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VPI Classic Signature
Turntable Manual
Setup and Instruction Manual
VPI Industries, Inc., 77 Cliffwood Ave. #5D, Cliffwood, NJ 07721
http://www.vpiindustries.com

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  • Page 1 VPI Classic Signature Turntable Manual Setup and Instruction Manual VPI Industries, Inc., 77 Cliffwood Ave. #5D, Cliffwood, NJ 07721 http://www.vpiindustries.com...
  • Page 2 Classic Signature Turntable Packing List ________________ Serial #: Classic Signature Chassis HR-X Center Weight Azimuth Rod Gauge Instruction Manual Drive Belt Power Cord (115V Only) Alignment Jig Platter 3D Tonearm Date: Final Check by: _____________________________...

  • Page 3: Important: Read Before Proceeding

     Save all packing materials. The Classic should only be moved or shipped in its original packaging to reduce the risk of damage in transit.  The Classic Signature must be placed on a flat, level surface. This will make setup easy, provide better sound quality, and put less strain on the main bearing.

  • Page 4: Unpacking The Box

    We recommend bare platter listening but it is an owner’s choice to decide. Setting up the Classic Signature The Classic Signature must be placed on a flat, level surface. This will make setup easy, provide better sound quality, and put less strain on the main bearing.

  • Page 5: Before You Begin

    Verify the turntable is level by using a 9- or 12-inch bubble level front-to-back and side-to- side on the platter. If it is not level, rotate the Classic Signature feet up or down. If you must turn the Classic feet more than three full turns, level the shelf or platform the table sits on first.

  • Page 6: Installing And Aligning The Cartridge

    Other screws may not fit properly and may cause damage to the threads and cartridge.  To avoid damage to the 3D tonearm, use one of the washers supplied by VPI under the screw heads and do not tighten the screws too tight. ...
  • Page 7 FEMALE BEARING Use the arm rest all the time when not playing a record!!  Line up the red dot on the Lemo connector with the red dot on the receptacle on the junction box. The Lemo connector can plug in only one way and should not be forced.
  • Page 8  Swing the tonearm over the jig so the stylus is as close as possible to the dot in the center of the grid. Set the counterweight for enough downward force to keep the stylus from moving when resting on the jig. ...

  • Page 9: Setting The Tracking Force And Tonearm Height

    VIEW OF CONICAL AND LINE CONTACT STYLI AND WHY ALIGNMENT MATTERS MORE WITH THE LINE CONTACT. CONICAL LINE CONTACT Setting the Tracking Force and Tonearm Height...

  • Page 10: Setting The Azimuth

    Tracking force is adjusted by moving the tonearm counterweight forward and back on its shaft. If your cartridge is overly heavy and the counterweight is all the way back, you can order a heavier weight from your dealer. Half way back is fine as is the middle third of the stub. The JMW Tonearm does not have a built-in tracking force gauge but we have supplied you with a quality digital tracking force gauge if we did not mount a cartridge for you.
  • Page 11 Setting the Anti-Skating – Two Solutions  VPI does not support the need to have anti-skate but does respect the customer’s interest in having it enabled. Therefore we provide a mechanism for anti-skate and the option of engaging it.

  • Page 12: Playing Records

    Additional Items Available from Your Dealer  The VPI Synchronous Drive System power supply provides a major increase in musicality by feeding the 300 RPM AC Synchronous motor with a pure sine wave of the frequency selected. It is hundreds of times more accurate than the power company and will let your motor run cooler and at the exact right speed from microsecond to microsecond.
  • Page 13 Possible Problems:  Noise in the system, a hum or buzz: The answer is to ground the motor and system properly. A line filter that floats the grounds will not allow proper grounding of the phono system, the phono system must be grounded!!!!!! Phono is not like CD and if this is your first table or your return to vinyl after a decade or so you must remember that phono amplification can be 1000 times higher than CD or streaming so any noise that gets into the system will be...
  • Page 14  Distortion in left channel: o Too much anti-skate.  Distortion in right channel: o Too little anti-skate.  Noise at startup: o We used to ship all tables pre 9-11 with talc powder in the bag with the belt. After 9- 11 and the Anthrax scares we discontinued this.
  • Page 15 VPI’s option, of any part(s) found to be defective. VPI’s obligation to repair or replace defective parts is the purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy, and VPI shall not be liable for any direct or indirect injury and/or property damage arising out of the use of the product or defect in or failure of the product.

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