THORENS TD 160 HD, User Manual

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Operation
Fig. 6
The lever switch on the left next to the platter is the speed
selector . There are two speeds available: 33 rpm for long-
playing records and 45 rpm for singles. If the lever is in
middle position (as shown in
Fig. 6
), the record player is
switched off.
For playing a record the turntable is first started with the
desired speed. Then lift the tonearm by slowly pushing the
lift lever up. Release the tonearm from its rest and position
it above the lead-in groove or above the desired piece/
track to be played. Slowly bring the lift lever into the down-
position whereupon the tonearm is smoothly descending
onto the record.
ATTENTION: please do not attempt to accelerate
the descending movement of the tonearm by ap-
plying force with your finger tip, because this will
inevitably damage both stylus and record.
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This record player does not feature an automatic end-of-
record shut-off facility. Therefore, as soon as the stylus has
reached the lead-out groove, the tonearm is to be lifted up
manually by the lever and the motor switched off.