Basically, like almost any other turntable.
Look up the recommended tracking force for your cartridge/stylus.
Unplug the power to the turntable.
Using the tonearm elevation control, raise the tonearm.
Manually move the tonearm in toward the platter.
Manually rotate the platter ClockWise a few turns to disengage any cueing mechanisms.
Set the Tracking and Anti-skating controls to 0.
Disengage the tonearm elevation control. The tonearm will either float or drop. This is why we have no power, just in case it hits the platter.
Adjust the counterweight until the tonearm floats exactly horizontal. Use the flat portion of the tonarm rest as a gauge.
Return the tonearm to its rest.
Dial in the prescribed tracking force and anti-skating. Play records.
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Basically, like almost any other turntable.
Look up the recommended tracking force for your cartridge/stylus.
Unplug the power to the turntable.
Using the tonearm elevation control, raise the tonearm.
Manually move the tonearm in toward the platter.
Manually rotate the platter ClockWise a few turns to disengage any cueing mechanisms.
Set the Tracking and Anti-skating controls to 0.
Disengage the tonearm elevation control. The tonearm will either float or drop. This is why we have no power, just in case it hits the platter.
Adjust the counterweight until the tonearm floats exactly horizontal. Use the flat portion of the tonarm rest as a gauge.
Return the tonearm to its rest.
Dial in the prescribed tracking force and anti-skating. Play records.
Yes, when the needle is on the record it produces sound, but then it slides horribly across the record. When I touch the stylus it makes sound and it does not feel smooth. The fact that it produces sound leads me to believe that the stylus is okay and that this is a tracking problem. But then again, I have tried adjusting the weight on the tone arm but the problem remains. I am not sure what a stylus gauge is. Please advise.
Aug 26, 2009 - Yes, when the needle is on the record it produces sound, but then it slides horribly across the record. When I touch the stylus it makes sound and it does not feel smooth. The fact that it produces sound leads me to believe that the stylus is okay and that this is a tracking problem. But then again, I have tried adjusting the weight on the tone arm but the problem remains. I am not sure what a stylus gauge is. Please advise.
Does the turntable produce sound at all? Make sure that the stylus is actually there. Do you feel it with just the slightest touch of you finger or does it feel smooth, and does it produce a sound when you do this? You may very well may correct. If you've gone through the adjustments, which are extremely delicate and fine, and nothing has worked, it may well be the stylus. Do you have a stylus gauge to measure the tone arm pressure?
A stylus gage is a fulcrum scale that measure the tone arm/stylus downward force. That downward force is measured in grams of weight. Depending on the stylus, the force can be in the range of 1/2 gram to 3 grams. The gage used to be available from Radio Shack, but I don't know if they still carry them. There should be a counter weight mechanism on the back end of the tone arm. You should able to adjust it so that at one extreme the tonearm does not even touch the record. From that point, very slight adjustments should place more and more weight on the stylus( this where the stylus gage comes in, so you get the correct weight for the stylus). But keep adjusting till the tonearm tracks. Then the anti skate adjustment is made to keep the stylus in the groove.
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