Azimuth
To adjust azimuth take a strong magnifying glass (at least
10X) and look at the stylus exactly from the front. The
ƚƌŝĂŶŐůĞŽĨƚŚĞĚŝĂŵŽŶĚƐƚLJůƵƐƟƉƐŚŽƵůĚƉŽŝŶƚƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚĚŽǁŶ͘
dŚĞďĞƐƚǁĂLJƚŽƐĞĞƚŚŝƐǁŽƵůĚďĞƚŽůŽǁĞƌƚŚĞĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞŽŶ
a mirror and look from the front if the stylus and its mirror
image are in one line.
/Ĩ Ă ĐŽƌƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌLJ͕ ůŽŽƐĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞǁ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ
underside of the headshell and carefully rotate the headshell
ƵŶƟůLJŽƵŚĂǀĞĂĐŚŝĞǀĞĚƚŚĞĐŽƌƌĞĐƚĂĚũƵƐƚŵĞŶƚ͘dŚĞnjŝŵƵƚŚ
^Ğƚ^ĐƌĞǁƐŚŽƵůĚďĞƟŐŚƚĞŶĞĚĂŐĂŝŶĂŌĞƌƚŚĞĐŽƌƌĞĐƟŽŶƚŽ
ĂǀŽŝĚŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚĂŶĚŵŝŶŝŵŝnjĞƌĞƐŽŶĂŶĐĞ͘
WůĞĂƐĞ ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ dŽŽů ĨŽƌ ĂnjŝŵƵƚŚ njĞƌŽͲĂĚũƵƐƚŵĞŶƚ ;^ƵƉƉůŝĞĚ
ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵƌ ƌŝŶŬŵĂŶŶ ƚŽŶĞĂƌŵͿ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŵŽƵŶƟŶŐ Ă ŶĞǁ
ĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞ͘ DŽƵŶƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŽů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂĚƐŚĞůů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ
ƐĐƌĞǁƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ůŽǁĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŶĞĂƌŵ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂƩĞƌ͘
tŚĞŶůŽŽŬŝŶŐĂƚƚŚĞĨƌŽŶƚŽĨƚŚĞƚŽŽů͕ŝƚƐŚŽƵůĚďĞůĞǀĞůŽŶƚŚĞƉůĂƩĞƌƐƵƌĨĂĐĞ͘/ĨƚŚĞƌĞŝƐĂŐĂƉŽŶ
ŽŶĞƐŝĚĞ͕ůŽŽƐĞŶƚŚĞƐĐƌĞǁŽŶƚŚĞƵŶĚĞƌƐŝĚĞŽĨƚŚĞŚĞĂĚƐŚĞůůƚŽƚƵƌŶŝƚƵŶƟůŝƚ͛ƐůĞǀĞů͕ƟŐŚƚĞŶƚŚĞ
ƐĐƌĞǁĂŶĚĐŚĞĐŬĂŐĂŝŶ͘
KŶůLJ ƌŝŶŬŵĂŶŶ ƚŽŶĞĂƌŵƐ ƐŽůĚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů LJĞĂƌƐ ĂůůŽǁ ĂnjŝŵƵƚŚ ĂĚũƵƐƚŵĞŶƚ͘ ;WůĞĂƐĞ
ĐŽŶƐƵůƚLJŽƵƌĚĞĂůĞƌŽƌƌŝŶŬŵĂŶŶƵĚŝŽ͘Ϳ
Cartridge Alignment
ůůƌŝŶŬŵĂŶŶƚƵƌŶƚĂďůĞƐĂůůŽǁĂĚũƵƐƚŵĞŶƚƚŚĞŽĨWŝǀŽƚƚŽ^ƉŝŶĚůĞĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞďLJƌŽƚĂƟŶŐƚŚĞƚŽŶĞĂƌŵ
ďĂƐĞĂŌĞƌůŽŽƐĞŶŝŶŐƚŚĞƚŚƌĞĞƐĐƌĞǁƐŽŶƚŽƉŽĨƚŚĞƚŽŶĞĂƌŵďĂƐĞ͕ŽƌŝŶƚŚĞĐĂƐĞŽĨƚŚĞĂůĂŶĐĞƚŚĞ
