Helikon run-in groove problem.....

Eureka!!!!! Thanks Scott, I think I found the problem. After getting your post and e-mail I checked the level of my Aries and it was right on....completely level. Then I checked the arm rest and arm lift. I carefully viewed the decent of the arm after I released the lift and "low and behold" the arm went down smoothly AND THE STOPPED....for a fraction of a second, THEN continued it's decent. This must be the cause of the run in at the beginning of the record. Now I have to figure why and how I can correct this faulty arm rest.
Thanks again Scott for your help and I hope this may help any other other there with a similar problem.

Thanks...SDC....yes you described my problem exactly! I also have a Micro-Benz M-2 cartridge in another arm tube that does NOT have this problem. You may have hit on the problem.....I was wondering if it might have been a problem with the Helikon? Don't think so, cause it sounds quite good when it is "into" the record. I will give it a try!

I just wanted to keep you all posted as to my progress with this problem............
Well here I am, red-faced, and STILL with the problem unfixed!
I was centain it was the arm lift that was causing the problem. I even viewed the arm semi-pausing on decent. So yesterday, my tech friend and I changed the arm lift to a brand new one and tried it out. Some records fine.....some not so!! It almost seems as though the Hilikon cartridge needs to sit in the lead-in groove just right and if it doesn't it skips out. Does this make sense? Anyway I have tried to lower the cartridge myself by hand and this sometimes causes the cartridge to skip in........then other times (if I hit the lead-in just right-usually closer to the actual record groove) it catches the groove just right.
Now I'm wondering if it is the cartridge???? It works and sound fine when playing a record??
I am calling the cartridge dealer to see if he has heard any problems like this in the past. I hope to resolve this and keep you all posted.

I want to get back to you all on this subject and close it out...........the culprit was the anti-skating. The cable between the arm block and the arm needs to be played with to get the proper anti-skate. I played, it work.......

P.S. I also changed the arm lift but the problem still remained untill I continued to adjust the cable.
Hope this helps!