Columbia 229 turntable

[Andy - G8MNM]

Hi,

Perhaps .DOCX files could be posted as .DOC for the benefit of us mortals that don't have Office 2007.
(Although I am alright cause Open Office on my Mac opens them!)
Get a lot of school kids save work on the home computer as docx which then won't open on the school computers with Office 2003.
Just a fiendish plot by Bill Gates.

Just a thought anyway

Andy

[signalman4]

Hi,

I have just acquired a Columbia 229B turntable and looking for some advice and help.

Does anyone know what date these units came into use?

Inside the base, I found a large grommet and a packet of needles.

There is a buzzing from the motor and the auto stop mechanism appears to be worn away and doesn't work but that's not a problem at the moment.

The coil in the pickup seems to be intact but I'm puzzling over a little tag board with a couple of resistors that is providing a junction point for the pickup wiring. There is a screw and washer that appears to be connect with these resistors but don't know what they are used for.

Earlier in this posting someone mentioned the rubber parts in the pickup going hard. I assume that this will cause a low output but please correct me if I got it wrong.

Does anyone have a way to fix these faults.

Is there any service data for this unit as I would like to get it working properly.

Cheers.