon.
Thanks again for your comment and kind words.
nice one!!!
Frank you legend mate. Proper helped me out this did. Cheers.
@TheReIntegration no problem, thank you for your feed back and your kind works.
I'm glad you like the video, thank you for your comment.
nice one!!!
Soo how much heigt for the concorde on the Technics SL1200 ????????
Thank-You. It's probably been 30 years since I used a turntable & I had forgotten about the "setup" after moving it. You saved me from a big Oopz!
no worries, I'm glad the video was useful.
thank you for your comment.
Thank you so much for your detailed video regarding VHA. I can't tell you how much you simplified the process of set-up. You rule and all the best to you and your vinyl acquisitions.
Hello, nice explanation, my question is if I have vinyls of 120g mixed with 180g in my collection, there must be some unlevel in the arm to adapt to all thickess of vinyls, because it can be perfect for 120g vinyls then not for 180g, right?.
Thank you.
@planey2k No problem, thank you for your feedback, I'm glad you like the video.
I never thought of my self as much of a teacher but now I actually quite enjoy it.
thanks again for your comment.
nice one!!!
@FerreNL thank you, I'm glad you like the video, I always like to keep things relaxed when I do my videos, I like people to enjoy watching my videos not feel like they are on a forum and there are too many rules.
thanks for your comment and your kind words.
nice one!!!
@mushroomleg yeah i can see your point it does seem a bit strange, but the reason is because all needles and cartages are different shapes and sizes, you could have an ortofon blue and set it level but if i than put a stanton 500 on there it will be a bit lower so ill have to re adjust it.
hope this helped and thats for your comment.
nice one!!!
Great guide, I think the tone arm height is is a good indicator but not the whole answer. I was eye-balling my LP120x putting more mats on and really checking the angle of the stylus and cantilever. It needed a bit higher up than I initially estimated purely going visually off the tone arm. You can see how the stylus behaves once everything drops.
Thanks a lot ! Just what I was looking for.
Technics should sponsor you.
Cheers mate
Key is "height adjustable tone arm".
A lot of turntables lower end or vintage don't have that.
So you can change the platter mat or if your using a standard type 1/2" mount head shell you can shim between the top of the cartridge and and bottom inside of head shell.
Your videos are excellent. Thank you.
I have two 1210MK2 and I simply cannot get the tone-arm to become parallel in neither. The first one has the height adjustment jammed up so I'll have to check your other video on fixing this. The second one however has a different issue. I rotate the height adjustment as low as possible and I still have the tone-arm base too high! Am I doing something wrong here? Thanks!!
The same question
hi yeah mine was jammed too so my advice is be really careful when messing around with the tonearm cause I broke mine even though I thought I was doing everything like he said in the video...
fantastic! Just got my Stanton ST150's today. So glad I watched your video today too!
Thanks, you've got talent for teaching.
Why would a needle slide outwards, i.e. off the vinyl? Adjusting the anti skating doesn't seem to do anything. Would this be a tweak with tone arm or a whole new tone arm? Only happens when lining up a track and it skips backwards off the whole vinyl?! Great video by the way.
Great video, very helpful. My question is can you adjust the pitch of the tonearm? What I mean is that when I bought my 1210 M5G's I noticed that one of the tonearms kind of was tilted inwards, like if a person was pigeon toed.
Agree, good video! So basically, as well as doing it by eye, as long as the ruler measurement is the same (back and front end), the tone arm height is set correctly?
Any help or ideas when the hight adjustment seems to be stuck!?
Got a pair of 1200s recently and I' m doing this straight ahead, once I have them freshly serviced and I got my new Ortofon cartridges. Thx 🙏
9yrs I owned some 1210's and never adjusted the arm height.. I know feel like a total plum! Great Vid and easy to understand!
thank you very much for your comment and kind words.
im glad the video was a help. hopefully more videos to come soon...
nice one!!!
all your videos really helped out tons. especially the led replacement of the target light. your the man. again thanks
Thank you. I love your videos. I have an SL-1500 and am going to get it into shape.
RobertJason11 That is an awesome Turntable!
I've owned 5 1200s, 1999-present. I got my original set right from trial and error, but good grief, this video breaks it all down. It's amazing. Thank you so much @viperfrank
finally step up to face the two turntables in my room. it's been sitting there for half a year since I bought it. Really wanna pick up what I used to like. but which comes first? the tonearm adjustment or the cartridge adjustment(counterweight)? Sry I'm new to this.
i would try weight adjustment. then tone arm height and the check weight one more time. after that check the anti skate. most people set anti skate to 0 if they scratch and back cue aggressive. this gentleman has a video for all of it and explains very well.
