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Setting the tracking force
1. Set the anti-skating control to zero.
2. Raise the cueing lever.
3. Unclip the tone-arm from its securing clip so that it can move freely.
4. Take the head-shell and observe that it is currently unbalanced. At
this point the head-shell should drift upwards.
5. Rotate the counterweight so that it moves further onto the tone-arm.
6. Keep checking the balance by lowering the cueing lever to see whether
the tone-arm falls, rises or remains level. Take care when lowering the
tone-arm that the stylus does not come into contact with the turntable
base.
You should ignore the scale on the front of the counterweight at this
time.
7. Adjust the counterweight further by rotating the counterweight so that
it moves in or out until the tone-arm is balanced and remains level
when the cueing lever is lowered.
8. Carefully remove the stylus cover and adjust the counterweight again
until the tone-arm is balanced.
When removing the stylus cover, take care not to touch the stylus.
When balancing the tone-arm it is important to ensure that the stylus
never contacts the turntable platter, mat or turntable base.
Damage caused to the stylus by mishandling is not covered by the
guarantee.
Counterweight
Balance the tone-arm
Cueing lever (to raise or
lower the tone-arm)
Removing the stylus cover
Setting the anti-skating control to zero
