Denon Turntable Help

[cousindave]

I recently purchased and received a Denon DP-23F fully automatic turntable from a seller on eBay. After cleaning it up and installing an Audio Technica AT440MLA it sounded fantastic (looks almost new as well, especially considering it had a date code of 12/88 - so its 22 years old.) Anyway the tone arm is not automatically returning and the repeat function is not working. If I press the stop button, the tone arm returns flawlessly and the auto start is perfect. Any ideas on what could be causing this problem and how I could fix it?

 

[TLS Guy]

I recently purchased and received a Denon DP-23F fully automatic turntable from a seller on eBay. After cleaning it up and installing an Audio Technica AT440MLA it sounded fantastic (looks almost new as well, especially considering it had a date code of 12/88 - so its 22 years old.) Anyway the tone arm is not automatically returning and the repeat function is not working. If I press the stop button, the tone arm returns flawlessly and the auto start is perfect. Any ideas on what could be causing this problem and how I could fix it?

Try and get a service manual. See if you can download one. It will be either a bad switch or a linkage out of adjustment. All turntables are different.

Fully manual turntables are best. It is not a good idea for the arm to have to drag mechanism about.

 

[cousindave]

Fully manual turntables are best. It is not a good idea for the arm to have to drag mechanism about.

Oh I know, I've got a few manual turntables as well.

Good idea about the service manual, I'll try and find one.