Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Is this drawer-loading record player from 1983 too over-engineered for a novice to repair? We were able to partially diagnose a problem by "laying hands" on one of the circuit boards. While it can still be played in manual mode, the Double Eye sensor is not working. In this video (let's call it "part 1") we'll tiptoe around the edges and diagnose what we can without committing to an hours-long "Techmoan level" of disassembly.
0:00 Introduction
0:30 The Turntable that Turns Heads
1:10 A Tradeoff of Speed for Stacking
1:33 Influenced by the CD Era
2:05 The Turntable's Blind Eye
2:36 Dummy Play Mode
3:15 Looking Under the Cartridge
3:30 Some Phono Faith Healing
4:15 Shining a Light on the Problem
4:45 Hood mounted Sensor and LED
5:13 Tracing Tonearm Continuity
5:44 Temporary Ground Wire Experiment
6:28 Is it worth the time?
6:46 Dead Channel, Shorts A Plenty
7:14 Concluding Thoughts
Is this drawer-loading record player from 1983 too over-engineered for a novice to repair? We were able to partially diagnose a problem by "laying hands" on one of the circuit boards. While it can still be played in manual mode, the Double Eye sensor is not working. In this video (let's call it "part 1") we'll tiptoe around the edges and diagnose what we can without committing to an hours-long "Techmoan level" of disassembly.
0:00 Introduction
0:30 The Turntable that Turns Heads
1:10 A Tradeoff of Speed for Stacking
1:33 Influenced by the CD Era
2:05 The Turntable's Blind Eye
2:36 Dummy Play Mode
3:15 Looking Under the Cartridge
3:30 Some Phono Faith Healing
4:15 Shining a Light on the Problem
4:45 Hood mounted Sensor and LED
5:13 Tracing Tonearm Continuity
5:44 Temporary Ground Wire Experiment
6:28 Is it worth the time?
6:46 Dead Channel, Shorts A Plenty
7:14 Concluding Thoughts
