It's a bog-standard Eclipse model, bought from Richer Sounds. I've long since lost the manual of course.
― Daniel (dancity), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 19:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
Assuming the belt isn't snapped it should be easy enough to remove the platter and reattach the belt to...er..where it should be attached to. I have to do this quite often on my NAD 5120. I keep meaning to get a new belt because I can only get the deck to go at 33 rpm and I think it's because the belt's stretched. Could be wrong about that.
― David (David), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 20:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
The belt is fine. It's abundantly clear that it's supposed to go around the white knob-like thing on the left. Where I'm having trouble is where to wrap it around on the right, where all the more compicated black plastic is. The belt looks way too long. Is there any obvious fact i'm missing?
― Daniel (dancity), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 20:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
Maybe there's a tension roller somewhere else in the chassis? The last time I looked inside my own turntable it was a fairly basic connection, just one point on the motor and other on the underside of the platter. On mine, there were two circles on the underside of the platter, and it was the outer one that needed to be used to make the belt the right length. YMMV of course, depending on your particular model, so it's probably best to ignore me.
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 21:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
one month passes...
thirteen years pass...
Hellos.
My 17-year-old Ariston turntable has started making a weird whinnying sound if its been playing for more than 15-20 minutes. Someone on Facebook suggested I replace the belt, which has never been replaced in its lifetime, as the belt can sometimes make that weird noise if its too old.
I've tried to purchase replacement belts online, but if they're even a few millimeters too long, it seems, there's a massive impact on the speed of the record player - if too tight, too fast, if too loose, too slow. Like, an unlistenable impact.
So:
a) do I need to let one of these new, tighter belts run in, or are they just too big?
b) is it the belt that is causing this problem?
I am v close to getting rid of the turntable and buying another (old) one off eBay but am also worried that I will hit a similar impossible-to-remedy problem.
I am also newly reconverted to the appeal of CDs now (not really, the tray of my CD player is also busted and I can only put CDs on through the use of a bent up piece of thin metal).
ANY help or advice appreciated.
― woke newt (stevie), Saturday, 16 July 2016 12:45 (seven years ago) link