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INITIAL STARTING-UP 

 

MAINS CONNECTION 

 

Ensure that the mains voltage of your home corresponds to the operating 

voltage of the unit. Your unit is ready to be connected to a mains voltage of 

110V/60Hz or 220V/50Hz. 

 

AMPLIFIER CONNECTION 

 

Connect audio plugs (5) to magnetic record player input on your amplifier: 

 

  Red plug into R/H channel input. 

  White plug into L/H channel input. 

Remove the protective cap from the stylus. 

- Place the record of your choice on the turntable. If it is a 45 rpm, do 

not forget to place the adaptor on the record spindle. 

    - Choose the desired playing speed: 

  33 rpm -> button unlocked 

  45 rpm-> button locked. 

-

  Release the pick-up arm clip. 

-

  Place the cartridge vertically over the first track of the record the 

turntable starts turning. 

-

  When the record is over, the pick-up arm returns to its rest (10); the 

turntable stops turning 

Push the lift button (6) close latch to secure pick-up arm: 

Remark: While the record is ON, if you wish to:  

  STOP THE RECORD WHILE IT IS PLAYING 

-

  Press and stop button (4); the cartridge comes up and returns to its 

rest (10); the turntable stops turning. 

-

  Replace the protective cap on the stylus. 

Push the lift button (6) close latch to secure pick-up arm 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for PLTTB3U

Page 1: ...Direct Drive Turntable USB Turntable ...

Page 2: ...2 CONTENTS CONTENTS 2 DESCRIPTION 3 4 Audacity Software Instruction 5 20 ...

Page 3: ...ng 4 Stroboscope Lamp This lamp shines on the marking on the outside edge of the platter This is useful when making precise adjustment to the platter speed 5 Start Stop Switch User this switch to start and stop the rotation of the platter 6 Counterweight Use this to properly balance the tonearm 7 Anti Skating Control Use this to set the anti skating function of the tonearm ...

Page 4: ...he 45 RPM speed 16 Dust Cover Use this to protect the turntable from exposure to dust The cover may be opened or removed during use but should remain closed when the turntable is not in use 17 Power Cord Connect this cord to a grounded AC outlet of the proper voltage DO NOT DEFEAT THE GROUND PRONG OF THE AC PLUG 18 Signal Connectors Use these to connect the turntable to the mixer or amplifier in y...

Page 5: ...not forget to place the adaptor on the record spindle Choose the desired playing speed 33 rpm button unlocked 45 rpm button locked Release the pick up arm clip Place the cartridge vertically over the first track of the record the turntable starts turning When the record is over the pick up arm returns to its rest 10 the turntable stops turning Push the lift button 6 close latch to secure pick up a...

Page 6: ... TO INSTALL NEW CARTRIDGE Connect the four link wires as shown in figure Push the cartridge into headshell Re position the stylus Replace the protective cap on the stylus IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS We advise you to clean your records using a rag impregnate with an antistatic product for maximum enjoyment of your records and also to make them last We would also point out that for the same reason you...

Page 7: ... that came with your USB turntable 5 Run the file install audacity win 1 2 4b exe to install Audacity software Once installed run the Audacity program To Install Software MAC 1 Insert the included CD 2 Open the CD icon on the desktop 3 Drag the installation folder for audacity to your hard drive We recommend that you move the folder to your Applications folder 4 A window will come up which shows t...

Page 8: ...B Audio Device from Preferences After complete the above setting you are ready for recording If you are still having difficulty finding the USB Turntable try to check your system settings or control panel to adjust audio input settings from the sound control panel Note i The attached Audacity software is for reference only Please download the latest version from the following website http www auda...

Page 9: ...ject will play from the beginning Play starts playing audio at the cursor position If some audio is selected only the selection is played Loop if you hold down the Shift key the Play button changes to a Loop button which lets you keep playing the selection over and over again Record starts recording audio at the project sample rate the sample rate in the lower left corner of the window The new tra...

Page 10: ...u items to save you time Holding the mouse over a tool will show a tooltip in case you forget which one is which Cut Copy Paste Trim away the audio outside the selection Silence the selected audio Undo Redo repeat last command Zoom In Zoom Out Fit selection in window zooms until the selection just fits inside the window Fit project in window zooms until all of the audio just fits inside the window...

Page 11: ...e out of only the left speaker Right Channel makes this track come out of only the right speaker Make Stereo Track if there is another track below this one joins them to make a single stereo track with the top track representing the left speaker and the bottom track representing the right speaker When tracks are joined into a stereo pair all edits automatically apply to both the left and right cha...

Page 12: ...on then Audacity will create a file called Composition aup and a folder called Composition_data Audacity project files are not meant to be shared with other programs use one of the Export commands below when you are finished editing a file Save Project As same as Save Project above but lets you save a project as a new name Recent Files brings up a list of files you have recently opened in audacity...

Page 13: ... in a Label Track to indicate the breaks between exported files Page Setup configure how Audacity will print out the track waveforms using the Print option and what printer to use Print Print out the main window view from audacity showing the tracks and waveforms Exit Quit closes all windows and exits Audacity prompting you to save any unsaved changes first Edit Menu Undo This will undo the last e...

Page 14: ...e slope zero crossing This makes it easier to cut and paste audio without resulting in an audible clicking sound Selection Save Remembers the current selection or cursor position allowing you to restore it later Selection Restore Restores the cursor position to the last position saved by Selection Save Move Cursor to Track Start Moves the cursor to the start of the current track Move Cursor to Tra...

Page 15: ...ill snap to the frames or other quantization you have selected in this menu History Brings up the history window It shows all the actions you have performed during the current session including importing The right hand column shows the amount of hard disk space your operations used You can jump back and forth between editing steps quite easily by simply clicking on the entries in the window the sa...

Page 16: ...tions in the dialog to try some other possible encodings At the beginning of your imported track s you may notice a little bit of noise This is probably the file s header which Audacity was not able to parse Just zoom in and select the noise with the Selection Tool and then choose Delete from the Edit Menu Edit ID3 Tags Opens a dialog allowing you to edit the ID3 tags associated with a project for...

Page 17: ... cursor or selection stays in the same place unless you use Align and move cursor below Align and move cursor same as the functions above except that the cursor or selection is moved along with the tracks That allows you to shift the tracks without losing your relative place Add Label at Selection This menu item lets you create a new label at the current selection You can title the label by typing...

Page 18: ... effect with the same settings This is a convenient way to quickly apply the same effect to many different parts of a file Amplify changes the volume of the selected audio If you click the Allow clipping checkbox it will let you amplify so much that the audio ends up beyond the range of the waveform and is clipped distorted The default value when you open the effect is to amplifiy so that the loud...

Page 19: ... the analogue domain Noise Removal This effect lets you clean up noise from a recording First select a small piece of audio that is silent except for the noise select Noise Removal and click on the Get Noise Profile button Then select all of the audio you want filtered select Noise Removal again and click the Remove Noise button You can experiment with the slider to try to remove more or less nois...

Page 20: ...his feature first select a region of audio from a single track then select Plot Spectrum It opens up a window that displays the Power Spectrum of the audio over that region calculated using the Fast Fourier Transform The graph represents how much energy is in each frequency As you move the mouse over the display it shows you the nearest peak frequency This window can also display other common func...

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