Thanks for the tips Ron!
If I find the trouble, I’ll post it here.

You’ve been helpful and I appreciate it. Charlie

You’re correct, the read-out carriage does NOT move when a record is playing.
What a blunder. I’m so sorry. No wonder it’s confusing!

I edited my previous post to correctly describe the behaviour when buttons are pressed while a record is playing.

Thanks for your patience. Charlie

Sorry for the confusion. I hate it when that happens! What I’m (probably mistakenly) calling the write-in process: After a letter and number key are pressed, the inner write-in carriage rotates up to 180 degrees and flips a pin. My jukebox does this every time. Re-reading the manual, it looks like t...

Hi Darrell The write-in process always works fine. The read-out process will be slow IF the selection was made while the jukebox was at idle (the second time – see above). Selections made while a record is playing result in immediate key release and normal speed read-out operations. Since the read-o...

Thanks for trying! Unfortunately, schematic reading is not my competence. I cleaned all connector plugs and leaf switches. When I power up the jukebox the first time and make a selection, the keys are released immediately. Big yippee celebration dance at this point. But after the initial success, ma...

Greetings! This is my first post. When my Rock-Ola 432 is idle and I make a selection (any selection), the write-in carriage flips the proper pin. So far, so good. The read-out carriage starts to turn slowly, about half-speed, and rotates slowly until the lock-bar solenoid releases the depressed num...