Sharp RP-201 turntable, how to make use of it - Page 2

Swarm dude · 30th September 2008, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Steerpike

Is that sub-pcb not just a power switch?
Try turning the platter by hand several revolutions. The automatic return mechanism may have stopped halfway. If you turn the platter so that the automatic mechanism returns the arm to its rest, and then switches off, it may release the start button.

The photo is confusing me. Things seem to be in odd positions: what is that white plastic lever (near the motor), connected to the mechanism by a thin wire rod?

Hmmm...never thought of that! I will give it a try.

That plastic lever is connected to the start/stop button. The left one is the start button, the right one (closer to the motor) is the stop button.
There is one more button on the far right, for some inversion function.
Other controls on the turntable are located on the upper side - a rotary switch intended to select the propriate speed for EP or LP. And also a lever to adjust the tonearm height.
So Sreten is correct

I'll take a picture of the turntable tomorrow, I'm curently unable to do that.

Swarm dude · 1st October 2008, 02:04 PM

Oh well, never mind...The belt is...or what's left of it, is not good for anything

I would have to buy an adapter, a new cartridge (I was thinking about an Ortofon 2M Red), a new belt...and probably something else

Since this turntable has been discontinued a long time ago, and it isn't a state of the art....
Thanks for your help guys, but now I don't think that this turntable is worth repairing/upgrading and worth of my time.
I will probably buy some entry level Denon turntable, or make my own one

Thanks again

sreten · 2nd October 2008, 11:41 AM

Hi,

An Ortofon 2M Red is far too good for what appears to be a lump of plastic.

Given the Red is $99 your budget should be $200/$300 for a used turntable.

The AT440MLa for $100 is in a different league to the Red.

http://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merc...tegory_Code=A3

what is your budget ?

/sreten.

Swarm dude · 2nd October 2008, 06:59 PM

I don't have the money yet, but when I'll have it - the budget will be somewhere around 150€.

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1st October 2008, 02:04 PM	#12
Swarm dude diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2008	Oh well, never mind...The belt is...or what's left of it, is not good for anything I would have to buy an adapter, a new cartridge (I was thinking about an Ortofon 2M Red), a new belt...and probably something else Since this turntable has been discontinued a long time ago, and it isn't a state of the art.... Thanks for your help guys, but now I don't think that this turntable is worth repairing/upgrading and worth of my time. I will probably buy some entry level Denon turntable, or make my own one Thanks again

2nd October 2008, 11:41 AM	#13
sreten diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton UK	Hi, An Ortofon 2M Red is far too good for what appears to be a lump of plastic. Given the Red is $99 your budget should be $200/$300 for a used turntable. The AT440MLa for $100 is in a different league to the Red. http://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merc...tegory_Code=A3 what is your budget ? /sreten.

2nd October 2008, 06:59 PM	#14
Swarm dude diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2008	I don't have the money yet, but when I'll have it - the budget will be somewhere around 150€.

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