Thanks BlueBMW, hopefully I shall not need any more but, I guess I probably will . I Think it is unlikely that the one you sent me would die in exactly the same way as the others if there wasn't a reason for it.
Here's what the pots are set at at the moment. I spent ages adjusting them so the tracks wouldn't skip. Does anything look too extreme? If anyone has a KS-225A in there cd rom 2 and could take a picture of their settings that'd be excellent.