How to Play Vinyl Records Properly

In this video, which is Video #6 and the final entry in this Six-Part series on How to Set Up Your Turntable, I'll show you how you can play your vinyl records.

I will demonstrate how you can do this using the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon turntable.

If you missed any of the previous five videos in this series and would like to go back and watch them, here's a list of the entire lineup:

-How to Set Up a Turntable Effectively (VIDEO 1)
-How to Balance a Tonearm, Align Cartridge (VIDEO 2)
-How to Change a Turntable Needle, Install New Cartridge (VIDEO 3)
-How to Connect Turntable to Phono Preamp or Integrated Amplifier (VIDEO 4)
-How to Connect Speakers to an Amplifier or Receiver (VIDEO 6)

Thanks for watching!

------

TRANSCRIPT:

Hey everyone, it’s Michael from Devoted to Vinyl. And this is the final video—the final video, we’ve made it—this is the final video in a six part video series that I created to help you properly set up your turntable, so you can finally begin buying and playing your vinyl records.

[INTRO]

Now if you joined me in the last video, we talked about how you can go about setting up and connecting your speakers.

But in this video, I wanted to focus on how you can go about properly playing your vinyl records.

And so that will be the subject of today’s final video.

Now that the hard work is over, it’s time to enjoy the music.

First, make sure you turn on both your integrated amplifier and your external phono preamp. And if you connected your turntable into the Auxiliary input, hit the Auxiliary or the AUX button instead.

Now if you’re not using an external phono preamp, and instead decided to directly connect your turntable to the PHONO input in the back of your integrated amplifier, then hit the “PHONO” button on the remote.

Next, if you have a dust cover, lift up the lid. Carefully grab your record by its edge and place it down over the spindle and onto your platter.

Now, you can turn on your record player.

Next, we’re going to want to grab a record cleaning brush and place it on top of your spinning record.While the record spins, slowly pull the brush back towards you. Doing this helps remove dust and static from your records, which can often be what causes some of the “pops” and “crackles” you hear when some records are playing.

Next, lift your tonearm and place it down over the first track of the record. When you’re ready to play the music, push the cueing lever down so that your stylus goes into the record groove.

Now, sit back and enjoy your music. But remember to monitor the record player, as well. Because once the final track on Side A of your record finishes, you’re going to need to push your cueing lift lever back up, grab the tonearm and bring it back over to its rest, and turn off the turntable.

So that’s it for this video and this video series. Hopefully you not only found it to be enjoyable to watch, but that you’ve been able to walk away understanding how to properly set up your turntable so that you now can finally begin playing your vinyl records.

If you enjoyed this video or this video series, please hit the “like” button down below. I’d very much appreciate that. And don’t forget to Subscribe to my channel, Devoted to Vinyl, if you want to be alerted whenever a new video is released every single week.

Lastly, if you feel like you need a little bit of additional help trying to set up your turntable, feel free to re-watch any of these six videos in this series, or any videos that I’ve already created on my Devoted to Vinyl channel. Or, simply leave me a comment down below in the comment section and I’ll try to respond to as many people as I can.

Thanks again for watching, and I will see you in the next video.

—-

Intro Music: Far Away (Sting) by MK2
Background Music: Erykah by Otis McDonald