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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