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the turntable is a changer made by bsr. it uses a pickering dat2
stylus. is there any other info that is needed? on a different topic here is a link with a stereo similar to my soundesign http://cgi.ebay.com/BSR-33-45-78-RPM...cmd ZViewItem |
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I will try to put a few pictures on geocities tommorow. I think I will
call it a night. thanks Rusty |
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the justment is a screw on the bottom right of the tone arm assembly you
turn it clock wize to move it tward the outside of the landing grove of a record and counter clockwize to move it twards the inside of the landing grove i set mine to land in the exact center of the landing area and it works like a charm now. the 8 track counters i cant tell you with out seeing it could be burnt out bulbs or broken wireing ect. "American Christian Majority" wrote in message ups.com... cassette holder came off- no idea without seeing it. changer doesn't set needle down correctly- there is an adjustment stop for that somewhere counters don't work- they may run off small round or square belts- it the belts break or stretch, they won't work- open it up and look hope that helps. it does sound fixable to me |
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ajustment is under the tone arm on the metal part that the tone arm bolt is
sitting on . "DeserTBoB" wrote in message ... On 29 Dec 2005 17:01:31 -0800, "rusty" wrote: Hello everyone, I found a fisher all-in-one-unit turntable cassette fm-am tuner with an 8 track recorder with dolby snip This is a Sanyo unit of dubious quality. for $20 I bought it about an hour ago. the the thing that you insert the casette into came off snip Broke or just fell off? the changer dosent set the needle down in the right place so the needle falls off the side of the record snip That's an internal adjustment on the underside of the changer. I'd replace that stylus first thing, as well. I think these used a cheap magnetic cartridge of some kind, not sure which one...low-line Sony? I forgot. and the counters on the 8 track and cassette dont work. any ideas on how to fix these problems. snip Those are usually driven with a thin square belt inside, and break often with age. The thing to do with both of these machines is replace all the belts at the same time, as well as have the lubrication and cleaning done concurrently. dB |
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thats on the the back corner its a turn knob with a scale +or - to ajust it
the tracking force is the knob on the fount of the black part the tone arm is screwed to. "rusty" wrote in message oups.com... where should i set the antiskate with these? |
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On 29 Dec 2005 23:55:19 -0800, "rusty" wrote:
the turntable is a changer made by bsr. it uses a pickering dat2 stylus. is there any other info that is needed? snip DAT2? One of the cheapest cartridges ever sold under the Pickering name. Replacement styli he http://www.needledoctor.com/s.nl;jse...=2&category=66 Considering the overall quality of this unit, it probably isnt' worth upgrading to a better cartridge, since you 1.) don't have a good enough table/arm to take advantage of it, and 2.) the electronics it feeds aren't too hot, either. Just get a new stylus, so at least it won't ruin your good records. BSR is a low quality rim drive changer, usually. I'm almost sure it's a spring balanced arm, but it could be counterweighted, like some of BSR's component model changers were. I'm actually a bit shocked it actually has a magnetic cartridge in it at all; even more shocked it has anti-skating facilities!. The DAT-2 should track right around 2 grams. Let me know if this tonearm has a counterweight on the back end. on a different topic here is a link with a stereo similar to my soundesign http://cgi.ebay.com/BSR-33-45-78-RPM...cmd ZViewItem snip $79 for that pile? ROFL! That's about what it went for new! See that skinny little head shell on that too-short arm? That's a ceramic cartridge with a "flip" stylus...one side's microgroove, one side's for 78s only. These are notorious "record ruiners." Ceramic cartridges usually have to track above 3 grams just to force the stylus against the groove wall because of high mass and low compliance. Also, the clunky sprung tonearm makes it even worse. Don't play good records on this thing. In fact, try to eBay it off...some idiot like Charlie Nudo might actually buy it! My wheel alignment/frame guy has one of these exact models in the shop for use as a radio only. He got it for 50¢ at a garage sale. I told him the 8 track wasn't worth fixing...plastic head mount...junk. The FM radio section's good enough to pull in the local low power oldies station and that's about it. The AM isn't useful for anything except picking up fluorescent lamp ballasts and ignition noise. The speakers are a really bad joke. dB |
