I have a Pioneer PL-L1000 that I bought from someone locally around a year ago (replaced the tonearm belt after I got it) and it has been working perfectly ever since. I was playing a record a couple days ago and at the end of the album the arm didn't lift and return to rest but stayed spinning at the end of the record.
I figured it just wasn't detecting the end of the album so pressed the stop button and suddenly the motor began making a loud noise. I had to turn the power off because the tonearm wouldn't respond to the stop button or jog wheel. I moved the arm down the rails manually when the power was off but as soon as I turned it back on the loud motor noise instantly began and the tonearm immediately began moving quickly/jerking back and forth on the rails. The only way to stop the arm from moving was to lock it down or to turn the power off--the auto start/stop/jog wheel don't work. The motor will not stop unless the power is off.
When I first got the table, I spent a long time setting it up to make sure it was level and have used it fairly frequently without ever having a problem. I've read through multiple forums but haven't found anything describing a similar issue. Wanted to see if anyone had an idea about what might have suddenly caused this.
I figured it just wasn't detecting the end of the album so pressed the stop button and suddenly the motor began making a loud noise. I had to turn the power off because the tonearm wouldn't respond to the stop button or jog wheel. I moved the arm down the rails manually when the power was off but as soon as I turned it back on the loud motor noise instantly began and the tonearm immediately began moving quickly/jerking back and forth on the rails. The only way to stop the arm from moving was to lock it down or to turn the power off--the auto start/stop/jog wheel don't work. The motor will not stop unless the power is off.
When I first got the table, I spent a long time setting it up to make sure it was level and have used it fairly frequently without ever having a problem. I've read through multiple forums but haven't found anything describing a similar issue. Wanted to see if anyone had an idea about what might have suddenly caused this.
