Hi Rob, Ron,
I ordered a replacement cartridge this morning from Steve at Victory Glass and hopefully that will make things better in the USC-2. Will let you know what happens when it gets here. It gives me some time for "cosmetic" work......

Thanks,
Steve K.

Ron,
I'll check continuity on the wires from the socket to the terminal strip next but I'm still not getting any resistance on one of the channels at the cartridge itself?
Steve K.

Hi Rob, Ron I tacked the resistors to the RCA connectors, plugged in an MP3 player to the input RCA's on the amp and I got music!! It was heavy on the bass, and the right channel wasn't the same volume (a little less) as the left, but there was NO distortion or "noise". The stabistor is in...

Hi Rob, Yes, that's a ceramic cart., didn't realize it at the time, that's the only turntable I have. I have 470 & 680 ohm resistors, 1/2 watt and 1 watt, just tell me where to solder to, under chassis ? From the + to the - on the bad channel? Have to step out for 1 hour or so, will do as you sa...

Hi Rob, I tried your suggestion, connected an old 60's era Zenith (VM) turntable to the Amp and got nothing when playing a record. I turned the volume on the juke all the way up and still nothing? This seems to be getting more and more complicated...any ideas on how and where to proceed will be appr...

Hi Rob, When I read your post it reminded me of the impedance of the cartridge when we left off earlier. I went out and got the cartridge out of the jukebox and tested each channel, I got 480 ohms on the right side but no reading on the left, so is that causing the problems with the distortion and v...

Hi Ron, Used a regular CD deck, like you use with your home stereo receiver, volume on the Juke low, played a record to turn the amp on, the CD played through the AMP but all scratchy and distorted, I could hear the music but not real well. It sounded like blown speakers, but they're not. Must be in...

Hi Ron,
I haven't tried to do that, would a CD player work? Plug into the RCA's on top of the AMP?

Steve K.

Hi Everyone, Checked the phono cart. and socket, had to re-solder one wire back. Still have "noise" and little volume from a record. Checked the RCA connectors on the AMP, cleaned and made sure they were tight with the RCA plug pins. I noticed on the Orange mech. connector on top of the am...

Hi Rob, Thanks for that info. At least the problem has been found, when I removed the cart. socket, I found one of the wires had come off the pin so it must have been touching the other wires and the pin at times making all the noise and causing no reading on the meter. Will work on it again this we...

Hi Ron, I was thinking about that also, I've done that with the molex connectors in the Rockolas that I've worked on, if need be there seems to be some slack in the 4 wire going up the arm to the cart. I did wiggle the RCA plugs on the AMP and got some static before I cleaned them up a little. I mea...

Hi Ron, After a couple hours investigating, the tone arm wire at the top of the arm, where it goes into the white nylon connector and the female connectors inside the white connector seem to be the problem. I selected a few records to play and while they were playing I sat in the back and wiggled an...

The posts on the cart. are straight and even, no evidence of bending, so I'll check readings at the cart. pins and then I'll check the sockets and bring the guides with me.....thank-you Ron
Steve K.

Hi Rob, Rich I checked the resistance at the "fast-on" connectors at the base of the pickup assembly, the right side (blue) is OK it measured 488 ohms, the left side (red) didn't get any reading except at one point when I was switching the scales on the meter, 117k ohms showed up. I checke...

Hi Rob,
Will check those readings tomorrow...thanks Rob.
Steve K.