TROUBLE SHOOTING CHART
TROUBLE
CAUSE
REMEDY
Record drive does not rotate
No batteries
Install batteries
Faulty switch or battery contact
Clean or re-form
Motor wires broken
Replace or solder
Faulty motor
Replace item 5
Drive mechanism bound
Free or replace item 5
Grease or oil on belt or motor shaft
spring
Clean or replace
Belts off or broken
Replace
Record drives but no sound
Tone arm broken
Replace item 17
Needle broken or missing
Replace item 17
Tone arm not in guide socket
Put back in socket
Damaged speaker cone
Replace item 4
Lever sticks
Bent lever
Replace item 13
Broken or missing lever plate
Replace item 13
Broken or missing return spring
Replace
Lever operates, but picture does not
advance
Bent “reel finger” on lever plate
Replace item 13
Lever operates but tone arm does not
advance to next record track
Deformed advance lever
Replace item 13
Missing or broken advance lever
spring
Replace item 16
Missing or broken tone arm return
spring
Replace item 15
Tone arm missing or broken
Replace item 17
Tone arm not in guide socket
Put back in socket
Tone arm does not return to track No.
1 when reset button is pressed
Missing or broken tone arm return
spring
Replace item 15
Missing or broken advance lever
spring
Replace item 16
Record speed too slow
Dead or run down batteries
Replace batteries
Drive mechanism dragging
Free, or replace item 5
Grease or oil on belt or motor shaft
spring
Clean or replace
Sound Garbled
System running too slow
See above
Faulty needle
Replace item 17
Faulty tone arm
Replace item 17
Faulty speaker cone
Replace item 4
Record squeaks
On viewers with tan intermediate plate put 2 drops light oil on back
(ungrooved) side of record, insert and rotate. On all other viewers replace
item 13. Check, and replace needle if necessary.
Note: To increase speed, replace spring (7) with red spring.
To decrease speed, replace spring (7) with green spring.
JUNE 1970
CONSUMER PHOTO DIVISION
