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- Page 1 User manual Bedienungsanleitung © clearaudio electronic GmbH, 2018/ 12 Made in Germany...
- Page 2 Dear Clearaudio customer, Thank you for purchasing the Clearaudio tangential tonearm. , Clearaudio offers vinyl fans a more affordable entry point into the high performance With the of tangential tonearm technology. Please read this user manual carefully to ensure the appropriate care of your tonearm and to avoid any invalidation of your warranty by misuse.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
User manual / Bedienungsanleitung Contents 1. Package contents ............4 - 5 2. Mounting the clamping ring ........6 - 8 3. Mounting the tonearm ........9 4. Mounting the cartridge ..........9 adjustment ............10 - 14 6. Special notes ............. 14 7. -
Page 4: Package Contents
Please check the package contents first. On removing the tonearm from its packaging, be sure to handle the tonearm’s sensitive signal cables with the utmost caution. Note: All threads are right-hand thread (metric). Pic. 1: Package contents © clearaudio electronic GmbH, 2018/ 12... - Page 5 - 3x allen screws M4 x 10 Cartridge mounting screws (not pictured): - 2x M2.5 x 12 - 2x M2.5 x 14 4x counterweights: Not pictured: 2.3; 2.6; 4.3 and 8.0 grams Warranty card; User manual; Clearaudio quality certificate and return delivery note Made in Germany...
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Page 6: Mounting The Clamping Ring
Before mounting the clamping ring, first check that the correct tonearm base is mounted on your turntable. For Clearaudio Performance DC and Ovation turntables you can use the following tonearm bases. • Uni concept / Performance DC / Ovation ( Art. No. AC031-5) This tonearm base is equally suitable for mounting all Clearaudio radial tonearms and tangential tonearm without additional mounting of the clamping ring. - Page 7 User manual / Bedienungsanleitung To mount the clamping ring on a turntable in the Clearaudio Innovation series you will need • to mount the Unify 12 inch level base (Art. No. AC030-4). Pic. 4: Unify 12 inch level base (Art. No. AC030-4) 2.2 Mounting the clamping ring...
- Page 8 If the turntable chassis material is not suitable for cutting threads, please use a 4.5mm HSS drill bit to drill the holes through the material. In this case use standard bolts and nuts to fix the arm base. Pic. 7: Mounting the aluminium clamping ring on a non-Clearaudio turntable © clearaudio electronic GmbH, 2018/ 12...
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Page 9: Mounting The Tt5 Tonearm
(see Picture 8). To adjust the position of the tonearm, we recommend the Clearaudio Cartridge Alignment Gauge (Art. No. AC005/IEC; www.analogshop.de). You can also use a common ruler for this purpose. -
Page 10: Tt5 Adjustment
This tonearm is suitable for cartridges with a weight of 7g or more. If your cartridge is lighter, use a weight between the headshell and the cartridge (headshell plate is not included). Pic. 14: Fixing the weights Pic. 13: Mounting the cartridge weight © clearaudio electronic GmbH, 2018/ 12... - Page 11 Repeat this process until the desired alignment is achieved. Fix this position and check it again. To fix the VTA during further adjustment of the TT5. We recommend the use of the included TT5 VTA clamp. Made in Germany...
- Page 12 User manual / Bedienungsanleitung For this, remove both screws from the TT5 VTA clamp with the enclosed hex wrench #3. Place the two halves of the VTA clamp around the tonearm pillar so that they sit on the tonearm base or swing base and gently tighten the screws with the hex wrench #3.
- Page 13 Now use arm lift lever to lower the needle onto the Clearaudio linear gauge at the run-out groove position and move the gauge carefully until needle tip sits exactly on the reference line (see Pic. 20, red mark).
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Page 14: Special Notes
After setting the tangential tracking angle, fix the tonearm pilar in the tonearm base / clamping ring or TT5 swing base. Now you can remove the TT5 VTA fix by unscrewing the M4 cylinder head screws with a hex wrench (# 3). -
Page 15: Technical Data
( W/ D/ H in mm) : Warranty: 5 years* * Provided that the warranty card is correctly completed and returned to Clearaudio, or your product is registered online at https://clearaudio.de/en/service/registration.php, within 14 days of purchase.. Clearaudio electronic is not responsible for typographical errors in descriptions.
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