Audio-Technica VM520EB - Dual Moving Magnet Stereo Cartridge Manual

Safety precautions

• Keep the plastic bag provided with the product out of the reach of small children and away from open flames to avoid accidents or fire.
• Keep the product out of the reach of small children to avoid accidents or malfunction.
• Do not put the product in a location where it is exposed to direct sunlight, near heating devices, or in places with high temperatures, high humidity, or high concentrations of dust to avoid malfunction.
• Do not touch the product's vibration system to avoid malfunction.
• Do not attempt to disassemble or modify the product to avoid malfunction.
• Do not subject the product to strong impact to avoid malfunction.

Name of each part

Become familiar with each part before using the product.

1. Stylus tip
2. Vibration system
3. Replacement stylus
4. Output terminals
5. Cartridge body
6. Protector

How to use

1. Mount the product onto the headshell or headshell-integrated tone arm.
2. Connect the lead tips, noting output polarity.
   

• Connect headshell lead tips to the product output terminals of the same color.
• Never apply heat (from solder, etc.) to the output terminals.

3. Determine the correct position for installing the product (adjust overhang).

• Adjust overhang following the instructions in the tone arm's or phonograph's user manual.
  If you are unsure, align the stylus tip to the cartridge originally attached to the tone arm (as shown in the figure).
  

4. Adjust tracking force.

• Confirm the tracking force for the product in "Specifications."

5. Adjust arm height.

• Adjust the height so that the bottom surface of the headshell and the record surface are parallel, as seen from the side. An improper arm height may cause the body of the product to make contact with the record and could impair audio quality or damage the record.

6. Connect directly to the PHONO (MM) terminal of the preamplifier/amplifier.

• If your preamplifier/amplifier does not have a PHONO terminal, use a phono equalizer (sold separately).

Care

• Use a brush to remove dirt and dust from the stylus tip.
• Always move the brush in the direction in which the record rotates.
  
• A stylus cleaner (sold separately) is recommended to remove stubborn dirt.

Replacing the stylus

1. Remove the replacement stylus by pulling in the direction of the arrow after raising the protector without touching the vibration system.
   
2. Install a new replacement stylus onto the cartridge body.
   

• Lifetime of the replacement stylus is approx. 300 hours.

Specifications

Type: VM
Frequency response: 20 to 23,000 Hz
Output voltage: 4.5 mV (1 kHz, 5 cm/sec.)
Channel separation: 27 dB (1 kHz)
Output balance: 1.5 dB (1 kHz)
Tracking force: 1.8 to 2.2 g (2.0 g standard)
Coil impedance: 2.7 k ohms (1 kHz)
DC resistance: 800 ohms
Recommended load impedance: 47 k ohms
Recommended load capacitance: 100 to 200 pF
Coil inductance: 460 mH (1 kHz)
Static compliance: 35 × 10^-6 cm/dyne
Dynamic compliance: 8 × 10^-6 cm/dyne (100 Hz)
Stylus: Bonded elliptical
Stylus curvature radius: 0.3 × 0.7 mil
Cantilever: Aluminum pipe Vertical tracking angle: 23°
Dimensions: 17.3 mm (0.68") × 17.0 mm (0.67") × 28.2 mm (1.11") (H × W × D)
Weight: 6.4 g
Replacement stylus (sold separately)*: VMN20EB
Accessories: Cartridge installation screws (5.0 mm (0.20")× 2, 8.0 mm (0.31") × 2 and 10.0 mm (0.39") × 2), Washer × 2, Round nut × 2

* The replacement stylus of this product is used for VM 500/600/700 series products. In this series, we offer replacement styli with different stylus tip structures and point shapes. For more details, please visit our Audio-Technica website (www.audio-technica.co.jp/atj/vm/).

Specifications are subject to change without notice due to improvements.

Videos

MM Cartridges $90-120: AudioTechnica VM520EB Review Video

Documents / Resources

References

• VM Cartridges | audio-technica

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