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Acoustic Signature CHALLENGER 2018 User manual

TURNTABLE / PLATTENSPIELER
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG
CHALLENGER 2018
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Dear Acoustic Signature customer
many thanks for your confid nc in our product, th turntabl
Challenger. With th purchas of your turntabl you acquir d
a pr cision instrum nt for th play-back of r cords. To mak it
sound p rf ct, th r is som att ntion n c ssary for s tup and
handling. Th manufacturing of this turntabl and its ass mbly
tak s plac compl t ly in G rmany at th high st ngin ring
standards - this still guarant s high st quality aft r y ars.
Und rstandably you want to start imm diat ly as possibl with
list ning to music. W kindly ask you how v r to r ad this
guidanc b for th first us att ntiv ly, so that you can us
your turntabl optimally.
W tri d to put all th n c ssary information into this manual.
If you still should hav qu stions, which ar not answ r d
h r , th n f l fr to contact us dir ctly at www.acoustic-
signatur .com or by -mail: info@as-distribution.d
Your t am of Acoustic Signatur
Declaration of Conformity
W acknowl dg th fact that th d vic Challenger b longs
to this instruction manual corr sponds to valid EEC guid lin s
at th tim of printing for th acquisition of th CE-Sign. All
th n c ssary ch cks w r mad with positiv r sult
Warranty
Acoustic Signatur manufactur r’s warranty. W commit our-
s lv s to r plac incorr ct s ctions of this d vic fr of
charg if it should fail within th warranty p riod. Th warran-
ty amounts to 10 y ars for th b aring and 2 y ars for th r st
of th turntabl , count d starting from th purchas dat .
Th manufactur r warranty going b yond th l gal warranty
duration of 12 months ntitl d Acoustic-Signatur to mak on
his own d cision xchang or r pair of th d f ctiv s ctions.
If a d f ct of your d vic occurs within th warranty p riod,
th n pl as inform Acoustic-Signatur or your d al r und r
sp cification of th typ of th probl m. Damag , which tak s
plac via n gl ct of th op rating instruction or via outsid
m chanical ff cts, as w ll as transport damag s ar xclud d
from this warranty. Warranty is valid only for th first own r of
th turntabl .
Use of the turntable
Your turntabl has b n built to b us d in clos d rooms.
Pl as us it only in such rooms. Mak sur that th r is no
wat r or humidity clos to th turntabl or th pow r supply.
In any cas of a damag or qu stion pl as contact your im-
port r / d al r.
Sehr geehrter Acoustic Signature Kunde
h rzlich n Dank für Ihr V rtrau n in uns r Produkt, d n Plat-
t nspi l r Challenger. Mit d m Kauf di s s Platt nspi l rs
hab n Si in Präzisionsinstrum nt zur Wi d rgab von
Schallplatt n rworb n, das um s in r Aufgab g r cht zu
w rd n, mit Sorgfalt b hand lt und ing richt t w rd n muss.
Di F rtigung di s s Platt nspi l rs und di Montag rfolg n
kompl tt nach höchst n Qualitätsstandards in D utschland.
V rständlich rw is woll n Si möglichst sofort mit d m Mu-
sikhör n losl g n. Wir bitt n Si j doch di s Anl itung vor
d m rst n G brauch aufm rksam durch zu l s n, damit Si
d n Platt nspi l r optimal nutz n könn n und lang Fr ud
daran hab n.
Wir hab n uns b müht, all s Notw ndig und Wiss nsw rt in
di s r Anl itung unt rzubring n. Sollt n Si noch Frag n ha-
b n, di hi r nicht b antwort t w rd n, so w nd n Si sich
dir kt an uns üb r www.acoustic-signatur .com od r p r E-
Mail: in[email protected] .
Ihr T am von Acoustic Signatur
Konformitätserklärung
Hi rmit wird b stätigt, dass d r Platt nspi l r Challenger d n
w s ntlich n Schutzanford rung n ntspricht, di in d r Richt-
lini d s Rat s zur Angl ichung d r R chtsvorschrift n d r
Mitgli dstaat n üb r di l ktromagn tisch V rträglichk it
(2014/30/EU) f stg l gt sind.
