Kenwood KD-2055
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Have you released the catch on top of the tone arm rest? It has to be flipped over out of the way before the arm will move.
Sorry have done this also still nothing, not even a slight hint of movement
Cosmic Charlie
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My KD5100 has a seperate motor w/ belt that drives the tone arm? maybe a missing or slipping belt?. CC
could be but when I took the bottom off I could not see any broken peices or any thing. I could not see where a belt would go but something has to drive the arm I would think, belt gears something....
pjsjr
Playing Around
rang, the KD 2055 is not an automatic TT.
You have the move the lever on the right front forward to play, to start the platter spinning. Then lift the tonearm and place it over the record...if you have the cueing lever in the up position...move it so the tonearm drops gently on the playing surface.
The tonearm will return after it reaches the runout grooves at the end of the record.
Go to vinylengine.com and download the owner's manual and/or the service manual. HTH, Preston
You have the move the lever on the right front forward to play, to start the platter spinning. Then lift the tonearm and place it over the record...if you have the cueing lever in the up position...move it so the tonearm drops gently on the playing surface.
The tonearm will return after it reaches the runout grooves at the end of the record.
Go to vinylengine.com and download the owner's manual and/or the service manual. HTH, Preston
thank you very much..... I did not know that this was not a automatic TT. I tested the TT out and it played like it should and everything worked but the tonearm did not return at the end of the record... not sure if the arm is to return or not... maybe this is what is broken on the TT. Heck I only paid $25 for the TT.
pjsjr
Playing Around
Your welcome, I've received a lot of help and info here, glad to be able to do the same!
When I got mine it would not return automatically AS IT SHOULD...I cleaned and "played around" with the controls/mechanisms in the bottom. Wish I could tell you what I did to fix it but I
. Download the service manual...it shows places to lubricate on the return mechanism...FWIW I didn't have the service manual when I 'fixed' mine:scratch2:. Preston
boreas
"If it sounds good, it IS good." E.K.E.
When you download the SM from the VinylEngine go to page 4 and study it carefully while at the same time looking at the turntable. Your answer is likely to be found there.
John
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Thanks John.... I have downloaded the SM and studied both of them with the TT apart and the only thing that I can see that does not make sense to me is the detecting operation arm and the detection arm are not working as they should but I can't see any missing parts or broken parts.
The detecting operation arm is very loose and when I move the piece it does nothing to the detection arm... I think this is where the issue is but I am not sure. Do you know if this detecting operation arm is supposed to be tight or loose? Right now it is very loose and does nothing
thanks
Eric
boreas
"If it sounds good, it IS good." E.K.E.
I'll start by saying that I've never worked on a Kenwood or even seen the inside of one. In looking at the SM, however, it looks like the detecting operation arm (A) is tripped by the "return arm" which is not identified in the diagram but I believe it's the arm extending out from the tonearm pivot and terminating in a sort of square hook that engages (A) as a consequence of tonearm traveling into the runout grooves (called here the "guide groove"). I don't actually think the detection arm does anything unless you manually "cut" playback by operating the "Cut Button".
There may be an adjustment on the return arm that alters the point on the record at which the arm is raised. You can check this by starting the turntable and, with the arm in the raised position, move it in toward the center. Once you're in the "dead wax" move it very gradually in toward the spindle and see if the mechanism activates. You might even have to move the arm in so far that the stylus is over the label.
If nothing happens try opening the turntable up again and move the arm inward while watching the mechanism from below. See what happens.
Good luck. Maybe someone with Kenwood experience will pipe up.
John
pjsjr
Playing Around
rang, take the platter off, there should be a small pin in a white plastic 'nut' on the backside of the platter. This trips the long lever seen in the second pic that returns the TA.
Move the play lever to play and trip the lever by hand(pull it towards the front of the TT) and insure that the mechanism works. HTH, Preston
Move the play lever to play and trip the lever by hand(pull it towards the front of the TT) and insure that the mechanism works. HTH, Preston
boreas
"If it sounds good, it IS good." E.K.E.
rang, take the platter off, there should be a small pin in a white plastic 'nut' on the backside of the platter. This trips the long lever seen in the second pic that returns the TA.
Move the play lever to play and trip the lever by hand(pull it towards the front of the TT) and insure that the mechanism works. HTH, Preston
Aha! Pioneer DD turntables use a similar system but the mechanism is internal and the pin is attached to the spindle.
There's an adjustment arm. It wasn't clear from the SM what it adjusted but it appears from your photo that it lengthens the arm, sort of a rack and pinion deal. A longer arm would engage the pin earlier, a shorter arm later, short enough and the pin would miss it altogether. Am I seeing this correctly?
John
boreas
"If it sounds good, it IS good." E.K.E.
Hi John, I can't see where there is any adjustment on the automatic mechanism shown on page four of the SM.
The part that's called detection adj. knob on mine is stationary and doesn't move
Weird!
John
rang, take the platter off, there should be a small pin in a white plastic 'nut' on the backside of the platter. This trips the long lever seen in the second pic that returns the TA.
Move the play lever to play and trip the lever by hand(pull it towards the front of the TT) and insure that the mechanism works. HTH, Preston
yes this is all there.... and I when I do this by hand the TA picks up like it should.
rang, take the platter off, there should be a small pin in a white plastic 'nut' on the backside of the platter. This trips the long lever seen in the second pic that returns the TA.
Move the play lever to play and trip the lever by hand(pull it towards the front of the TT) and insure that the mechanism works. HTH, Preston
pjsjr,
if you look at the second picture you posted you can see the metal detecting operation arm. is that tight or loose? On the TT it is very loose and when the TA hits this it does nothing at all.
pjsjr
Playing Around
rang, after looking at your photos closer I see where the problem is...you are missing a part or parts that work in conjunction with the dectecting operation arm.
I've taken a quick pic for now and if we need more I'll do that tomorrow in the daylight.
See that curved, kinda like a backward question mark shaped white plastic piece to the left of the detecting operation arm? That is what your missing. HTH, Preston
I've taken a quick pic for now and if we need more I'll do that tomorrow in the daylight.
See that curved, kinda like a backward question mark shaped white plastic piece to the left of the detecting operation arm? That is what your missing. HTH, Preston