@viperfrank, cheers mate your vids r excellent. i have followed the tone arm and counterweight vids and still have really distorted sound.when i apply more pressure it sorts it. first i swapped the weight round, then moved it after seeing you say it was wrong. i put the tone arms at zero gravity, but then the weight only moves to 2 on dial. not enough tone arm space to move towards the needle end.. technics 1200. 1 ortofon & 1 technics head. ortofon more than technics but both still not perfect
Can you offer any advice on my tone arm lift not picking up or going down? Thanks
Hi mate I’ve just bought mk2 1210 and the lock moves but the rotars won’t move to adjust height , I can’t see from the video you unlocking and what the part you’re trying to move
Some excellent points. I honestly never gave it much thought of the thickness of the vinyl, sounds weird but I never have. Thanks again for the tips...
Thanks for the vid. Very informative. I have one turntable but the height adjustment wont budge. I unlock it and try to adjust up or down but its stuck. Do I need to replace the whole tonearms or what would you recommend? Thanks.
My tonearm is locked up on both decks, due to less than ideal storage conditions. yes I unfastened the actual lock. I want to fo from shure M447s to Concorde scratch mk2 or orto VNL's. Any recommendations?
Best explanation i experienced so far. Thanks!
Cheers mate, this had been confusing me. People said use a mirror but i wasn't sure what i was looking for
Does placing a 180g LP or heavier significantly alter the angle ? Because it's in effect thicker and thus raises the stylus contact angle ? Many say thicker records offer more bass, but it's likely because of the altered angle of the stylus ?
Good video but I can't figure out how to adjust my tone arm on my Onkyo 1116a turntable. Is it possible that it doesn't have any adjustment for leveling the tone arm? The manuals don't mention it, only talk about tracking force and antiskate.
I second the cooment below this, another great vid man but my 1210s height adjustment doesn't seem to go anywhere near as low as yours, any ideas?
@ellollio No problem, thank you for your comment and feed back.
Nice One ; )
i've never done this in over 20 years. definitley going to do it now
Thanks man!! But i can't do that with my Technics SL-1700... Can you help me to adjust the height and the antiskating??
Is the needle at 90 degrees to the cartridge (perpendicular) on most cartridges? thanks
hi there, nice vid
my dial that adjust the height is super stiff and I can't move it. I've tried a bit of oil but it still won't move.
what could you suggest?
please help
hi James, how do I adjust the lowering speed of the tonearm? It drops down too fast and hard. It also pops up quite fast as I use the lever to do it.
Is this the same thing as arm elevation? My turntable has an arm elevation and it looks more like a lever.
Awesome videos james... thanks to you i managed to replace both my tonearms and now my 15year old 1200s sounds much much better and SHINY!!! :) but one problem... they still somewhat skip every now and den when i do simple scratching, i calibrated both the tonearms with new headshell+carts&stylus and also levelled it as in this video.... hope you could advice on some other problems that might be happening :) thanks again james!!! nice record collection btw :)
Another neat move I've just read is to place the needle on the run-in of the stationary record and raise the height at the tonearm base until the bottom of the stylus housing is parallel with the record. Then do the measurements. This might be more protective of the stylus as you don't need to hold the tonearm level while adjusting with no chance of dropping or bumping.
Thanks for the video, the sound quality is way much more better! Anybody tried listening to the Lp without a Slipmat?
Thanks your videos have really helped...I just wanted to ask if a small spirit level be useful with the arm height adjustment?
It is gonna sound silly but, I don't know where to adjust the height. I have an old Akai AP-103 model with a broken needle. I've ordered the needle, it's on its way... But I can't find the place where you adjust the height on that model...
i use extra slipmats, isn't that an option too? cuz i cant turn mine. its stuck :(
Have you tried giving it a Deoxit D5 treatment?
I have a Audio-Technica AT-PL120 which looks exactly like your Technics, just silver instead of black. They must be made by the same company. Very solid direct drive turntable for the past 5 years.
Cheers for all you put up mate, much appreciated! Already replaced an rca cable from one of your videos and just sorted anti skating (on one only as one not doing it), tone arm height and cleaned contacts for needles etc. and seems a lot better sound wise :) Think my mixer and speakers need servicing but defo way better at the minute!
that's great, I always like hearing that my videos are helping people, glad to hear they are helping you.
thank you for your comment.
your vids are brilliant man!.thanks!