Garantie
Es g lt n di g s tzlich n B stimmung n für di G währl is-
tung von 24 Monat n in voll m Umfang. B i d r Rücks ndung
d r War an d n H rst ll r muss d r Originalkarton mit d n
ntspr ch nd n Einsätz n v rw nd t w rd n. Wir mpf hl n
dah r dring nd, di s n Karton zumind st für d n Z itraum d r
G währl istung aufzub wahr n.
D r V rsand an d n H rst ll r muss in j d m Fall fr i Haus
rfolg n. B i b r chtigt n Mäng lrüg n w rd n di s binn n
ang m ss n r Frist b hob n und d r Rückv rsand rfolgt
b nfalls fr i Haus.
Tritt inn rhalb d r Garanti z it in Mang l an Ihr m G rät auf,
so b nachrichtig n Si Ihr n Händl r unt r Angab d r Art d r
Störung. Falls d r F hl r nicht vor Ort b hob n w rd n kann,
s nd n Si das G rät in d r Original-V rpackung an Acoustic
Signatur in. Schäd n, di durch Nichtb achtung d r B di -
nungsanl itung od r durch äuß r m chanisch Einwirkung n
rfolg n, sowi Transportschäd n sind durch di Garanti nicht
abg d ckt.
Verwendung
Ihr Platt nspi l r wurd zur V rw ndung in g schloss n n
Räum n konstrui rt. Bitt v rw nd n Si ihn nur in Wohn-
räum n. Acht n Si darauf, dass d r Platt nspi l r und das
N tzt il k in r F uchtigk it ausg s tzt w rd n.
Das N tzt il wird mit 230V N tzspannung b tri b n. Bitt
zi h n Si vor d m Öffn n unb dingt d n N tzst ck r.
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Packing
Parts
1 Challenger chassis
2 Control unit
3 Motor unit
4 Tool s t
5 Pow r cord
6 Patch cabl RJ45
7 Platt r
8 Digital Motor Control DMC1
9 Driv b lt (not shown)
10 L ath r mat (not shown)
11 Manual (not shown)
Verpackung
Teile
1 Challenger Chassis
2 B di nt il
3 Motordos
4 Tools t
5 N tzanschlusskab l
6 Patchkab l RJ45
7 Platt nt ll r
8 Digital Motorst u rung DMC1
9 Antri bsri m n (nicht darg st llt)
10 L d rmatt (nicht darg st llt)
11 B di nungsanl itung (nicht darg st llt)
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Setup
Preparation
To avoid transport damag s th Challenger
com s in a car fully d sign d packing and is
partially pr ass mbl d.
W r comm nd to hav a plan ar a of about
400x600mm² / 16x24 squar inch for s tup.
First, tak out th chassis and plac it on th
d signat d op rating plac .
Levelling
Aft r placing th chassis you can l v l th turn-
tabl by turning th 3 f t’s ins rt using a coin
. g.. Us a suitabl bubbl l v l for adjustm nt
( . g. Acoustic-Signatur s dual axis bubbl l v l,
s pictur b low).
Aufbau
Vorbereitung
Um Transportschäd n zu v rm id n wird d r
Platt nspi l r sorgfältig v rpackt und t ilw is
z rl gt g li f rt.
Für d n Aufbau b nötig n Si in b n Fläch
von ca. 400x600mm².
N hm n Si nun vorsichtig das Chassis aus d r
V rpackung und st ll n s auf d n vorg s h -
n n B tri bsplatz.
Ausrichten
Nach d m Aufst ll n d s Chassis könn n Si d n
Platt nspi l r sofort durch V rdr h n d s
Schraub insatz s d r 3 Füss (z. B. mit in r
Münz ) und mit Hilf in r g ign t n Wass r-
waag (z. B. Acoustic-Signatur s Dopp l-
Wass rwaag , si h Bild unt n) ausricht n.
