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Thank you for purchasing a PRO-JECT AUDIO stylus balance.
!
Warning of a hazard for the user, the unit or possible misuse.
Important notice.
Standard calibration
1
Turn on the meter with the
ON/OFF
button. Give your stylus balance sufficient warm up time. Usually 30
seconds to give the internal components time to stabilise before calibrating.
2
Press and hold the
TARE
button until the display shows
CAL
.
3
Press the
TARE
key again. Now the display shows (flashing)
CAL
and
5.000
.
4
Gently place the 5g weight on the centre of the platform. After approximately 5 seconds the display will
read (flashing)
PASS
and
5.000
.
Occasionally the display will show for example
5.002
or
5.004
instead of
5.000
. This is no defect.
It will not affect the calibration.
5
Remove the weight an press
ON/OFF
to turn off the meter.
Cartridge downforce adjustment
1
Remove the stylus guard and the stylus balance protection cover. Gently place the meter on the platter.
Move the headshell over the weighting platform.
2
Turn on the stylus balance with the
ON/OFF
button, the display shows
0.000
. Give your meter sufficient
warm up time. Usually 30 seconds to give the internal components time to stabilise.
3
Gently lower the tonearm until the stylus is on the black dot of the weighting platform. The display shows
the tracking force.
4
Lift the tonearm and adjust the counter weight (tracking weight dial) and repeat the above procedure the
recommended tracking force is achieved.
!
Never load the stylus balance with more than
5g
, overloading can permanently damage it.
Special calibration -
if the display shows
OUTZ
after turning on
1
Turn off the meter with the
ON/OFF
button.
2
Press and hold the
TARE
button, the immediately press the
ON/OFF
key once until
CAL
will be displayed.
After releasing the
TARE
key, the display shows a random number.
3
After pressing the
TARE
button again, the display will read
ZERO
and another random number.
4
Gently place the 5g weight on the centre of the platform, wait for 2 seconds and press the
TARE
key again.
The display will read (flashing)
PASS
and
5.000
.
Occasionally the display will show for example
5.002
or
5.004
instead of
5.000
. This is no defect.
It will not affect the calibration.
5
Remove the weight an press
ON/OFF
to turn off the meter.
Other display readouts
No display, display shows
LO
or
8888
- batteries are empty and need to be replaced.
O_LD
- overload (more than 5g). Please remove the excessive load immediately.
LLLLL
- The weighting load cell has been damaged by misuse (i.e. it was shocked, dropped or overloaded).
You can try to recalibrate (standard calibration) the meter. If the load cell has not been damaged to much, it
will work again after recalibration.
UNST
- Use the meter on a more stable, vibration free surface.
Backlight
The
LIGHT
key switches the backlight off an on.
