A:AnswerThank you for contacting Crosley Brands. The needle this item requires is NP-6, which can be purchased through our website Crosleyradio.com as well as some of our retailers. Kindest regards,
A:AnswerThank you for contacting Crosley Brands. This item has an RCA output on the back that you can hook up to a speaker via RCA cable as long as the speaker is self powered. Kindest regards,
A:AnswerThank you for contacting Crosley Brands. You have to manually put the tone arm onto the record but it will return to the rest at the end of the record automatically. Kindest regards,
A:AnswerI just tested this on the only 45 I have. I had actually not tested this yet. Unfortunately, it does not finish the 45 I played. It gets very close to the end, but picks up and returns the arm just before finishing. If you will be playing 45's, I would recommend getting another player.