Urban Outfitters: vinyl do's and dont's

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I N Y L DO’S AND DONT’S

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RULES & REGULATIONS ON O f cour s e t h e ve r y f i r s t th i n g to d o i s tur n your tab le o n ( t hat is a give n, yo u c an have tha t one fo r f r ee !) . N ow, your r ecor d p layer m ay com e wit h a re movabl e du st cove r o r it ma y com e w i t h a de t a tch ab le on e, w h i ch ever th e cas e re move it whe n yo u want to u se the r eco r d p l a y e r.

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step two.

Next , ta ke y o u r r eco r d of c h oi ce an d r em ove i ts cas e, r em embe ring to ho l d it pro pe rl y ( as cover d p r ev i o u s l y ) , a n d p o s i ti on i t over th e r ecor d p layer s spindl e so it l e t s it t hro u gh th e hol e of t h e r eco r d.

N ow com e s t h e be s t bi t. W h en you w an t to h ear m us ic yo u mu st ve ry c are fu l l y l ift t he need l e of t h e to n e a r m an d place i t over th e outer gr oove s of t he reco rd, yo u sho u l d be a b l e to l i n e t h i s u p by eye an d gen tly d r op th e n eed le o nto t he reco rd. Once t hat side of the a l b u m h a s f i n i s h e d you j us t fli p th e vi n yl over an d re pe at t he pro ce ss, simpl e !

step five.

step four.

On ce you have finishe d l iste ning and yo u no l o nge r requ ire t he reco rd pl a y er, l ift a n d p os i ti on th e to ne arm bac k to it s re st , o r if yo u are l azy and have an au to ma tic tur n ta bl e i ts ton e ar m wil l au to mat ic al l y re t u rn to it s pl ace whe n t he reco rd is ov er. I t is n ot ad vi s ab le to l e ave t he vinyl o n t he reco rd pl aye r whe n yo u are no t u sing it a s it c a n d am age b oth t he reco rd and t he device , it is pro babl y be t te r to re move it a n d p l a ce it in i ts cas e w he n no t in u se .

Fi n ally, ju st po p yo u r du st cove r bac k o nto t he pl aye r so it is pro te d fr om th a t p esky dust an d pl ace it in a safe are a, away fro m ext re me te mpe rat u re and mo is tur e, a cool a n d dr y place sho u l d to t he t ric k.

USING YOUR RECORD PLAYER

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SPINDLE

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P I TC H

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TO N E A R M

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RECORD PRESSURE ARM

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ARM REST

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USING YOUR RECORD PLAYER

handling.

RULES & REGULATIONS ON R ule nu m be r o n e of h an d i n g vi n yl i s to keep th os e fil t hy paws off t he se nsit ive par t s, y our fi n g e r s co n t a i n aci d s , oi ls an d lots of oth er n ast y t hings t hat wil l we ar away at the r eco r d, we a r e t a l k i n g ch em i cally. Hold th e vi n yl by t he pl ace s t hat do no t ho l d infor ma t i o n , i . e . t h e g r o oves . In an i d eal (an n oyi n g) wo rl d, it is pro babl y be st to c l e an a v i ny l b e fo r e a n d a fte r p layi n g i t to p r even t th e b ui ld up of du st and grime .

This is a sim p l e , c h e a p a n d fai r ly s afe w ay to clean all of t ho se reco rds bu t be fo re yo u star t cle a nin g p l e a s e k n ow th at th i s i s n ot th e b es t w ay to c l e an a reco rd bec au se it is b ette r to min i m i ze p h y s i c a l con tan t w i th th e s ur face of th e reco rd bu t many peo pl e do use t his met h o d. Wh a t y o u w i ll n eed : d i s h s oap , a b ow l, warm wate r ( dist il l e d and de io nized if p o s s i bl e ) , a s oft c l oth - li n t fr ee, a car b on fi b r e b ru sh o r c l o t h.

cleaning.

Keeping thos e be a u t i f u l vi n yls clean w i ll keep th em s oun d ing gre at fo r a l o ng t ime bu t y ou need t he k n ow - h ow of h ow to clean th em pr oper ly w i th ou t damaging t he m. So me t hing to re memb e r i s t h a t p l a y i n g a d i r ty r ecor d w i ll d am age th e vinyl and negat ive l y affec t th e sound q u a l i t y, a l s o , n ew r ecor d s ar e n ot n eces ar r i ly clean reco rds, yo u sho u l d c l e an y ou r r ecor d s be fo r e t h e f i r st p lay. A n oth er qui ck ti p i s to kee p t he t ip of yo u r st yl u s clean, si nce i t i s e s s e n t i a l l y clean i n g out gr ooves i n th e r eco rd whil e it pl ays, t he re is a te nda ncy for i t to g a t h e r du st an d s m all fi b r es , i f i t d oes get a bit diry ju st ge nt l y bl ow of f th e j unk, bu t n o s p i t t i n g ! Ever y s tylus s h ould b e r ep lace d at so me po int .

step one.

Rem ove al l of t hat du st and t ho se l o o se par t ic l e s fro m t he su rface befor e a n y deep clean ing, a c arbo n fibre bru sh passe d l ight l y ac ro ss t he su rface , in th e dir ec tion of th e gr ooves, sho u l d do t he t ric k ( if yo u appl y any pre ssu e par t ic l e s wil l be p ush ed in to th e gro ove s and yo u do no t want t hat ) . First l y t ry c l e aning yo u r recor ds w ith j ust th e d i s ti ll e d warm wate r, if yo u do dec ide to u se so ap t he n ju st u se it sp a r in g l y, y ou w il l n ot n ee d a l o t ( t he wate r sho u l d no t be to o ho t , ju st warm e no u gh so th a t th e soa p c a n d i s s olve e asil y) .

step three.

step two.

Now w r ap yo u l int free c l o t h ove r yo u r index finge r and ju st l ight l y dip it in to th e bow l of w ar m w ater, ( do no t ge t t he c l o t h we t e no u gh to l e ave a we t ne ss o n t he recor d, if th er e i s s om e wet ne ss ju st u se a c l e an par t of yo u r c l o t h to ge nt l y abso rb it th en br ush th e r ecor d w i th yo u r c arbo n fibre bu sh) , ru b t he c l o t h in c irc u l ar mo t io ns al o n g th e r ecor ds gr ooves ; go in c irc l e c l o c kwise fro m t he ce nt re aro u nd t he reco rd u nt il y ou r ea c h th e outs i d e ed ge , t he n go in t he o ppo site direc t io n l ike t he st yl u s do e s. Rem em ber th is i m p or tan t tip, kee p yo u r finge r fl at , no t nail s gu ys! If yo u r bowl of wate r or c l oth g ets d i r ty s tar t again wit h c l e an wate r and a c l e an c l o t h.

To fi n ish off t he c l e aning do o ne final pass u sing o nl y t he dist il l e d w a ter j ust to m a ke s ur e that t he re is no t any so ap re sidu e l e ft be hind. T he re is no po in t it p uttin g a l l th a t effor t into c l e aning if yo u do no t sto re yo u r vinyl s c aringl y. Kee p th em in a cool dr y p lace and st ac ke d ve r t ic al l y, neve r l ay t he m fl at o r st ac ke d o ne o n top of th e oth er a s th i s can c au se t he vinyl to warm ove r t ime . J u st to be fu ssy, do no t sq uish th e r ecor ds togethe r e it he r, give t he m a l it t l e bre at hing ro o m.

TAKING CARE OF YOUR VINYL