Luxman PD-171A, Owner'S Manual

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BELT DRIVE ANALOG PLAYER PD-171A
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How to Replace Tone Arm
By removing the arm base placed on this product (PD-171A) and re-
placing it with the optional arm base, your tone arm can be mounted.
The optional arm bases and applicable tone arms are shown in
the table below.
Product name Applicable tone arm Contents
OPPD-AB1 SME 3009R / 3010R / Series M2-9R /
Series M2-9, M2-10 / Series
Ⅳ
,
Ⅴ
Arm base, mounting wrench, arm mounting screw
(4 pieces)*
1 , Owner's Manual
OPPD-AB2 FR64 / 64S / 64FX, IKEDA IT-345
Arm base, mounting wrench, Owner's Manual
OPPD-AB3 SAEC WE-308
OPPD-AB4 SAEC WE-407 / 23
OPPD-AB5 ORTOFON: AS-212S / RS-212D
OPPD-AB6 Universal (no arm mounting hole)
*1: The attached arm mounting screws (4 pieces) are used for mounting Series M2-9, M2-10, and Series IV and V. Do not use the
screws supplied with the tone arm, but use the screws supplied with the optional arm base.
Follow the procedure below to replace the tone arm, and be
careful to prevent this product (PD-171A) and arm base from be-
ing damaged. Unplug the power cable of this product (PD-171A)
before mounting the tone arm.
Follow the operating instructions of your tone arm for adjust-
ments after mounting the arm.
1. How to remove arm and arm base from
this product (PD-171A)
Remove the turntable sheet, turntable, and belt from the
main unit, and turn the main unit upside down with the dust
cover attached. (Spread a soft cloth or the like on a table,
and put the dust cover on it.)
Unplug the phono cable of the tone arm from the tone arm.
Loosen the screw of the cable holder that secures the pho-
no cable, and remove the phono cable from the main unit.
After removing the phone cable, put the main unit back to
the normal position.
Use the arm base removal wrench (3.0 mm) supplied with
the main unit to remove the arm base mounting screws (6
pieces). (Keep the removed screws until they are used to
mount the optional arm base.)
2. How to mount tone arm on arm base
Follow the operating instructions of the optional arm base to
mount your tone arm to the arm base.
3. How to mount arm base on this product
(PD-171A)
Place the arm base so that the golden label on the this prod-
uct (PD-171A) from which the arm base cover is removed is
aligned with the golden label on the arm base to adjust the
screw hole position of this product (PD-171A) to the one of
the arm base. Use the screws that have been removed from
the original arm base to securely tighten them.
Note: If the screws are insufficiently tightened, the sound
quality may be adversely affected. Thus, the screws
should be securely tightened.
Illustration showing the state of removing
the arm base cover from this product (PD-171A)
Golden label
Golden label
Align the golden label at mounting on the main unit.
Golden label sticking position on the arm base (example)