Hi everyone !
I'm new to the forum and I came here while I was (and still !) trying to repair an old Dual 701. This website is really great, I was glad to find my turntable manual and many informations about it.
Short story about the acquisition, I found the turntable in a waste collection centre while I was helping some friends to get rid of broken furniture... A few minutes ago, I also found a Marantz 1090 Model amplifier (behind the turntable on the picture). I brought everthing back to home and tried them, everything was nearly working fine ! It cost me 50 euros to get the amp refreshed and yet nothing for the turntable. Guess it was a lucky day ! Or a crazy world.
http://medias.yamoy.org/dual-701-front.JPG
http://medias.yamoy.org/dual-701-over.JPG
Ok, end of story, here's my problem(s) (automatic start, height of the tonearm, locking the tonearm). I checked the manual and followed the process to set everything right.
I'll start with a simple dumb question before digging into other problems : the tonearm is curved on mine while it's not on every single picture of the Dual 701 I saw ?
I guess that's why I can't bring the tonearm in its "post" (sorry, i'm french and new to this technical vocabulary) and lock it without exercing an unnormal pressure ?
Thanks for yours answers !
Nico


