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Questions from a new Loricraft user

I just took delivery today of a new Loricraft PRC3 RCM. took it out of the box, went through the rough setup and cleaned a couple of records. Very impressed. Now my questions:

some of the nylon thread had come loose from the spool in shipment and I wound it rather sloppily back to the spool in my hurry to try it out. I decided to go back and rewind it evenly on to the spool. In doing so, I managed to pull the thread completely out of the arm. The manual seems pretty vague about how to rethread - merely saying that I should "disconnect the 3mm pipe and use the pump to rethread through the bottom brass tube" Do I disconnect from the arm, or from where the 3mm tube enters the discharge bottle? I've tried it a few different ways and even with the pump running, I can't get it to rethread. Any advice?

Second question: When cleaning, the arm tracks very nicely from the outside to the inside, picking up everything. But if I go from the lable side to the outside, the arm does not track at all, it just sits at the spot I place it. What am I doing wrong there?

Seems like an advanced RCM like this one would come with a better manual.....
slipknot1

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slipknot1 OP
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Thanks for the responses from (almost) everyone.

We're back in business. The pdf is very helpful. THAT should be in the manual. Everything is working as it should...
slipknot1 OP
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Jrech - I really did like the the 16.5 (except for the noise), and thought it did a good job. I took a group of LPs that had been recently cleaned on the VPI and redid them on the Loricraft, using the exact same cleaning proceedure and fluids as on the VPI. The discharge bottle has waste fluid in it that is dirtier than I thought it would be given that they had just been cleaned. It is so much quieter than the VPI. My daughter is happy about that. It takes a little longer than with the VPI, but properly set up the nozzle/thread pick-up gets everything off the record, from the inside all the way to the bead on the outside of the LP.

I had recently switched to using the Walker Prelude cleaning fluids and had noticed a much quieter surface after cleaning on the VPI. After cleaning with the Prelude on the Loricraft, the surfaces are even quieter.

It is a great looking machine too and the low noise factor means that you can clean LPs while listening to music. I know longer feel like I should be wearing ear protection either.
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