Hi Chris Thanks very much for your reply. I think the tracking force was just a little too low, the stylus is an MMC4 and was set at 1.1g. I've now set it to 1.2g and it seems to be reading the disc much better now. It's quite a relief as i thought I'd been sold a lemon. Going to try a new pre-amp for it tomorrow and hopefully that'll

I have recently purchased a Beogram 5500 turntable. I'm experiencing some problems with the machine and was wondering if anyone out there can help. First of all, the arm of the machine is not tracking properly. It seems play a few seconds of the disc before sliding across the rest of it and ultimately switching off. Secondly, the unit came with