Remove your MC cartridge and place it on the side of the platter. If it sticks, don't use it. Send it to me.
MC cartridges and metal platters
I have read you should not use a MC cartridge with a turntable which has a metal platter, and Music Hall strongly recommends not to do so, at least on their Music Hall 2.2. However, every single HIFI dealer I have talked to disagrees and state they have done this countless times without problems. What is the truth?.