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Micro Seiki DD30 Turntable

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I own a Micro Seiki DD30 TT. I had stored it in a box for about one year since I moved. I took it out this weekend and set it up again. It works fine until it gets toward the end of the record, at which point it will start skipping and the arm will not advance anymore. It even gets rather noisy at times. I tried fooling with the anti-skate control but it does not seem to make any difference. It was working perfectly fine prior to the move. Any thoughts or suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
hurricane
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spatialking
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I can't tell exactly what the problem is based on what you wrote but given that, it sure seems like a tonearm set up problem.   I would start over again on the setup.
lewm
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"It works fine until it gets toward the end of the record, at which point it will start skipping and the arm will not advance anymore."

Sounds like an open and shut case of something is restricting the travel of the tonearm at the inner grooves.  Should be straightforward to identify that.  Could be tonearm wires; the cuing device; the mount being twisted too far to the right, away from the spindle; problem with the pivot bearing itself.  You don't say what tonearm you are using.  This is probably not a problem with the DD30 itself but with the tonearm.
hurricane OP
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Thank you both for your comments. Indeed, it turned out to be the cuing device that was set too high, and restricted the movement of the tonearm as it got to the end.
Thank you all for your help!
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