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Bellavista Signature

 Italian Prestige Rigid Turntable 

 

F.A.Q. 

Adjustment

 

 

 

ACTION 

DESCRIPTION 

HOW TO ADJUST IT 

DUST COVER FRICTION 
ADJUSTMENT 

 

The Dust Cover is hard or 

slack during open/close adjustment

 

 

Adjust the single screw present on each 

hinge till you reach your proper wanted friction 

LEVELLING THE TURNTABLE 

 

The Turntable is not 

levelled 

 

With a spirit level, only level the Turntable 

Platter through its shelf layer eventually screwing 
its feet just for very fine adjustment, take care of 
levelling the platter on its vertical and horizontal 
lines 

 

 

The Turntable is not 

levelled 

 

Be sure that the turntable layer is enough 

solid and rigid to support the weight of the 
turntable easily 

SPEED ADJUSTMENT ON THE 
ADJUSTABLE ALUMINIUM PULLEY 

 

The aluminium adjustable 

pulley doesn’t spins at the right 

speed 

 

With the help of a “coin” screw clockwise 

or anti-clockwise the pulley’s internal cone to 
increase (clockwise) or decrease (anti-clockwise) 
the speed. 

Check the right speed with a proper stroboscope 

VTA ADJUSTMENT 

 

VTA tone arm is not 

adjustable 

 

The 3 arm board collar hex bolts are 

screwed into the collar too much and do not let the 
arm shaft gets in it; unscrew the hex bolts before 
inserting the arm 

 

 

VTA tone arm is not 

adjustable 

 

The tone arm shaft is too big to get into 

the collar; ask your local dealer to have a custom 
made collar may fit such arm 

 

 

VTA tone arm is hard to 

adjust 

 

Once the proper height of the arm is been 

approximately reached, fix the shaft with just a 
hex bolt before screwing properly all the 3 hex 
bolts of the collar; then once all the other 
adjustment are properly set fix well, but not too 
tighten all the 3 hex bolts 

CLEANING THE TURNTABLE 

 

The Turntable is dirty and 

needs to be cleaned 

 

With EXTREME care use ONLY pure alcohol 

and a very soft 100% cotton cloth to sweep dust 
and stains out.  

Any acid or not extremely soft cloth will 
irreversibly damage the turntable fine aesthetic. 

Do not use any alcohol to clean the turntable 
anodised label, pulley and motor spindle. Only dry 
cloth is allowed 

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 
 

 

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Summary of Contents for Bellavista Signature

Page 1: ...GOLDENOTE Bellavista Signature ITALIAN PRESTIGE RIGID TURNTABLE Owner s Manual MANUFACTURED IN ITALY TEL 39 0571 675005 FAX 39 0571 675013 ...

Page 2: ...x Content 4 Construction Features 4 Set up Instructions 5 Positioning 6 Operating the Bellavista Signature 6 Specifications 6 Warranty Customer Service Warnings 7 Troubleshooting 8 F A Q Adjustment 9 VERY IMPORTANT Please read the following instructions carefully before installing your Goldenote Turntable ...

Page 3: ...of solid black polyvinyl Underneath the platter there are 9 gold plated weights to increase the peripheral mass of the platter As such the rotation stability is improved The Bellavista Signature also employs a high precision aluminium pulley to guarantee perfect speed capability The innovative platter bearing spindle system much larger and longer than the usual ones is based on a bronze external t...

Page 4: ...e will tend to clean any residual dirt in the bearing In this way even the tiniest residual friction built up after only a few dozen hours operation will be completely eliminated The bearing that houses the spindle is made entirely in bronze and has a thrust washer made of ARNITE located on the bottom that allows for Perfect coupling Adjustment of the VTA carried out directly on the turntable plin...

Page 5: ... should stop dripping once the spindle has seated itself 6 Remove the platter from the foam Gently and carefully place it onto the spindle with the brass weights facing down 7 Place the Allen wrench away in a safe place as it will also be used to tighten down the 3 Allen screws in the arm mounting board at a later time when you are ready to mount your chosen tone arm that will be plug play if feat...

Page 6: ...g properly and could risk causing irreparable damage WARNING Never turn on the turntable while any parts are disassembled as contact with the high voltage inside the BELLAVISTA SIGNATURE turntable could be fatal 33 1 3 rpm or 45 rpm By positioning the belt in the smaller groove of the synchronous pulley motor the BELLAVISTA SIGNATURE turntable be set at 33 1 3 rpm while in the larger groove it wil...

Page 7: ...ur dealer who will advise you on how to resolve the problem Do not return any object directly to the factory or to the national distributor or without being authorized to do so In such cases both GOLDENOTE and the distribution agents operating within your territory decline responsibility of any kind PS The photos reproduced here refer to the Bellavista Signature Turntable but parts and description...

Page 8: ...INSERTING THE PLATTER SPLIT SPINDLE The Spindle does not fit into the Platter Central Hole Unscrewing the tip split the 2 pieces Spindle and fit the bottom part of the spindle into the platter through the gold plated weights side clamp the Spindle tip into the above side of the platter screwing it strongly using a metal pin to get into the tip hole SPINDLE BEARING of the Platter NOISE The Spindle ...

Page 9: ...rease anti clockwise the speed Check the right speed with a proper stroboscope VTA ADJUSTMENT VTA tone arm is not adjustable The 3 arm board collar hex bolts are screwed into the collar too much and do not let the arm shaft gets in it unscrew the hex bolts before inserting the arm VTA tone arm is not adjustable The tone arm shaft is too big to get into the collar ask your local dealer to have a cu...

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