Kenwood/Trio KP5022 Turntable

[K-hole]

I've just taken a chance on one of these for my office system and all I can say is wow! It's already brought me £90 worth of joy and I've only had it for a week.

All the manual functions work well and I've seen a few bit of general tech spec info online and instructions to get the auto functions going again but there isn't much other info about and I have many questions!!

In no particular order....

1) the lifting up and down of the tone arm - it sort of but doesn't really work. I've tried to manually readjust and it's ok briefly but then it sags even if the silver screw is tightened. How can I solve this? Any other decks with a similar mechanism with an online refurb vid?

2) What are the 'floating' and ' auto in adjust' all about? I've not seen those on other decks.

3) does anyone have a service manual?

Thanks as ever to this awesome community.

 

[rayma]

The silicone damping fluid is gone, so you would have to replace it, or else install a new cue mechanism.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/125736023257

 

[K-hole]

A four minute answer is definitely a record for me! Thank you very much. Any idea about what the "floating' and 'auto in adjust' functions do?

Thanks again.

 

[rayma]

Floating refers to the chassis suspension lock-down. There are four total locking bolts on top of the deck.
See figure 4 in the attached manual. They must all be removed for the suspension to float freely.

The In-Adjust is for the set-down radius adjustment. See page 12 here:

 

[K-hole]

You are literally my hero! Thanks. Have searched for a long while for both of those docs online.

Photo attached.

 

[rayma]

Usually people lose the suspension locking screws immediately after it's set up,
so if you just have 4 holes, it's ready to go. Some turntables have the screws permanently attached, though.

When the tone arm sets down, if the stylus misses the lead-in groove, tweak the in-adjust slightly
with a small screwdriver to get it in the right place. It won't take much of an adjustment.

 

[K-hole]

Thanks for your help. Very much appreciated.