Honestly how hard is it to solder in a single wire and crimp a spade connector, lord knows you could even finish it all off with some flex braid & heat srink... which not only looks pro, helps having spagehitti issues around the mixer... did i mention it looks tidy af that way. P.S internal grounding of such a fine peice of equipment is sacrilidge imho.

Hey Thanks for the videos. Good info to take in. Just wondering what would you do for earthing buzz coming through speakers when using my 1200's? Just checked that they are internally grounded (thanks to your other vid) so that's not the problem.. My RCA's are hard wired internally but the other line out end seem to be a bit tight and maybe too short to fit into my controller... What should I check to eliminate buzz and have a strong signal?

It's not a fader, it's a slider. It doesn't fade anithing.

I wouldn’t let you anywhere near my decks! Just flipping it onto its tonearm 😳 how come you never set the frequency after setting the resistance??

you explained some things twice and many other are missing. Have you consider replacing this viddeo?

MY 1200 MK2 DOESNT CLICK. I GOT A FEELING THAT THE PITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A MK5 PITCH OR THE BEARING AND SPRING HAS BEEN REMOVED.

Don't internally ground it, it's why it has separate signal and chassis grounds and is going to induce hum at some point.

That white LED glare looks awful

This is WRONG. Technics has released a document that states you should never do this. RIAA curve is destroyed, adds hum at 70hz, transforms your deck in a giant RF receiver, capacitance and inductance problems.. and so it goes. Dont do this! Most problems about grounding are dirty or bad connections at the headshell or damaged rca/ground cables.

So is that what people mean when you’ll hear of people internally grounding a turntable incorrectly for Serato? Do you have to actually have the ground wire to both left and right grounds so that the program will receive the signal correctly?

Nice hair. :^)

I have a technics mk5 with a scratchy pitch. I was wondering if I need the lube, spray, or cleaner and lube. Its extremely expensive. But i wanna do it. Any idea which i should try first??

tbh, theres nothing wrong with quartz lock. BUT, Its the mxing around it thats annoying lol.

Super helpful, I’ve got my turntable running back to the receiver from a distance and the ground is too far easy to connect to the receiver so this will work great

I've tried to soldering this way, but didn't work, it make noise. Instead it works soldering the grounding on a single rca ground (right or left, not both). Is it ok?

I copied this method and my light turn on. Is it safe to say that the LED is always on whether its up or down? What im saying is that it doesnt turn off. It's fine but wondering if thats what supposed to happen.

Why not user existing resistor in parallel for a 5v led ?

There is another black cable - i think is grounding the pitch -. If you grounding on RCA, where will you ground the black cable from the pitch ?

Hi. I have a problem with a pitch with my 1210 mk2. In practice the problem is the double zero. With the pitch at zero (and the LED on) it turns perfectly, when i accelerate with the pitch in the Moment that the led turns off instead of going faster, the turntable slows down to return to a new zero on a value of about +2.5. It holds the +6 and +3.3 very well, a little less the -3.3 but it is at acceptable levels. Searching on the web I found various tutorials to solve my problem, the point is that when I connect the multimeter to the pitch (obviously disconnected from the turntable) I have an X value, and going to modify the VR302 trimmer that value should modify right? To me it remains fixed and constant. The tests I have carried out are the following: I have completely replaced the pitch, putting the One of my other turntable, and it works perfectly, so I rule out problems with the motherboard or others stuffs of the turntable. With the Multimeter attached to the Brown and Red of the pitch (disconnected from the turntable) I tried to move the pitch fader and the value changes (so apparently the fader is good) but with the same configuration by acting on the vr302 the value remains fixed and constant (so apparently the vr302 doesn't work). At that point I connected the Multimeter to the vr302 and rotating it the value changes, so apparently it is good. I am also going crazy because if there was something to replace I would not know what specifically, and with the times that are running I do not want to spend more than I should. 😬 Sorry if I wrote a lot but I hope I have explained the problem well and what tests I did.

Excellent video👍 small Q hope u can help with? On the pcb nxt to the tiny blue,yellow,red,green wires is a tiny black one. What is that connected to? Cheers for any help👍

If you could have found the lighting to actually make all the wires appear black that would have been great. You almost held it still for a millisecond also so you may want to blur that part out, haha. Video number 10 I found to learn how to do this, NOPE!! Damn it. Could you draw out a little sketch what it looks like when it's done?

Thanks a lot you save my life every minute worth it

As an engineer I must say the chassis and audio ground must remain separate until it reaches the device with the RIAA pre-amplifier (mixer or hi-fi pre-amp) Unfortunately quite a few technicians do this modification without understanding the electrical principles behind why the chassis and audio grounds must be kept separate. please see the following documentation which explains in a little more detail: www.technics-service.co.uk/app/download/15133899/Internal+Grounding+Info.pdf

You’ve got lice

I had this work done when i replaced my RCA cables but now its making a buzzing sound again. What could it be ? the solder broke inside?

Hi, I followed all the steps until the ohms calibration which gave me 1 or below all the time no matter the position of the fader (i double checked cables, red to brown and black to red), you think it could be the little rotating thing? (VR302 component) or should I replace the hole fader...

I lost you completely when you flip the deck and throw it on the tonearm. Thats an absolute nogo :-(

Why didn't the manufacture or designer do this in the first place? Why are field repairs better than the the as-built?

YES, THE GREEN LIGHT KEEPS WORKING! HE HAD A FAULTY ONE!

Cheers Brother during this lock down. Much obliged

Where on the table does the second part of the gound wire attach to

Why green light doesn't turn on in zero position? But it works with zero button.

Man. Just seen this vid 3 years later. I am sorry for you loss. I can’t imagine my self going through something like this. Hopefully insurance took care of you.

Absolutely FANTASTIC close-up footage of your hair, scalp, and hair follicles!

Thank you for creating this. When I opened my 1200 up I found that there was already a single wire bridging the 2 ground points but that wire wasn't connected to anything else. any idea what that might be for?

Green and blue are NOT ground for left and right you idiot.

dope

Is the only way to clean an old sticky fader to open it up like you did here and clean it? I tried using deoxit faderlube f5 but I think the issue is that any dirty or grime is still inside the fader.

Do you have to install a new light..yours isn't working in video..(green fader) light?..

If you are doing regular stuff... You can use this method. But you are doing " Recording " or " DJ's " or " Video Dubs, etc... " than the " Ground Wire " should always be separate.

Is it me or you green light didn’t turned on? Nice vid. Thx

Caig warns against using deoxit on carbon tracks. Deoxit creates grip which accelerates wear. Fader lube is preferred here. NIce detailed video.

If its possible use Penny & Giles fader, super SMOOTH.

Does led light on fader still work after removing ball? Great vid

Christ how much grease ? Is that fader lube ? Hope so

Nice vid. Thanks for sharing. Just wondering what are your thoughts on the ebay led I installed one and I followed instructions right. The led is still working but is not as bright as it was for the first hour after I installed it. Do you think they supplied the wrong resistor? Thanks

Great Job Buddy!!

Great vid.

Thanks :D

any idea what the variable resistor specs are on the pitch fader PCB? i believe it's called VR302, and it's 50kOhms. but i'm not sure what the current rating is. might need to replace mine and the other option is to replace the whole PCB