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old timer pro 8-track tip:
if the counter drive belt is connected to the capstan, leave it off and don't use the counter- it adds wow/flutter to the playback function by putting a drag and reducing torque of the tape drive capstan I always get those working to sell a deck 'cuz it's a nice added feature, but on my own decks, they are disconnected for optimum playback quality. |
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DeserTBoB wrote:
After Avery Fisher retired and sold the business, things went downhill quickly, as the US audio electronics business was under direct attack from "Japan, Inc." After floudering in the face of cut-rate Japanese imports sold under names like Pioneer, Kenwood and Sony, Fisher Radio closed their doors and sold the name to Sanyo, who before this time was churning out made-to-order audio equipment for other companies, basically functioning as an off-shore factory...the start of the decline of the US as a world manufacturing power. Not long after that happened, Sanyo started selling cheesy K-Mart quality stuff using the vaunted Fisher name...an insult, to be sure. Even more insulting was their use of the moniker "Studio Standard" on a lot of their K-Mart crap. Of course, any audio pro would get quite a chuckle out of this, as the stuff was basically cheesy junk. Many other formerly great US names have been similarly defiled...Crosley, Westinghouse. RCA, Emerson...all former great US companies now just badges for exploitation for the japs and chinks to sell their cheaply made, badly designed crap destined to be unloaded on clueless, unintelligent buyers at discount joints like K-Mart and Wal-Mart.. you missed something bob avery fisher did not sell fisher radio corp to sanyo. in fact, avery told sanyo to go pound sand after several attemps by sanyo to buy the company. instead, he sold fisher radio to emerson electric in new jersey with a aggreement NOT to sell it to the japanese. however, emerson electric did not resume manufacturing & sales of fisher audio equipment. instead, they sat on the aquisition for a year or so & eventually they sold it to sanyo, breaking the aggreement they had with avery fisher. avery knew back then what the japanese were going to do with our electronics industy & he absolutely hated it. -- i have an 8 track mind My other computer is your XP box. |
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On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:46:29 -0500, 8 tracker from hell
wrote: you missed something bob avery fisher did not sell fisher radio corp to sanyo. in fact, avery told sanyo to go pound sand after several attemps by sanyo to buy the company. instead, he sold fisher radio to emerson electric in new jersey with a aggreement NOT to sell it to the japanese. however, emerson electric did not resume manufacturing & sales of fisher audio equipment. instead, they sat on the aquisition for a year or so & eventually they sold it to sanyo, breaking the aggreement they had with avery fisher. avery knew back then what the japanese were going to do with our electronics industy & he absolutely hated it. snip Yeah, I missed that part. Emerson Electric, by this time, was also selling its consumer electronics division to the Japanese as well. Why Fisher never sued Emerson Electric and got his assets back is something I never figured out...perhaps he just said "**** it?" By that time, he was heavily engrossed in problems at Lincoln Center and was sick and tired of the corporate world of hoodlums. And you are spot on...Avery Fisher tried to warn "corporate America" in the late 1950s that Japan, headed by Akio Morita at Sony, had our domestic electronics industry in their crosshairs, and everyone just laughed at him. Avery was right. As of now, there IS now "consumer electronics industry" in the United States. It's all run by the Japanese, Singaporese, Chinese and Tiawanese. All there is in the US are marketing subsidiaries wholly owned by the Far Eastern firms. Next stop for the Far East: destroy what's left of GM and take over the entire US auto market. Ford, at least, is starting to fight back, but GM's moribund, stupid top management will be butchered by Toyota, probably in the next couple of years. We've already lost Chrysler to the krauts, and they're kicking both Ford and GM's asses. dB |
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this model has been pretty easy on my records without skipping on
beat-up records and it is at the minimum recomended tracking force for the cart of 3 grams. I replaced the cartridge it's better than the stock model, i had to modify the headshell to fit the new cartridge in. bought it for three dollars at the local swapmeet. this thing is hell to carry home I probably walk more than I drive. this thing has to be at-least 30 pounds, the fisher I bought is even more. |
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