At 11:21 PM 4/3/2001 -0400, alan r lucas wrote:
quoted 4 lines how come some records will cause the tone arm to go back to its cradle>how come some records will cause the tone arm to go back to its cradle
>while some others don't? seems a lot of my records don't do this.
>
>just wondering.
It depends on the turntable, the cut of the record, and how close to the
center the record is cut.
Most turntables trigger the "auto-return" after it has spun a certain
amount towards the center of the record (usually well before the center
label). If there's a locked groove before this, it'll just keep spinning
in said groove forever. Also, if the spin-out grooves don't extend far
enough towards the center of the record, or if the tone arm is aligned a
little off, it won't trigger the auto-return.
I've only had this situation on records with locked-grooves at the end,
though, so you probably have your tone arm misaligned a smidgeon.
cheers,
/derek
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