Ok....Help from the experts...


Listening to "Solar Energy" my Helikon in my VPI 10.5 kept on jumping out of the groves. OK...tell me...is it the VTA? The VTF (the weight of the cartridge on the record)? The compliance of the cartridge to the arm? How do I fix this??
rwd
Thanks Ken..I will check the VTF. BTW...how do you chack and adjust the TTA???

Thanks again!
Referring to LTA?... Best checked with something like Wally tractor tools. Simple way is make sure the arm is adjusted by checking as recommended by VPI..This is done before cart. mounting and is adjusted by the ring which sits at the base of the 10 arm..I dont know if the 10.5 does away with the ring..You should be able to call VPI with info. Basically you want to make sure the arm while unmounted, doesn't "tilt" to one side on the pivot. The Head shell should look perfectly straight and completely paralell to the platter surface. Then you can mount the cart, and go from there. But definately check the VTF first to see if that solves your jumpiness!

Ken
make sure that nothing is catching mechanically. occasionally you see this when the arm tube catches the arm lift or the arm housing catches the bearing housing on a unipivot
just watch the arm and the bearing housing when it's playing