User:Toasteroven427/RCA Victor 45-J-2 Record Player/Turntable

RCA Victor 45-J-2 Record Player/Turntable The RCA Victor 45-J-2 record player, or turntable, was created as a record attachment for a television or radio. The 45-J-2 was created to replace the model before it, the 45-9-JY. The 45-J-2, also referred to as the J-2, was first created in 1951 and production lasted until about 1954. In RCA's effort to encourage the use of 45 RPM records, the J-2 played just that; only 45 RPM records. The unit was small and compact, making it easy to fit anywhere in any home. How the player worked was simple yet ingenious; After placing the records (up to 15 at one time) on the spindle, the unit would be turned on. The spindle was connected to the motor, so the spindle spun when the unit was turned on. Next, the tonearm would come up and lightly tap the first record, allowing it to fall. The tonearm would then come down and play the record. Once the needle and tonearm reached the inner groove of the record, the tonearm would swing to it's original position, giving room for the next record to automatically fall. After this, the tonearm would move back over and play the record. This continues until the final record is reached. Since it can't read how many records there are on the spindle, it will continue to play the last one until someone turns it off or take the needle off the record. These were very cheap and inexpensive units. Unlike the J-2's almost similar model, the 45-EY-2, the J-2 had no internal speaker like the 45-EY-2. However, RCA knew most people had either a television or a radio. So the J-2 was equipped with a speaker wire. This speaker wire was plugged into a television or radio to achieve a sound source for the records. However, not all radios had input jacks for the J-2 and similar models. So many early and mid 1950's RCA Victor radios were made with a phono output located on the back of the radio for the J-2 and similar models. The 45-J-2 eventually ceased production with the increasing popularity of record players with built in speakers. Today, the J-2's are some of the most sought-out RCA Victor record players and turntables from the 1950's era.