I have purchased a Crosley cr40 mini turntable which has a american ac adpater. I bought a universal adaptor and my record player started spinning but a small plume of smoke started coming from the plug of the adapter itself. I immediately removed it. But when I re plug it the record player doesn't spin. I opened the record player carefully and there doesn't to seem to be any visible damage to the circuts at all. So I am assuming it's just the plug itself that needs the fuse to be changed? There wasn't any smoke or anything from inside the record plyer itself just the plug. There isn't any Crosley repair places here in london but just wondering if there was a equivalent adaptor I coud use for it. Do you thin internal parts may be messed up?

If the voice coil to the speaker is damaged, you have to replace it with an other one.

If it is still under warranty then it's best to get in touch with Crosley and get them to send an engineer out. It's perhaps an out of place switch or broken one.

If it is not equipped with ground wiring and sockets etc., it dont need it..

I don't think it's likely that the motor is in trouble just by having the belt wrong. It would require more physical damage to cause the motor to play up. Having said that the motor could have been in trouble before you touched the belt. But you do need a new belt, all you need to do is measure the diameter of the belt in mm. You might also need to measure the width. To find a new belt put the words "turntable drive belt XXmm" into Google. You can add Crosley to the start, but many belts are universal. Your measurements don't need to be spot on with the diameter, so if you have measured it at say 95mm, a 90mm to 100mm belt will do the job. However fitting the new belt is a different matter. You need to know the correct way, or the speed might be wrong. I can't help you with the fitting of it, so you will need to check how to do it. Some makes have YouTube videos of the fitting. I would just look for Crosley and see if any look like your model.

If fitted correctly and there's a problem with speed still, then you should look more closely at the motor.

If it has a fuse I would replace it then if it still doesn't work that would mean you damaged it with high voltage.

Check to see if the belt that drives the turntable is slack or off.

Check all the cables and connections IE to the cartridge. If the problem continues contact the dealer who sold it you.

is a appliance problem or a record player or what

It sounds like you have too much pressure on the tone arm. Check the underside for springs. You might be able to remedy the problem the old fashioned way. Tape a coin onto the top of the tone arm, as far to the rear as possible. This will eliminate some of the downward pressure onto the record.

I had this same problem with my Crosley 704 and it bamboozled me to no end.

After digging around I dug up the manual online (I bought mine used so I didn't have one to consult). It turns out the record stops when it gets to the end, and to get it spinning again you have to lift up the tone arm and move it right (past the holding latch) until it clicks, and voila, it starts spinning again, ready for a new record.

You'd think that they coulda made it more obvious :(