Distorted sound on Technics SL-1200/1210

There's nothing special about a ground wire! All you need is a piece of single standard wire that connects to an earth point on either the receiver - generally a screw terminal, or a earth point in your home. Say a metal pipe. Any electrical shop will have a strand of wire that will do the job.

There's nothing wrong with the turntable then. It's your receiver that's the problem. In order to hear a magnetic cartridge it has to go via a pre-amp. It's this pre-amp that has failed in your receiver. It's only used by a turntable so wouldn't affect anything else. You should be able to trace this pre-amp by following the turntable socket wires. It will probably be a small IC that has failed. If you look up the number you should find it.

Technics SL BD22
Cheers john. Stylus City

Hi, check to make sure the headshell is fitted properly to the tone arm and that the stylus is not damaged. Cheers john. Styluscity

is this direct drive or belt drive?i have a tchnics 1200 mk 11

I found your manuals below:

Technics:

http://www.givemefile.net/manuals/musical_instruments/technics/sl-dz1200.html

Pioneer:

http://www.nodevice.com/user_manual/pioneer/dj_mixer/djm-600.html

are you sure you have your tt's plugged into the phono line with the master booth knob turned up? Check the mixer too cuz the techs should be square.

Does your receiver have a dedicated phono input? If not you'll need to use a preamp between the turntable and receiver. Your other turntable may have a preamp built in and the Technics not.

If this does not help, please post the brand and model of both your receiver and your other turntable.

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Hope this may help;

Regards,
VOTIT

Do you have the unit in Turntable mode? Can you describe the distorted sound? Is it a hum, sound cuts in/out, scratchy sound? There have been alot of issues which plagued this unit. We get at least 1-2 a week in here for various issues. Although, I've never had one with distorted sound, that wasn't caused by something else (bad RCA cables, faulty mixer line, etc).

So make sure it is the unit. If so, you will need to take this in to a qualified service center for repair as determining the issue requires the tech run some test on the unit.


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