Clearaudio Ambient User manual

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Hi-Fi Components clearaudio electronic GmbH
Spardorfer Str. 150 ●D-91054 Erlangen ●Tel. [phone] ●FAX [phone]
www.clearaudio.de ●www.analogshop.de ●[email protected] ●copyright clearaudio2008
User manual
Ambient
Ambient - Black Piano Laquer
Version 1.2._08-04-11_E
Made in Germany

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Dear clearaudio-customer,
you have purchased a state-of-the-art turntable, the
Ambient , a world class product of
clearaudio electronic GmbH.
The special resonance-optimised construction, the external motor-unit and the patented
clearaudio - CMB-bearing-technology guarantees absolute speed stability, pure pleasure in
listening and reproduction in accordance to the original.
Thank you very much your confidence.
Please read this guide carefully so that you can enjoy all advantages of your
Ambient -turntable. All information given will help to generate best set up and avoid any possible
damages.
We hope you will enjoy your new clearaudio
Ambient -turntable.
clearaudio electronic GmbH
Please read the warnings before connecting your
Ambient -turntable to the mains supply.
CE-MARKING
The clearaudio
Ambient meets the regulations concerning electromagnetic disturbance
(EMC) and low-voltage appliances.
COPYRIGHT
Recording und reproduction of any sound-material may require the consent of the creator.
Please acknowledge the information given in the
- Copyright Act 1956,
- Dramatic and Musical Performers Act 1958,
- Performers Protection Acts 1963 and 1072,
- any more recent legal regulations.
WARNINGS
Don’t expose your performance-turntable to rain or humidity.
Don’t handle the mains leads with wet hands.
Don’t place or insert anything into the equipment or through ventilation holes.
No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on the equipment.

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Contents
1. Packaging overview 4
2. Packing contents 5
3. Set-up and operation 7
4. Tonearm mounting 12
5. Special information 20
6. Service 20
7. Technical data 21
Warrantyinformation 22

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1. Packaging Overview
1. floor:
Turntablechassis
2. floor:
Motorunit
Power supply unit
Platter incl. Upper part of bearing
3. floor
Optional, if the Ambient
is ordered in a package:
A: Unify tonearm
B: Satisfy tonearm
(according your order)
cartridge, accessories
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B

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2. Package contents
The clearaudio Ambient turntable is delivered in a special packaging to ensure its safe
transport. Please check the contents as per list below:
1 Motorunit with included
„mini Syncro“ unit 2
Chassisplate 70-layers wood
sandwich, silver anodised aluminum
top & bottom plate
3 Tonearmbase (preassambled) 4
High-precision turntable platter made
of solid silicon acrylic with patented
CMB bearing
5 Pulley made of acrylic including
fixing screws 6 Power supply unit(incl. 3 different plug
units; EU, USA and GB)
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1 2 3
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7 Optional tonearm: (A-Unify/B-Satisfy)
incl. accessory 8 Groundingcable for the bearingscrew
9 Clearaudio Clever Clamp 10 Shynthetic bearing oil (2.5 ml)
11 Screwdriver (for fixing the pulley) 12 levelgauge
13 Silent Belt Ø 1mm (2 x,
therefrom 1 x spare) 14 Pair of white gloves
15 hexkeywrench 16 Warranty card (not shown)
7/A
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7/B

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3. Set-up and operation
After you have checked the package contents as described in section 2, lay the parts out on a
clean, safe flat surface for the clearaudio
Ambient assembly. Assembly is fairly simple and
straight forward as many parts have been preassembled at the factory. Please use the white
gloves provided to prevent scratches and/or fingerprints during assembly. The smallest placing
area for your clearaudio
Ambient is 530 x 330 mm.
33 cm
53,5 cm
11 cm 40 cm
Pic. 1: Placing area Ambient turntable

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Place the premounted chassisplate on a good turntable rack area optimised for low sensitivity of
acoustical feedback.
Unpack the turntable platter with the upper part of the platter bearing. Remove the protective
security tape from the bearing housing and place this unit carefully over the spindle mounted in
the turntable chassis. Do not use too much pressure for this step otherwise you will
cause damage to the bearing. Caution: pay attention not to place any of the grease
on the acrylic surface of the chassis!
Due to the high precision machining there could be left some air inside the bearing. The air will
flow out after several turns of the platter. Please make sure that the two markings on the
turntable platter and on the bearing are in one line (as shown in figure below). The correct
position of these markings is very important, because they had been calibrated at the factory.
Pic. 2: Placing the Ambient turntable
Pic. 3: Placing the turntable platter
Pic. 4: Correct position of turntable platter and bearing

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Place the pulley on the motor spindle. The distance between the pulley and the motor housing
should be approx. 3 mm. Tighten the three little screws inside the pulley with the aluminium
screwdriver provided.
Place now the motorunit beside your Ambient turntable. The distance between the motorunit and
the turntable should be 2 - 2,5 cm!
3 mm
Pic. 5: Placing the pulley on the motor spindle
Pic. 6: Distance between motor unit and Ambient turntable
2 – 2.5 cm

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Place the belt on the pulley of the motor unit. Please turn with your hand the platter some turns,
that the belt is parallel.
The following adjustment is very important:
Should the air bubble in the level gauge not be in the black circle (see at the blow up), please
ensure then that your underground so will be according aligned. Only if the turntable will be
aligned you will receive the optimum on sound.
Pic. 7: Placing the belt on the pulley
Pic. 8: To align the turntable