Hi everyone, 

    I've got a newly acquired Beogram RX-2 from late 80's... It was working very well for about 2 days, after it had been sitting for probably years. Tonight it stopped working... Pressing the Cue button will cause it to do everything it should - spin, move needle over to the first track - but then the needle will never drop. You can hear a bit of a clicking noise at this point, as if some cogs are not catching or something. After a few seconds the arm will return to the 'off' position.

Any ideas? 

Also, this happened after I put a kinda stiff record on the tray. The hole in the middle was a bit tight, so I did need to use a bit of force (but nothing crazy) to get the record loaded. 

Sorta unrelated - where should the weight on the end of the arm be set at? 

Thanks! 

Which cartridge do you use ?

Martin

Martin, the cartridge is a B&O SMMC 5

Thanks! 

OK, set the tracking force to 1.5g
If it won't lower, something in the sequence of the mech. is wrong.
You may have to lift off the platter and take a look underneath.
Look for stray objects as well as bent or broken things.

Martin

Yes, the tracking force has been calibrated. I think you're right about something mechanical is off... Opening up the platter doesn't seem to offer much info - where should I be looking specifically? I don't really know how the arm is synched to the tray. How do I get into the guts of the arm mechanism? 

Thanks!