A newbie's Rock-ola 442 troubles

hulkster83 · by **hulkster83** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:55 pm

Hiya All,

I just received a rock-ola 442 from my aunt. I am not familiar with juke-boxing, ha, and need a little help. I've been trying to get it to work. The magazine seemed to work fine, then it stopped. I can't seem to get it to work in "scan" mode. Also, when I turn it to operation mode, the plate just spins and a little smoke rises from it. I will leave it be for now. PLEASE HELP!

Cheers,

Scott Oliver

by **Ron Rich** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:07 am

Scott,
Unfortunately, you have "went and done it"--according to my theory, all electronic parts are made with smoke compressed inside those tiny little parts, and once someone allows the smoke to escape, it's all over

All kidding aside, Unplug it !!--If you have electro/mechanical skills, purchase a complete service manual, read it and go from there. If not look around, (hint Phone book in nearest large city) for a pro--Good copies of the SM are available at www.alwaysjukin.com I do not recommend buying it off eBay, as most are poor, and incomplete. Ron Rich

hulkster83 · by **hulkster83** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:33 am

Thanks Ron,

I hope it's not that bad; it only smoked for a moment. That was after I turned it back on...I shut it off when the magazine stopped, originally. The table spins fine and much of it seems to be in working order. My question: what could make the mag stop? I wasn't fiddling with it. I had it opened, and tried to select a record i placed in it. It just kept spinning and spinning. I am not sure if I flicked the switch to operational. It could have been set to off at that time. I wish I was more attentive during those seconds. At some point, the mag stopped..... sheesh, I hope this isn't the end!!!