I am adding a new rule. No help or questions answered unless it's related to the video and you are subscribed to the channel. It takes up to much time to reply and I am not free tech support.

Mk2 have a misprint as a result of a printing error. +- 6.4 is where the top dots should be still. Hence all mk5 and newer have the 6.4 written correctly on the plynth. Great job, you calibrated it perfectly.

5:00 By choosing 262.0 your +/- is potentially at a maximum .08 off instead of setting it to 262.1 which could have at maximum been .11 off. You made the correct decision. If you would have chosen 262.1 there's no way to know if it's 262.10 or 262.19, you would have been in the same situation but a potentially worse one... because math. If your multi-meter only displays to the tenth decimal go with 262.0. :) I noticed your meter is on the auto ranging function. Some meters will allow you to change the decimal place but you must take it out of auto ranging mode. Great video! I don't have technics but it was still a very interesting video and I'm sure it will help a lot of people out there to see how to calibrate it the proper way.

Thank you for all your videos. I was dj for several years but quit 20 years ago. My son has grown up listening to all my old cds and wants me to teach him. I told him I would teach him but insisted he learn really mix on his own before flexing the tech of today. Went out and bought 2 used 1200’s and they were completely jacked up. They were the kind of decks that you see dj’s in clubs throw their arms up and walk off. On BOTH I had to rewire the arms, replace the RCA PCB, disassemble and clean the pitch’s, and calibrate. You alone got me through all that, other than finding a clear answer on where the black wire that goes into arm ground. It may be in one of your videos. I just didn’t find it when I needed it. Other than that, you got me from having 2 worthless turntables that seemed to have been in clubs for 30 years, to 2 perfectly working turntables. Now I just need some 12” skins and I’m all set.😂

THank you so much for this video and the other one you made. I just finished cleaning and calibrating the pitch. It's not a perfect (I get 6% at 6.5) but its damn close. without your videos I would not have the confidence to do this

Thank you for this. This is just what I need. I have a pair of 1210 as well. Pitch is off when in 0 position.

Awesome, thanks for taking time to explain all this, find it super interesting eventhough I’m not a technician but own one of this wonderful machines. Great job!

Thanks for sharing your experience. Buying up used 1200's whenever I can ..so I'm sure I'll come across some problems.

I'm new to your channel. You really have an excellent knowledge of these turntables and excellent videos explaining fixes.. Great job!

Thank you soooo much to put this information online. i need that to fix my turntable and i can do it now. the serivce i send my turntables once has no clue at all. he just sold a new pitch to me but didnt calibrate it accurately. so i have to do it by myself now.

Great video pal

Video is properly made and really helped me . Unfortunately I cannot measure and calibrate the frequency . My multimeter can measure frequency but maybe it is not of great quality .

Thank you. Just what i was looking for👍

Thank you. I need to change my pitch fader. Now I know how to calibrate it.

Fantastic - thank you for uploading this

thank you for your time an knowledge 🙏 🙂 aprecited

hI DJ LEGION. I have Gemini PT2400 and wanted to calibrate the pitch as to achieve neutral speed you need to move fader to nearly +2%.Sadly I can not find a pot near main pitch fader.I did clean up pitch fader but no luck.There is a pot on on the motor board, no changes to pitch if you move it. I may try to solder some pots to fader with different values and see if I can tweak it up.

Great video ! Very helpful.i bought the VC99 and do the same very easily.Thanks a lot.i have one question, in how many days,years can I do the check again ?

Really good tutorial bro but i am facing a problem for a month now that no one can help me. I own both a 1200 mk2 and a 1210 mk2 for 2 months. Everything was ok till the moment i decided to clean up the faders. I followed every step of yours with lubricants and contact cleaners. I measured the ohms 2.7 with a multimeter i owned and i put the fader back. I play with traktor timecodes and guess what. When the normal speed to a track was + -1 for example a track that is 122 bpm with timecodes appeared 121,98 or 121,99 at 33rpm something like that which is normal. Now the speed is not as stable as was. I mean that now goes + - 0,05 and is not so accurate that is was before and when i go to 45 rpm it goes + - 0,15. This happens to both turntables. I tried to measure the frequency i put it to hz measurement but it doesn't count. I changed 2 multimeters with hz option. Nothing! I tried to adjust the VR 301 manually according to the dots but the speed is not stable as it was. I am going crazy really because I spent too much money. Can you help me please? I would appreciate it if i talk directly with you with some way.

