Hi, I have a Technics SL-1900 turntable, the tonearm lift control handle moves up and down fine, but tonearm remains in up position. Is it possible to fix so tonearm will lower to play the record? thanks, Steve
I have also had this problem with the same model turntable. I opened mine up and the problem seems to have been that the grease on the arm lift and cueing lever was gumming up the linkage between the two. (I suspect that my turntable hadn't been used in some time.) I managed to free up the parts by manually working the the arm lift (pressing it down) several times. I'm not sure that I needed to open up the chasis for this fix but it did help me to see what was going on. Good luck with yours.
Tim Orange
The Levitator is a tone arm "auto lifter" for turn tables and record players that do not have an "auto-return" feature, or has one that is broken. If your needle rides in the "wax trail-off" area of a record it can damage the needle, along with making a horrible noise. It is not enjoyable to have to babysit your records and manually take your tone arm off the record the moment it is done. The Levitator does it for you so you can relax and go about your business. When the record is done the tone arm trips the lever triggering the lifter to raise your tone arm/needle off the record. It is designed with adjustable height to fit any turntable. These are available for sale through Ebay,or please see video to order your own. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS6g9rQRF9M
I have the same problem. It seems to be a hydraulic issue that would
involve getting inside the 1900 to repair -- way beyond my expertise. A
simple workaround is to:
Move the start/stop switch
to "start" to engage the turntable. The turntable will lift the tonearm
and move it over the record. After about 30 seconds, the plastic bridge
that keeps the tonearm raised will "unlock" and you can push it down
manually to drop the needle on the record.
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