@plagueblack thank you, I'm glad you like the videos, I never thought I could be much of a teacher but I actually like it.
thanks again
nice one!!!
Hi Viperfrank, hope you can help me. I have a BSR 35CS Mcdonald record changer, everything works great except when I want to turn it off, and slide the slider to Auto so that it should turn off, the tonearm goes to the resting place and right away goes back to play the record. It does not go down upon the resting stand so that it should turn off. It use to work great but may be I touched some setting, please let me know how to do this.
Thanks in advance.
Great tutorials,,, saved me the trouble of having to explain much of it to some of my mates. Cheers
Awesome video - well made tutorial. Now I have balanced my 1210s to perfection with fresh needles on them. Thanks Viper ;)
Hi! Frank,
I have a minor problem with my SL 1200 type II... for some reason the adjuster
does not want to move while this TT is almost new so I'm afraid to force it and
lose it instead. You were my favorite technician or what is the proper title for you.
What can I do to break the mechanical lock that is giving me headache. Thank you
much Frank please give me that advice and should I need to pay, don't hesitate to
give me the bill.
mike
Hi, My Shure 447's don't allow for the height to be level, even on zero. Are u sure it applies to a headshell style cartridges? it''s as though there needs to be a -2 setting on the height adjust to make this levelling method possible.
I look forward to your reply. thanks.
So helpful and easy to follow. I'd played about with this before but not really known what I was doing - also your anti-skating video was very useful as I'm about to come into an old 1200 which I'm sure will need a bit of reset. Plus; some of the decks I've played on in clubs have been all over the place and thanks to your video - I now have some idea of why. Cheers!
Nice Job On The Video. Where Were You 20 years Ago I definitely Needed You Then.
Got an oldschool Gemini PT1000II with a ortofon concorde pro s needle, despite lowering the armature to its base setting it still wont sit flat. Are there any solutions? Thicker slips? Thanks in advance!
Im new to this and have a ortofon concorde pro s on the audio technica ATLP-120... Is the same process necessary?!?!?!
i have a pair of technics and the height adjustment knot will not move on both of them,if i add a little bit of WD-40,will it damage the turntable?
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When measureing one is always lower and the tone arm sits on the record kind of slanted to the inside sometimes causin my cartridge to scrape the record. Is the any way of adjusting the pitch or roll on my tonearm. Sorry for using aviation terms but its the only was to get my point across with out taking photos.
Hi mate. Just picked up a 2nd hand 1200 mk5. Is it normal for the tone arm adjustment to be really difficult to adjust. Its taking so much force to adjust it its actually making the deck. The setting is set to unlock too so its not locked. Does something need to be looked at and repaired here? Thanks
hmm from what i think the needle is already leaning when it's not in the groove by default, and when you drop the needle it is basically go vertically in the groove so either you extend the height or not i think there's no difference and there's a different Vinyl anyway, thinner or thicker. That's why other turntable have a fix height
I just bought new pioneer plx turntables one needle doesn't reach the vynl at all can you help me
The arm of my turtable don't come back at the end of the disc. How can i fix that? Thank you so much
great video but is this information intended for dj decks only? i have a regular record player I cannot find height adjustments
Do you know what the problem is on a 1600MK2 TT when the cuing operates the tonearm but it fails to stay in the "up" position unless activated 4-5 times?
Hi Mark what its the best settings for you high adjust mm for ortofon concorde ? Greetings
I had a similar problem and whilst this tutorial is good I think it may be slightly inaccurate, I found a very handy tutorial on the ortofon website. Cant post the link but if you google, "ortofon how to set up a turntable" you should find the tutorial easy enough.
Hope this helps.
Hi, please can you tell me how can i do this adjustment on my sl 1700 ??
Thanks!
Hi, I still cannot seem to get the arm completely level. Another issue is with the counterweight at 3.5 the stylus does not settle firmly in the grooves. It needs a coin on the headshell. How do I increase the counterweight effect when it will need go any further ? Thanks,
how do you actually move the toner arm up & down like at 5min 10 ? Cant seem to adjust the height on my reloop turntables
My anti-skip knob broke off, how do you replace it on a 1200 MK2?
@MsOliver02 thank you very much i'm happy you like the video.
nice one!!!!