I followed the steps in the second half of the video to calibrate the frequency but my multimeter shows -1 or -000,1 kHz. I turned on my Turntable and set the multimeter on frequency mode as you explained it. Anyone knows what to do?

One thing I just noticed in the service manual for the MK5 is VR302 on the Pitch Fader should be set to 2.875 +/- 0.25 K.ohms. VR301 remains the same. Is this something you do for MK5 models?

Thanks man!

I've just adjusted the resistence but I cannot aìdjust teh Frequency . I've got a lomvum T 28 C . Do I need a better nultimiter ?

Thanks for a video I got new pitches installed, both new and seems good, +6 stationary on both and 3.75 not 3.3%, happy with that, But around central area is totally mess if i move to negative side it at the beginning moves to positive and then goes down to negative, about 1.5% is opposite when it switches to right side, to make clear, reduce speed moving up fader but instead pitch increase and at the point of 1.5% it does reduce speed! On both new pitches same problem! Does it makes clear and how do you deal with it?

I put brand new pitch faders in my turntables and calibrated exactly to the service manual standard of the pitch at 2.7K and the frequency at 262.08 (I have a 6 and 1/2 digit multimeter, calibrated). The plus and minus 6 is bang on but 3.3 both ends is off by 1-2 %, any ideas? Great vid, many thanks! Curtis P.S both pitches were the proper -2 pitches for this model.

Great video !! Will this exact method work for Tech 1200 MK3?

How do I know if my pitch can be calibrated or I need a new pitch? Cause I thinking about to buy this multimeter. Excellent video

Hi! I know it’s a noob question however it’s not mentioned (or at least I didn’t catch) where you have set the frequency potmetre to when adjusting V301. I have seen previous videos where it’s been set to 20k upon doing it on the pitch itself at the OHM area. Is that correct? Reason I ask because my reader is giving me ridiculous values, 7.805 kinda stuffs... As Im not a technical genious I guess I have done something wrong. Thank you!

Have you ever had it where the turntable changes speed up and down ? What’s the best way to fix it? It’s especially bad just above and below the 0 position

Hi. I have the problem with the double zero. With the pitch at zero (and the LED on) it turns perfectly, when i accelerate with the pitch in the Moment that the led turns off instead of going faster, the turntable slows down to return to a new zero on a value of about +2.5. It holds the +6 and +3.3 very well, a little less the -3.3 but it is at acceptable levels. Searching on the web I found various tutorials to solve my problem, the point is that when I connect the multimeter to the pitch (obviously disconnected from the turntable) I have an X value, and going to modify the VR302 trimmer that value should modify right? To me it remains fixed and constant. The tests I have carried out are the following: I have completely replaced the pitch, putting the One of my other turntable, and it works perfectly, so I rule out problems with the motherboard or others stuffs of the turntable. With the Multimeter attached to the Brown and Red of the pitch (disconnected from the turntable) I tried to move the pitch fader and the value changes (so apparently the fader is good) but with the same configuration by acting on the vr302 the value remains fixed and constant (so apparently the vr302 doesn't work). At that point I connected the Multimeter to the vr302 and rotating it the value changes, so apparently it is good. I am also going crazy because if there was something to replace I would not know what specifically, and with the times that are running I do not want to spend more than I should. 😬 Sorry if I wrote a lot but I hope I have explained the problem well and what tests I did.

Hi...i have the same problem with 2 zero points...i do everything you do...find the 2nd zero point...take the value...return the pitch to zero but when i try to move the vr302 on pitch pcb there Is no value change. It Is stucked at 8.22. What could be the problem? The vr302 50k ohm? The pitch fader? Or the pcb? Thank you

Hi...i have the same problem with 2 zero points...i do everything you do...find the 2nd zero point...take the value...return the pitch to zero but when i try to move the vr302 on pitch pcb there Is no value change. It Is stucked at 8.22. What could be the problem? The vr302 50k ohm? The pitch fader? Or the pcb? I measure the pitch in ohm. Thank you

Hi, i just bought a Technics 1200MK3 and it seems needs calibrate the pitch. The 0 position seems ok , the +6 looks like it is moving a bit to the left, the +3.3 and -3.3 is at +2.2 and -2.2. ¿Any tip to recalibrate it? Thanks

do you get stationary on +-3.3 or around +-2.4?¿ thanks

I am going to tackle this tomorrow. Just waiting on my multimeter to come in the mail. My turntable dots line up perfectly at +6, +3.3, and 0. However, the -3.3 dots seem to line up at -2.5. Am I being too anal here?

