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21 INITIAL STARTING UP
DUST COVER INSTALLATION
01. Unwrap the two hinges and the dustcover.
02. Note that the hinges have a clamp side and a tab side.
03. Note that the dustcover has two spots on its rear edge shaped to accept the clamps.
04. Carefully push the clamps onto the dustcover in these locations
05. Now snap the two clamps into the areas indicated at the back of the turntable to accept them.
MOUNT AND ADJUST
01. Place the aluminum turntable platter over the center spindle. Place your fingers through one of the access holes
and grab the rubber belt and stretch it over the motor pulley. Be sure the belt is not twisted.
Spin the platter a few times to be sure the belt runs smoothly. Now place the rubber platter mat on top of the
platter so the ribbed sections point upward
02. Insert the headshell into the tone arm and fix it by turning the collar.
03. Insert the counterweight on the end of the tone arm, rotating it until it threads into place.
04. Rotate the antiskating knob counterclockwise until it is set to “0“. Make sure the gauge is pointing in your direc-
tion
05. Place the lever for the tone arm lift in the front position so that the lift bank lowers.
06. Open the tone arm lock. Seize the handle of the tone arm and move it just outside the edge of the platter so
that it can float up and down. Remove the protective cap from the stylus. (Be careful not to hit the stylus against
anything.)
07. Turn the counterweight until the tone arm floats level. If the tone arm moves up: Turn the counterweight coun-
ter-clockwise. If the tone arm moves down: Turn the counterweight clockwise
08. Put the tone arm back onto the arm rest and lock it.
09. The counterweight has a rotary ring with a scale. Without turning the counterweight, only turn the ring until the
zero “0” aligns with the indicator line.