BEOGRAM 5500 PROBLEMS PLAYING THICK VINYL

WHEN I PLACE A 180GRAM  LP ON THE TURNTABLE ITS EXTRA THICK AND THE ARM IS LOW OK FOR NORMAL VINYL  BUT THE STYLUS WILL HIT THE EDGE OF THE LP. I AM NOT ABLE TO LOWER THE TURNTABLE USING THE 3 SCREWS ITS AS LOW  AS POSSIBLE. THE ARM JUST SEEMS TOO LOW. HELP!

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WHEN I PLACE A 180GRAM LP ON THE TURNTABLE ITS EXTRA THICK AND THE ARM IS LOW OK FOR NORMAL VINYL BUT THE STYLUS WILL HIT THE EDGE OF THE LP. I AM NOT ABLE TO LOWER THE TURNTABLE USING THE 3 SCREWS ITS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. THE ARM JUST SEEMS TOO LOW. HELP!

IS THE LP SITTING FLAT ON THE PLATTER? IS YOUR TONEARM PARALLEL TO THE INDICATOR ARM WHEN NOT PLAYING? IF THE SPINDLE HOLE ON THE ALBUM IS TOO TIGHT IT WILL RIDE TOO HIGH. HOW HIGH IS THE PLATTER COMPARED TO THE TOP PLATE WITHOUT AN ALBUM ON?

ARE YOU USING A PLATTER MAT?

Why the capitals?

POOR EYESIGHT EVEN WITH SPECS

The post you replied to was lower case...

The leaf spring adjustments sets the height of the whole subchassis.
The carriage (and tonearm) is on the subchassis, so adjusting the deck height has no influence on the
tonearms height in relation to the platter.
180g records are not standard, so you should never adjust your deck to suit those, instead let them remain an excemption.
- But the deck should be able play them nonetheless, so I think there must be something wrong with the ground-up adjustment
of the deck.
It's all in the servicemanual. 

Oh, and using capitals is considered shouting.

Martin

thankyou Martin for your advice. Peter

thankyou for your advice.