How to fix replace Technics SL1200 tone arm Part 2

0:00 We've got one, two, three, four, five screws that need to be undone

Right, this is under the platter. We've got one, two, three, four, five screws that need to be undone. Right, I've unscrewed those screws very quickly. Here you've got a power setting. Now the power setting will be set for your country. Don't be a numpty and think, you know, if your setting, let's say in your country, is at 110-120 and if you knock it up to 220-240 it'll go faster. It won't, because all you'll probably get is a puff of black smoke and a knackered turntable. So better leave that alone. Alright, what have we got? One half of the direct drive motor, circuit board, and we've got the power supply here, and bearing in mind, always unplug it before you do anything like this. Absolutely anything. Now, if you have got lots of problems here, I'm not sure of the cost of a circuit board, but

1:31 That, that's starting to move

Comment, please let me know. I would personally say it may be in your best interest just to buy a complete new circuit board if you've got a lot of problems here and replace it yourself because watch this, alright? That unplugs there. That unplugs. That unplugs there. Now watch this. I'm going to now unscrew there. I'm going to unscrew there. I'm going to unscrew there as well. Got rid of all those and I'm going to pull this out here. Okay, so if you think about it now, if you look at that, that's starting to move. The reason being there's only one, two, three more screws. So we'll undo those and we'll have a look. Okay, I've undone the three screws. We've got a yellow and a blue cable that are attached here. Now, if you know how to use a soldering iron, it is literally a case of soldering off, putting back on. Always make sure...

2:33 Bearing in mind, don't start chucking loads of water at it

Which one goes where? And look, now I can lift that entire unit out. Take that off and look, that is part and parcel of the direct drive motor. So what I'm going to do now, to show you, I'm just going to put it back together. But I'll have to pause the camera otherwise I'll be time out. OK, I've got it back into position but I haven't screwed it in yet. Right, I'm screwing it back in and that has been out. And it's pretty secure. One major point here, if your turntable is less than a year old and you bought it from a legitimate shop then theoretically you should have a year's warranty so there's no need to do any of this because if there's a manufacturer's fault basically the shop should theoretically replace or fix it for free. If though it's over a year old then something like this taking this off

And, you know, looking inside, giving it a clean won't do it any harm. Now, bearing in mind, don't start chucking loads of water at it. All you need is a damp cloth, no detergent, there's nothing like that needed, and give it a clean. You can see there's loads of rubbish in here because what generally does happen, you know, some little numpty comes along, spills a beer in here and you've got like... You don't never end up with beer, you just end up like that. I mean, believe me, that is just sticky sugar because that's beer. Wine, coke has gone in there. It's gone all over the place. Alright, a little bit of an insight here into a Technics SL1200 turntable and hopefully one day soon I'll show you how to replace the cue light but they are an absolute pain in the arse. Practice and enjoy.

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