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Place the arm tube assembly on the lower pivot point, using caution with the
4-color wire and Lemo connector. Set the arm in its rest. If the cartridge has a
guard, remove it.
Line up the red dot on the Lemo connector with the red dot on the receptacle
on the junction box. The Lemo connector can plug in only one way and should
not be forced.
Swing the tonearm over the jig so the stylus is as close as possible to the dot
in the center of the grid. Set the counterweight for enough downward force to
keep the stylus from moving when resting on the jig.
Look down at the cartridge and align it between the lines of the grid. Be
careful to align the cartridge and not the tonearm headshell.
Adjust the cartridge mounting screws and the counterweight as needed until
the cartridge is centered between the grid lines and the stylus is resting on the
dot of the grid. The picture below shows the setup, the jig is in white for
clarity, yours is black.
When the cartridge is properly positioned, tighten the cartridge mounting
screws and remove the alignment jig.
Setting the Anti-Skating – Two Solutions
Anti-skating is one of the least understood forces acting on a tonearm. Skating
force is created by friction between the stylus and the record, causing a force
vector in a direction towards the center of the record when the headshell of the
tonearm has an offset angle. Putting a stylus down on a flat, groove less record
will cause the arm to move toward the center of the record. Arm manufacturers
have tried to compensate for this force, but that is impossible because the force
is constantly changing as the music and velocity change.