My problem is that my 0 point is at 0, but also at +0.5. Does this depend on the inner potentiometer on the pitch board itself? maybe this is not properly calibrated? Thanks for this great video!

Thank you sir !

@DJlegionuk ive taken the balls out, any tips on best starting points if you have clickless pitches?

Nice ty.

Hi legion. I have a question. I recently bought a technics sl 1210 mk5. It is in new condition. However, it needs oiling. Can you recommend any videos how to do this?

just bought new pair of sfdz122n11-2 faders and if i do exactly the same you did in the video, i have two zero points. i have to calibrate pitch to 2,544 with 262,08hz to have 0 and 6 perfect. but then my +3,3 is around +2,1 so that area is pretty bad to mix at, because its so sensitive to movements. on my other deck the pitch is calibrated to 2,566 with 262,08hz. also +0 and +6 is perfect but +3,3 is around 2,5 there.. also really hard to mix in that area. how do i make them faders calibrated the same ? one deck is around 1999 other one 2008

Hi Dj legion. First of all, thank you for your tutorial. The second thing is that I wanted to tell you about a problem I'm having. I'm following every step of your video. When I perform the test by setting the selector to 20k the multimeter shows the value of 4,530. The problem is that even if I turn the VR302 component to one side or the other, the value of the multimeter does not change. Can you tell me why this is happening to me? Thanks in advance.

This and your other video's are very helpful. After I adjusted the pitch like above (and cleaned and lubed the pitch control from your other video), I still get a +.1/-.1 pitch fluctuation (keeps bouncing between 2 constantly) when I an connected using Serato. Is this normal or could it be something else?

What is the BLACK cable attached by a crocodile clip to the external pitch fader? Is it a ground lead connected to the chassis of the turntable?

Hi, on one of my pitches, the range of resistance only goes as high as 2.22. Do I need to replace the variable resistor? On my second pitch, I adjusted to 2.7 but it then steadily drops by 0.01. I went for a smoke, came back and the resistance had dropped to like 2.648 or something. Any ideas if they can be fixed? Tried cleaning both pitches with contact cleaner.

Yo! Thanks for the stuff, its priceless. But i have a problem thoe 😂 After setting 2.7K i measure those pins and get 0Hz every time. Multimeter is NEW and as the manual says, works between 99.9 Hz - 1000 kHz. Any ideas what could went wrong? Both decks O Hz. Thanks for your replay in advance, big up!

If i want to calibrate SL1200 MK3D when set pitch to center, Do i have to press button?

Got a new astroAi dt132a, frequency meter just shows 0 hz... I have lead clips on right and the turn table turned on... tried on 2 turntables, any advice? Meter worked fine on adjusting pitch fader resistance

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My center click green light is dimmer than the reset button green light...any clues as to what could be causing it ?

Hola tengo un problema he cambiado el trimmer de ajustes del pitch y he puesto otro y no me calibra, que podría hacer????

Do you find this much more difficult to do on the M3D and higher models? Mostly because the center click is disengaged since you have the pitch reset button. How would you go about with doing that?

Hello, turntable has to be off or on? Thanks

Can you show us how to calibrate a Technics M5G

Hey DJ legion please help me out. I did exactly the same like you, got the VR302 on 262.1 Hz And beforehand I got the pitch fader on the zero position at 2.75 Om Still the pitch is slightly incorret when I check the dots on the platter. I didn't disasamble nor clean the pitch fader it self beforehand which I will do this week. Do you think it will have an impact on the fader's accuracy? What else could cause an incorrect pitch control? There is no 2nd zero point nor something else wrong. It is just a little bit out of range and this tutorial doesn't fix it....

Hello, could you give me the models or references of your two wire strippers?

My pitches was fucked I didn’t no anyone who could fix them so I took my technics apart and now I don’t have decks anymore I just have parts in a basket 🥀

Great___^

How to made on m5g ???

jump from 0 to closest minus position is too big

SO!!!!!! lol i said SO quite a lot in this.