Origine
MkII
Owner’s Manual Oracle Audio Technologies
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Use the blue cloth to jam the platter against the plinth preventing its rotation. This way your
alignment with the pivot shaft tip will not move during the procedure.
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Gently and carefully put the tonearm back on the pivot shaft and seat it in the armrest post.
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Remove the stylus guard.
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Bring the tonearm over the grid on the Calibrator disc and lower it on the central dot on the grid
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If the stylus tip is not sitting in the center of the dot on the grid, move the phono cartridge toward
the front or the back of the headshell until it is centered with the dot.
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Adjust the phono cartridge so the sides are parallel to the grid or so you can verify that the
cantilever is on the same axis as the center line on the grid.
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Secure the cartridge screws enough, without any excessive force, to prevent the cartridge body
from moving in the headshell.
Adjusting the vertical tracking angle (VTA)
Note:
If you purchased your Origine turntable with the optional Ortofon 2M Blue phono cartridge, there is
no need to adjust the VTA as it has been performed by our technicians at the factory when aligning the
phono cartridge on the tonearm. This procedure has to be done very carefully to prevent damaging the
stylus. For adjusting the VTA it is recommended to use a record of an average thickness. This will
ensure that your VTA adjustment stays close to the desired values when playing very thick records like
the 180g or the same when playing very thin records. Do not turn on the motor for this adjustment the
VTA adjustment is done with a static platter. We recognize that other methods like special records
