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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

 

 

 

 

 

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