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Vestax PDX-d3S Owner's Manual

Vestax professional direct drive turntable owner's manual pdx-d3s
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECT DRIVE TURNTABLE
OWNER'S MANUAL
VESTAX CORPORATION
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VESTAX ( Europe ) Ltd.
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  • Page 1 E - m a i l : v e s t a x - c o r p o r a t i o n @ m s n . c o m VESTAX ( Europe ) Ltd. 1 8 s t . C h r i s t o p h e r s R o a d , H a s l e m e r e , S u r r e y G U 2 7 1 D Q E n g l a n d .

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONGRATULATION Thank you for purchasing the Vestax PDX-d3S, Professional Direct Drive Turntable. Please read this owner's manual carefully before you start to use yours, so that you will fully understand all of the special features and enjoy the full use of the product.
  • Page 3 I M P O R T A N T S A F E G U A R D S READ BEFORE OPERATING EQUIPMENT T h i s p r o d u c t wa s d e s i g n e d a n d m a n u fa c t u r e d t o m e e t s t r i c t q u a l i t y a n d s a f e t y s t a n d a r d s .

  • Page 4: Features

    F E A T U R E S ● The PDX-d3S is a high end performance turntable designed for the beginners and the professionals with the same basic quality as the best selling turntable, the PDT-5000.

  • Page 5: A..t.(

    A.S.T.S(Anti Skipping Tone-arm System) A.S.T.S(Anti Skipping Tone-arm System) has been developed with years of experience and a number of trials, searching for the innovative tone-arm for professional DJ's.This system breaks all of the historic common sense, achieving its non skipping performance in hard scratching. A.S.T.S consists of two inventions, short/straight arm and TH (Tracing Hold) balance system.

  • Page 6: Each Parts Name

    d3S/E 02.5.16 2:08 PM ページ 5 EACH PARTS NAME F R O N T Turntable Ce nte r S pindle P o wer S witch EP Adoptor Holder START/STOP Button Speed Select Button R E A R Remote-control Jack O ut p u t Ja c k BEFORE USE CHECKLIST OF PARTS This unit includes the following parts...

  • Page 7: Assembly And Set-Up

    ASSEMBLY AND SET-UP Installation of Turntable Platter ○ By placing the turntable platter on the center spindle, the platter adjusts to match the spindle by itself. ○ Place the slip mat on the platter. ○ Extra care should be taken to avoid damaging magnet by dropping it.

  • Page 8: Installation And Connection

    LOCK RING to the directoin of the arrow shown the fig until fixing the headshell. INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION CONNECTION OF PHONO TERMINAL AND PLUG ○ Connect the output to inputs of amplifier or mixer. PDX-d3S REAR PANEL RCA JACK WHITE（L） RCA CABLE（WHITE/L） RCA JACK RED（R） RCA CABLE（RED/R） GND TERMINAL GND CABLE（BLACK）...

  • Page 9: Adjustment

    ADJUSTMENT Adjustment of Horizontal Zero ○ Release the tone-arm from the armrest to free. ○ Turn the balance weight clockwise or counter clockwise until the tone arm is balanced horizontally. N O T E Be careful not to touch your finger to the stylus tip.

  • Page 10: Operation

    OPERATION ○ Place the record on the turntable mat. ○ Press the power switch button provided at rear panel to turn "ON" position. ○ Remove the stylus protector if cartridge is detachable one. ○ Push the start/stop button, then platter will start to turn. ○...

  • Page 11: Digital Control

    DIGITAL CONTROL ○ FADER PITCH SPAN SELECT SWITCH Pushing the switch, fader pitch span can be selected between ± 3%, ±6%, ±12%. while watching the display switch continuously until the indicated value of span to select snd stop pushing.（refer to fig.1） fig1.

  • Page 12: Remote Control

    Connecting the REMOTE IN JACK of third PDX-d3S with REMOTE OUT JACK of slave PDX-d3S, third PDX-d3S will also act the same as master PDX-d3S It is possible to connect a fourth PDX-d3S, to be controlled the same as master PDX-d3S by REMOTE CONTROL.

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