Wiring a vintage record player.

[Rydwi]

Hi All,
I have a vintage record player and I need advice on how to wire up to a new needle cartridge.
The cartridge (photo below) has four round contact points, two on top both marked with a plus sign (+) and two below each marked with a minus sign(-)
There are 4 wires to be inserted into the 4 contact points. The colours of the wires are Red, Black, Blue and Yellow.
The player was manufactured in the early 1960s.
Can anyone please advise where each wire goes. This will prevent me going mad!

Sincerely Rydwi

 

[Rodders53]

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Red right signal +
Black right ground (screen)

Yellow left signal +
Blue left ground

 

[Rydwi]

Thank you Rodders. Attached them today and the result is perfect.

Cheers

Rydwi

 

[Tricky-Dicky]

Wow, this brings back memories of my youth, when I made a stereo record player, encased in an home made wooden case, speakers mounted into mahogany boxes, woofers, tweeters, midrange, Xover units etc. Two amps, pre-amps, power supply, bass, treble, balance controls etc. My Beatles LP's and Motown collection never sounded better...
Solon 15 watt soldering iron was a birthday present from my big sister, I've still got it. Sadly my sister died too early, many years ago.
My shack back then was a 8' shed with mains power supply, in the garden, I had a home made phone system to the house, for communication to mum - dinner ready. Me and my mates met up in the shed, to play the vinyl, could be up to 6 of us at times.

Sonatone 9TAHC was my ceramic stereo cartridge of choice back then.

Childhood memories, on an old sad git...........

 

[Rydwi]

I have memories of many happy hours spent playing records on the Bush Monarch. These memories are still with me after 60 plus years. I still have the records and decided recently that they should be played - as they were all those years ago - on a Bush Monarch. So I bought one online. They're great machines, robust, and capable of being loaded up with 3 or 4 records. Now, on a sunny day, I can sit back on my garden chair, relax, close my eyes and just listen to artists like Tony Bennett, Ray Conniff and Eydie Gormé.......preferably with a gin and tonic near at hand.

 

[robinbanks]

preferably with a gin and tonic near at hand.

Just like 60 years ago?

 

[Rydwi]

Oh yes!