table turning backwards


Okay, so I am probably an idiot and this is a very easy question to answer I suppose. However, I will ask it anyways. Recently my table, a mmf 2.2, started rotating the platter the wrong way occasionally. I would turn it off and re-start it. Usually that would fix the problem. Now it won't rotate correctly, in that it will only rotate to read the record backwards. I am not aware of any switch that I hit. Does any one have any answers for me.

thanks ash
ashsmith

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Shadorne, That takes the prize for the funniest post I've seen in a long time, and in the process you managed to give good advice: check the capacitor. Also, "reverse the plug" assumes you have a two-prong plug. If so, pull it out of the wall socket, flip it over, and re-insert it. If it's a 3-prong plug, you can usually achieve the same end by using a "cheater plug" adaptor, available from any hardware store. However, my money is on a bad capacitor. (You will see a cap installed right where the AC supply enters into the motor housing. That's the one.)