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brand new, never run before

I am having the exact same issue. This is a unit that was left, along with other AV equipment when I bought the house. It had never had the belt engaged over the drive pully (red ribbon still attached). I attached the pully, made sure it was right, and made the turns on the turntable. I get the mechanical click when i press the start button, but that is the only action. Repeated the rotating reset several times with only the click resulting. Again, brand new, never run before. Any ideas?

Update (01/27/24)

Another YT vide showed how to manually reset but that did nothing. With no turntable or belt on, I can make the drive pully spin if I give it a little "push". However can also stop it with very little pressure. Once the belt is engaged, no amount of spinning the turntable will start things. So, I have power, and the motor is not dead, but seems to lack any power. Again, this is a never used AT-LP60. About to chunk it.

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Hi Dave,

To me it sounds like the motor isn't getting enough power or is faulty. Could be power delivery related here, though the tonearm not adjusting or moving at all after pressing start tells me some other component may not be aligned or in place properly. You could take the thing apart, test components with a multimeter, etc. but the things are not made super well. It may be more frustration than the thing's worth.

To be certain here, have you tried plugging the unit into another outlet?

Instead of pitching the unit, I would sell it as-is for parts if you don't want to fix it up. While it may be of no use to you, the otherwise brand-new components can be of use when repairing other units!

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