Hi,
Had a newbie problem, couldn't figure out how to reply to my original message. My apologies to the person who helped me. I think my answer went directly to their email by mistake.
Here is the further information from today.
Okay, I inserted the disc and it loads properly. Meaning the carriage takes the disc inside the machine and clamps it to the turntable. At this point, I am able to rotate the disc with my finger, in either direction. Meaning I can spin the disc freely, but does not have play up and down. I press play and the disc spins, there is a noise like loose stones rolling around inside the deck, the disc slows, slips a great a deal, then it comes to a halt. I advance the track to 2, and the disc spins much faster, then the same rolling stones noise, the disc stops playing and then slowly comes to a halt, like what you would expect if you had pressed the stop button.
I hope this is clear, I am a newbie, you know.
Thanks Steve