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- Page 1 Angling 90° tangential pivot tonearm Model User manual...
- Page 2 1. Tonearm assembly a) Unpack box contents (Figure 1). Please read the User Manual before starting to assemble tonearm. Not following assembly instructions may permanently damage the tonearm. Figure 1 b) Remove the top packaging layer. c) Take out the template [2], a counterweight [3], all the accessories [4] and the top bearings [5] (Figure 2).
- Page 3 e) Take tonearm frame with lever [9] and put it on armwand [7] so that the armwand [7] passes through the tonearm frame [9] (Figure 4). Figure 4 f) Set armwand [7] on tonearm frame pivots [9a] and [9b] and check if they are in correct positions (Figure 5).
- Page 4 k) Take the hex (allen) key from accessories [4] and top bearing [5] (Figure 2). Top bearing must be screwed out of bearing protection. Take the tonearm frame with lever and armwand [9] and set it on a bottom bearing [11b] of the back link [11] vertical axis (Figure 7).
- Page 5 o) Set tonearm lever [9c] on the tonearm front link [8] so that the lever bearing needle [9d] would be embed in sapphire V cup of the tonearm front link [8] (Figure 10). Figure 10 p) Check if the tonearm lever bearing [9d] is in correct position.
- Page 6 On the turntable, mark three tonearm base mounting holes (Figure 12) using Reed mounting drawing and check the position of holes using a Reed template [2] (Figure 2). b) Drill three 4.2 mm holes and thread them with M5 thread.
- Page 7 [4] (Figure 15). g) Attach a cartridge of your choice to the headshell. Check cartridge position with Reed protractor [1] (Figure 1) after Step 3, Step 4, Step 5 and Step 6. Be careful while connecting or disconnecting wire connectors to the cartridge, because tonearm wiring is very fragile.
- Page 8 Before setting tonearm adjustments set the turntable to a horizontal position (Figure 17). Figure 17 3. Vertical tracking force (VTF) adjustment (Figure 18) a) Screw counterweight weight [3b] out of the frame [3] until front of a counterweight aligns with frame’s surface (i. e. it should not stick from a frame) b) Set tonearm balance by sliding counterweight frame [3] on the holder [7a].
- Page 9 Before setting tonearm horizontality check again if the turntable is set to a horizontal position (Figure 17). 5. Tonearm horizontality adjustment a) To adjust tonearm horizontality you have to screw in or out tonearm horizontality screws [6e], [6f] and [6g] (Figure 21 and Figure 22) with hex (allen) key.
- Page 10 Needle of the cartridge should match zero points on the protractor. (Figure 25) Figure 25 d) Check tonearm setup using Reed 5T-5A template [2] (Figure 2). Template’s small hole should be aligned with small hole in the headshell and the needle of the cartridge (Figure 26).
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