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Mounting the platter
Tak away th cov r strip ov r th b aring hol .
Ins rt th platt r car fully into th b aring. Tak
car that it slid s in slowly and asily.
Do not let the platter drop into the bearing
hole as this may damage the bearing.
Turn th platt r by hand to mak sur it spins
asily.
Now plac th b lt around th platt r and motor
pull y.
Finally plac th provid d l ath r mat onto th
platt r.
Teller montieren
Entf rn n Si d n Schutzaufkl b r üb r d r La-
g rbohrung.
S tz n Si nun d n Platt nt ll r vorsichtig in di
Lag rbohrung in und s nk n ihn ab. Acht n Si
dab i darauf, dass r l icht und ohn rk nnba-
r n Wid rstand ins Lag r gl it t
Lassen Sie den Teller nicht in die Lagerboh-
rung fallen da dies das Lager beschädigen
kann.
Dr h n Si d n T ll r von Hand und prüf n Si
ob r sich l icht dr h n lässt.
L g n Si anschli ss nd d n Ri m n um T ll r
und Motorpull y.
Zum Schluss l g n Si di L d rmatt auf.
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Place the motor unit
Plac th motor unit at an optional position
around th platt r. Normally th motor unit is
plac d on th opposit sid of th ton arm.
Th distanc of th motor unit (its axis) to th
c nt r of th platt r should b around
210mm/8,27”.
Fitting a tonearm
Now you can start to mount th ton arm and
cartridg (if not suppli d alr ady mount d) ac-
cording to th s tup manual of th manufactur r.
B for mounting a ton arm you n d to mount
th appropriat armboard (if not suppli d alr ady
mount d).
W provid armboards for a wid rang of ton -
arms. Pl as contact us for furth r information.
If want d, you can dismount th ton arm bas
for changing th armboard by loos ning th M8 –
scr w, using an All n k y siz 6.
Plac your chos n armboard onto th 3 spac r
and tight n it with th 3 M4x75 - scr ws.
Th radial position of th armboard can b ad-
just d within ±25°. Th distanc c nt r platt r to
c nt r armboard can b adjust d b tw n
214mm and 236mm
Motordose positionieren
Di Motordos kann an j d r b li big n fr i n
St ll um d n T ll r h rum aufg st llt w rd n.
Normal rw is b find t si sich g g nüb r d m
Tonarmausl g r. D r Achsabstand d r Motordos
zur T ll rmitt sollt ca. 210mm b trag n
Tonarm einbauen
Nun könn n Si d n Tonarm und Tonabn hm r
monti r n (w nn di s nicht b r its ab W rk
monti rt g li f rt wurd n).
Vor d r Tonarmmontag müss n Si ggf. noch
das pass nd Armboard monti r n, sof rn di s s
nicht b r its b i Li f rung von uns monti rt wur-
d .
Wir li f rn Armboards für in gross Anzahl von
Tonarm n. Bitt w nd n Si sich an uns für w i-
t r Information n.
Si könn n di Armbasis für di Montag d s
Armboards durch Lös n d r M8 – Schraub ab-
n hm n. V rw nd n Si hi rzu in n Inbus-
schlüss l Gröss 6.
S tz n Si das Armboard auf di 3 Spac r auf
und b f stig n s mit d n M4x75 - Schraub n.
Di radial Position d s Armboards kann im B -
r ich ±25° ing st llt w rd n. Di axial Position
zur T ll rmitt kann im B r ich 214mm bis
236mm v rst llt w rd n (Mitt Armboard).
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Connecting the Challenger
Conn ct th Challenger in 3 st ps:
- Patch cabl RJ45
- Motor cabl
- Pow r cord
S pictur b low for corr ct positions of conn c-
tions.
Th motor cabl can b ins rt d in v ry motor
plug (Motor 1 to 3).
Not : b for conn cting th patch cabl to th
control unit, f d th cabl b tw n l ft or right
front foot and backsid foot.
