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Hello everyone.
I recently stumbled upon a lovely 2202 turntable (Model 5741) on its way to being thrown out, which I just couldn't let happen. Unfortunately both the sound and power cables had been cut, but after replacing the powercable, everything seems to be working fine. I don't know about the pickup yet, but all functions, the belt etc. seems to be in working order, so I feel like it is definitely worth a try to fix the sound cable :)
I believe there isn't really anything other to be done than completely replacing the cable - see pictures.
How would you go about repairing this? Is it possible to resolder it with some sort of DIN cable, without damaging the fine cords connecting the pickup?
I have never owned a record player before, so I am definitely open to suggestions, regarding which kind of setup would fit this turntable!
Thank you very much,
Rasmus
Hi Rasmus,
of course you can! You are lucky to see how the original is connected. You need to get a double-shielded audio cable or at least a cable with an extra line, normally used in car-hifi for switching the amp. The black and white is left and right, then comes ground and the thick copper shield is connected to earth (chassis) which is connected to the outer ring of the DIN-plug.
An often seen weak point is the lift mechanism, which is very slow going up, because the grease got hard.
Cheers
Chris
Thank you very much! :)
I have now contacted soundsheavenly, and I hope they will sell me the right cable :)
The lift mechanism does not seem slow, it takes around 1 second for the arm to lift, after the 'stop' button has been pressed :)
Steve is 'The Man' for cables so you'll be fine.
If you don't want to do any solder work or risk damaging anything, maybe you could splice in the new cable or cut it somewhere nearer the outer case and use a connector of some description. Fasten it in place so it doesn't move around. Just a thought.
Dave.