Help me fix my record player

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Hi. I have a pretty nice record player that someone gave to me. It's a Sony, maybe from the 80s or 90s? It wont spin and when I took off the platter it looked like a rubber band was lose. Actually, it's off. There's nothing wrong with the band, I just don't know where it goes. Bear in mind, I know nothing about how to fix one of these things. Later I think I'll take a photo because this is probably really hard to discuss without one.

Any advice?

― filthy dylan, Thursday, 15 May 2008 23:51 (eighteen years ago)

loop the belt (it's called a belt) around the center of the platter, then pull it around the rotating (when turned on) little spindle looking thingy. i tried to google image search for a diagram but to no avail. take a picture and someone here should be able to direct you better.

― ian, Friday, 16 May 2008 01:59 (eighteen years ago)

this website may help:
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/1/136954.html

― ian, Friday, 16 May 2008 02:00 (eighteen years ago)

even better, here's a video howto:
http://www.archive.org/details/Turntable_Belt_Installation

― ian, Friday, 16 May 2008 02:01 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.gbaudio.co.uk/images/platterdiagrams.jpg

― ian, Friday, 16 May 2008 02:02 (eighteen years ago)

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