Hello,
I have finally joined the vinyl 'revolution' and last week bought a Technics SL D21 Automatic Direct Drive turntable. It is fitted with an Ortofon TM20H cartridge and stylus. The cartridge and stylus are obviously not original.
Not entirely surprisingly I have had some fun setting up the turntable. The instructions suggest setting both the tracking force and the anti-skating setting to 1.25g. However on doing so when cueing down (more of this latter) the the arm swings violently inwards. After much fiddling I have set the tracking force to 1.5g (top end of the range recommended for the cartridge) and the anti-skating to just under 1.0g. However I still have a couple issues that I would appreciate some help with:
1) Whatever height I have the stylus set at when cued up when I cue down the stylus mostly does not even reach the record on the platter, and if it does, it is too light to stay in the grooves and it skips inwards. The only way I can keep the stylus in a groove is to essentially cue manually and 'press' (gently of course) the stylus in. This happens whatever setting I have the tracking force set to (high or low). I am wondering whether the pivot itself needs lubrciation. It does not feel stiff but this lack to automatic cueing is both annoying and problematic. Any idea would be welcome, including advice as to what lubrucation may help the arm pivot.
2) The movement of the arm in and out does seem a little unreliabe. When cueing down the arm does swinf inwards occasionally, but not always. As mentioned the lack of pressure does seem to lead to skipping inwards but once I have ensured the stylus in the groove there is no skipping.
This could be start of many questions but I am looking forward to help!
Cheers,
Ian
I have finally joined the vinyl 'revolution' and last week bought a Technics SL D21 Automatic Direct Drive turntable. It is fitted with an Ortofon TM20H cartridge and stylus. The cartridge and stylus are obviously not original.
Not entirely surprisingly I have had some fun setting up the turntable. The instructions suggest setting both the tracking force and the anti-skating setting to 1.25g. However on doing so when cueing down (more of this latter) the the arm swings violently inwards. After much fiddling I have set the tracking force to 1.5g (top end of the range recommended for the cartridge) and the anti-skating to just under 1.0g. However I still have a couple issues that I would appreciate some help with:
1) Whatever height I have the stylus set at when cued up when I cue down the stylus mostly does not even reach the record on the platter, and if it does, it is too light to stay in the grooves and it skips inwards. The only way I can keep the stylus in a groove is to essentially cue manually and 'press' (gently of course) the stylus in. This happens whatever setting I have the tracking force set to (high or low). I am wondering whether the pivot itself needs lubrciation. It does not feel stiff but this lack to automatic cueing is both annoying and problematic. Any idea would be welcome, including advice as to what lubrucation may help the arm pivot.
2) The movement of the arm in and out does seem a little unreliabe. When cueing down the arm does swinf inwards occasionally, but not always. As mentioned the lack of pressure does seem to lead to skipping inwards but once I have ensured the stylus in the groove there is no skipping.
This could be start of many questions but I am looking forward to help!
Cheers,
Ian