semi-automatic turntables

When the record player was the only fixed playback medium besides the cassette and tape, a number of semi-automatic machines were found on the market. They were actually the standard and the "halved" version of the fully automatic record players. Everyone will remember the moment as a child when they just fell asleep and were awakened by the operation of the tone arm lift after the record ended.
Semi-automatic turntables turn off the platter after the record ends and usually raise the tonearm. Fully automatic ones also guide the tone arm to the inlet groove of the vinyl at the beginning of the record