Conn ct th pow r cabl to your wall sock t and
switch on th Digital Motor Control on its back-
sid .
Anschlüsse am Challenger
Schli ss n Si d n Challenger in 3 Schritt n an:
- Patchkab l RJ45
- Motorkab l
- N tzkab l
B acht n Si das unt n st h nd Bild für di La-
g d r Anschlüss .
Das Motorkab l kann an all n 3 Motoranschlüs-
s n ing st ckt w rd n.
B acht : führ n Si das Patchkab l vor d m
V rbind n mit d m B di nf ld zwisch n d m
vord r n r cht n od r link n und d m hint r n
Fuss unt r d m Spi l r durch.
V rbind n Si das N tzkab l mit d r St ckdos
und schalt n di Motorst u rung auf d r Rücks i-
t in.
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Operating the Challenger
Position th Control unit c ntrically b tw n th
front f t, so that both buttons ar asily acc s-
sibl .
On th l ft top sid of th Control unit ar 2 push
buttons mark d with ON/OFF and 33/45.
Simply pr ss th ON/OFF - button for starting th
Challenger.
Th Challenger is quipp d with a r sum func-
tion, so th last chos n sp d is activ wh n
turning on. Changing th sp d works with
pr ssing th 33/45 - button.
As long as th Challenger sp ds up or down,
th LED is blinking. Wh n th blinking stops your
Chall ng r is lock d into th s l ct d sp d.
Dimensions
Bedienung des Challenger
Positioni r n Si das B di nf ld nach d m An-
schli ss n z ntrisch zwisch n di vord r n Füss ,
so dass b id Tast n gut rr ichbar sind.
Vorn links auf d r Ob rs it d s B di nf ld s
b find n sich 2 Tast r, di mit ON/OFF und
33/45 marki rt sind.
Zum Einschalt n drück n Si infach d n ON/OFF
- Tast r und d r T ll r b ginnt sich zu dr h n.
Di s rfolgt imm r mit d r zul tzt ing st llt n
Dr hzahl. Zum Änd rn d r Dr hzahl drück n Si
d n 33/45 – Tast r.
Solang d r T ll r s in Solldr hzahl noch nicht
rr icht hat, blinkt di ntspr ch nd LED. Nach
Err ich n d r Solldr hzahl l ucht t di ntspr -
ch nd G schwindigk its-LED dau rhaft.
Abmessungen
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Challenger
Technical data Technische Daten
Dimensions:
465mm x 350mm x 140mm
Abmessungen:
465mm x 350mm x 140mm
Weight:
22kg
Gewicht:
22kg
Drive System:
1 DC-Motor, sp d controll d and r gulat d, fin ad-
justm nt of sp d possibl
Antrieb:
1 DC-
Motor, g schwindigk itsg r g lt mit int gri rt r
Motor l ktronik; Dr hzahl f in inst llbar
Speed range:
33 1/3 RPM and 45 RPM
Drehzahlbereich:
33 1/3 UpM und 45 UpM
Power supply:
Int rnal AC to DC pow r adaptor (in Digital Motor
Control DMC1),
Input 100V to 260V AC 50Hz
Stromversorgung:
Int rn s N tzt il
(in Digital r Motorst u rung DMC1
int gri rt)
Eingang: 100V - 260V AC, 50 Hz
Bearing:
High pr cision TIDORFOLON b aring
Lager:
Hochpräzis s TIDORFOLON-Lag r
Chassis:
Ø299mm x 40mm aluminum,
3 h ight adjustabl f t
Chassis:
Ø299mm x 40mm Aluminium,
3 höh nv rst llbar Füss
Platter:
Aluminum platt r Ø299mm x 50mm, w ight: 9kg
Teller:
Aluminium-T ll r Ø299mm x 50mm, G wicht: 9kg
Acoustic Signatur
Mad by AS-Distribution GmbH
Hill nbrandstrass 10
D-73079 Süss n / G rmany
T l: +49 7162 9474450
www.acoustic-signature.com
E-Mail: info@as-distribution.d
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