ĐůĂŵƉƐĐƌĞǁŝŶƚŚĞďĂĐŬŽĨƚŚĞĐŚĂƐƐŝƐ͘dŚŝƐĂůůŽǁƐŵĂdžŝŵƵŵĂĚũƵƐƚĂďŝůŝƚLJĨŽƌĞǀĞƌLJƚŽŶĞĂƌŵĂŶĚ
ĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ͘
DŽƐƚĂůŝŐŶŵĞŶƚƚŽŽůƐǁŽƌŬǁŝƚŚĂƐƉĞĐŝĮĐWŝǀŽƚƚŽ^ƉŝŶĚůĞĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞĂŶĚƚŚĞŶƐĞƚƚŚĞŽǀĞƌŚĂŶŐƚŽ
ĂĚũƵƐƚƚŚĞĐŽƌƌĞĐƚŐĞŽŵĞƚƌLJ͘hƐŝŶŐŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞƐĞƚŽŽůƐ͕ĂĚũƵƐƚƚŚĞĐŽƌƌĞĐƚWŝǀŽƚƚŽ^ƉŝŶĚůĞĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ
ĂŶĚĨŽůůŽǁƚŚĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƐŽĨLJŽƵƌĂůŝŐŶŵĞŶƚƚŽŽů͘
dŚĞWŝǀŽƚƚŽ^ƉŝŶĚůĞĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞŝƐŽĨƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞĂƐůŽŶŐĂƐƚŚĞĮŶĂůĂĚũƵƐƚŵĞŶƚŝƐŐĞŽŵĞ
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ƚƌŝĐĂůůLJĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ͘dŚŝƐŝƐŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚƚŽŬĞĞƉŝŶŵŝŶĚďĞĐĂƵƐĞƚŚĞĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞďĞƚǁĞĞŶŵŽƵŶƟŶŐŚŽůĞƐ
ĂŶĚƐƚLJůƵƐĐĂŶǀĂƌLJǁŝƚŚĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞƐĂŶĚŝƚĐĂŶďĞĚŝĸĐƵůƚƚŽĂĚũƵƐƚƚŚĞŐĞŽŵĞƚƌLJĐŽƌƌĞĐƚůLJ
ǁŝƚŚƐŽŵĞĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞƐ͘ůŽƚŽĨŵŽĚĞƌŶƚƵƌŶƚĂďůĞƐĂǀŽŝĚƚŚŝƐƉƌŽďůĞŵďLJŽīĞƌŝŶŐĂŵŽǀĂďůĞƚŽŶĞ
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ĂƌŵďĂƐĞǁŝƚŚĂĚũƵƐƚĂďůĞWŝǀŽƚƚŽ^ƉŝŶĚůĞĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ͘
The Dennesen Geometric Soundtractor and
Brinkmann Protractor
ǁŽƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ĂŶĚ
ŇĞdžŝďůĞŵĞƚŚŽĚƚŚĂƚĐĂŶďĞƵƐĞĚǁŝƚŚĂǁŝĚĞǀĂƌŝĞƚLJŽĨƚŽŶĞĂƌŵĂŶĚĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ͘
Please read the
Protractor
ƐĞĐƟŽŶŽĨƚŚŝƐŵĂŶƵĂůĨŽƌŵŽƌĞŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶĂďŽƵƚĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞĂůŝŐŶŵĞŶƚ
using the
Brinkmann Protractor.
If you don’t have a Protractor or alignment tool or you don’t achieve the desired results with it,
LJŽƵŵŝŐŚƚĮŶĚƚŚĞĞdžƉůĂŶĂƟŽŶƐŽĨ,dŝŶƚŚĞĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞƐĞĐƟŽŶŽĨƚŚŝƐŵĂŶƵĂůŚĞůƉĨƵů͘
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