20 Most Recent Technics SL-1210 Turntable - Page 2 Questions & Answers

Tried another needle and cleaned the contacts of the tonearm and this needle and recordddd? measured the connections from your rca cables to the tone arm output? How old is the unit and have you ever replaced the tonearmwire(in the arm itself, the standard one sucks) and the external rca cable. Then it's about time if you havent. The standard cables are outdated and it will cost you together about 100euro, wires are about 70 euro for in your arm and buy some nice rca cables for 30 euro, not from technics which lay on the shelves for over ten years. It really souns better. I have a person which makes real nice cables for just 40 euro a pair, shielded , good rca plugs(i have phono outputs on all tables, no pcb, but those are wbt and are 100 euro a pair. The cables from that men really sounded good, while the denon distributeur sold me some different oyaide cables and i noticed nothing. The 1200 mk2 series are now really at an age that you need to refurbish the caps and resistors and wires and the spindlebearing and housing.... And don't let it be done by a so called service centre, do it yourself, 40 euro job for capacitors and 30 for the spindle and he is as new. greetings

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Hi, it is likely the belt has come off. Remove platter to check. Cheers john. Stylus City

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To really be sure, under a microscope to look at the diamiond, but i haven\'t seen one channel oke and one chanel no sound. Then it should allways makes sound , only ckrackling. So be sure your wires are fit by tightening the connection and measure your output till the last connection with your stylus and move your connections a bit , if that\'s allright , then is it a cable or input from something outside your tt. But have you checked it also with first cleaning your needle well and another record and lift each side of the turntable a bit. Sometimes is one dust particle enough, even with a new stylus. Is your output line or phono? O a technics, take the whole needle out and those fours pins you have to lubricate with right stuf ( a tiny bit ) and move them in and out and you havent cheked the connection with your om/concorde, but i think that one pin won\'t come out totally, so pull a bit ( after lubrication ) push them all inside and watch if they come all four back. And pls replace those terrible quality rca cables from technics, they are crap and a nice pair from another brand is only 30 euro a pair, but you needle ain\'t broke for sure and does it work with another unit?.......(still clean and lubricate the stuff).I hear from you.

Are you using a magnetic "PHONO" input on your amp/receiver, or just a line/aux input? The 'good' turntables from the 70's - 80's used magnetic catridges with a very low level output - you will need a phono preamp in order to hear the turntable. Only phonos (Crosly) that use ceramic catridges generate enough voltage without a preamp. Good luck and let me know if that answered your question.

Well, it's a turntable, so cd's win't work. But in general you can say that if he just takes the cd inside ans spin for a while, the laser is just dirty. When he spins only for a sec with a good cd and throws it out or doesn't spin at all, your unit is dead . greats richard

You have a bad rca that tends to happen after time ... your gonna have to open up that table and un soder the old rca and replace with a new one. also check your ground cable

Problem If you swapped the two TT's would the problem stay with the connection on your mixer? At least then you/we would know wherein lies the problem. I'm betting thge low volume is because you have the phono jacked into a line level input like AUX instead of PHONO.

Typically, what you're describing is a phone source plugged into a NON-phono connection. (Tinny, low volume - classic lack of a phono preamplifier with RIAA equaliztion). A standard old-school tuntable requires a phono preamp that is labeled "PHONO". Nothing else will give it the boost and freq response correction LP's and phono cartridges produce.

Your problem #2 alludes to a channel problem with a turntable running through your mixer. This isn't rocket science. Swapping the two turntable channels around would probably change the apparent failing channel, right? Yes - Problem out at the turntable. No - problem in the mixer. You've already hinted at the source by monkeying with the tonearm wiring. You're on the right track. The tiny multi-colored wires in the cartridge shell are very thin and delicate. Their brass fittings sometimes oxidize and reseating them as you have done usually gives some relief. Kinks in the wires could cause your intermittent symptom. At the RCA end of the tonearm cables, make sure they're seated on with a twist to wipe off oxide.

Problem #3. Is it just bothering you or is there a functional problem, too?

I have had the same problem on my 1210 MKII. I have taken it apart a number of times to replace the original lights with LED's, and naturally thought I messed something up in the reassembly. I actually found that the problem was in the connection between the tone-arm and the pick-up "housing".(Pardon my bad english) There is a little rubber band in between, and sometimes you have to unscrew the "housing" flip the rubber band, and screw it back on pretty hard. Also try cleaning the four contact pins before screwing it back on. I have heard of quite a few having this problem. A pretty obvious thing to do, but I had not thought of it, and it would have saved my from taking the entire machine apart several times.
Good Luck

Try cleaning with electronic contact cleaner, spray in and slide, repeat, repeat. These table get dirty in the slider.

You will have to go inside the turntable via the underside of it. Look around for fuses. Also check for any burned parts.

Any that has a magnetic cartridge pre-amp built in.

check fuse in plug, then plug it in another socket, if still no joy, then the transformer has gone.....

I'm afraid it could be many things, most likely nothing to do with the pitch control. I believe you have a Direct Drive motor, so that maybe bad. There is a circuit that operates with a microprocessor(computer) IC, called a Phase Lock Loop, which is what keeps the pitch accurate. Anything there could be bad. More more information, or should you have more questions, please visit my website at audioserviceclinic.com. I may be contacted through the website. Thank you.

I'd say the cartridge is getting tired. Swap the head shells with carts and test. Cheers john. Styluscity

You need to move the tone arm across to the record for it to start. Cheers john