Anyone with Vinylengine.com access?

[The_Taffinch]

Hi All,

Is anyone registered with Vinyl Engine and could download a couple of user manuals for me? I thought I was registered, but can't find either my username or password (I have tried all combinations) without success, and the forum is closed for new registrations for some reason.

I have bought myself an early Christmas pressie and taken the plunge on a vintage Ariston RD-11e and Jelco SA50 tonearm...and would like to get hold of the manuals to answer questions (hopefully) such as any cartridge positioning info for the tonearm and why the TT has two pitch control dials

The links are:
https://www.vinylengine.com/library/ariston/rd-11.shtml

and

https://www.vinylengine.com/library/jelco/sa-50.shtml

Huge thanks in advance to anyone who could spare the time to do this. VinylEngine is the only place I can find which has scans of the original manuals.

 

[daytona600]

RD11 Design was stolen by Linn for the LP12
After this ariston had no funds left and the RD11e was a re-badged Fons FQ30

Jelco SA-50 has a S shaped arm with plug in cartridge
Ortofon SPU , Music , Concordes just plug in

 

[nopiano]

I’d love to help, but for the last six months or so I get a VPN error from Vinyl Engine. They offer me to contact them if I cannot resolve it, but don’t seem to appreciate that contact via a web form also fails to work.

My distant recollection is that each speed had a separate pot on the Ariston, so you just need an incandescent bulb to shine on the strobe markings. Arm alignment can be done with any standard protractor.