Clearaudio Emotion SE User manual

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User manual
Bedienungsanleitung
Emotion SE
Made in Germany
Version 1.3_SE._25.03.13_E+D

Emotion SE
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Dear Clearaudio customer,
Congratulation’s to your choice of the
Emotion SE -turntable, a world class turntable, made by
Clearaudio electronic GmbH.
A resonance minimized shape in combination with a stand alone motor unit, guarantees total
isolation of resonances from the turntable chassis, providing the best music reproduction and
authentic High End imaging. A high precision, patented Clearaudio - CMB-bearing-
technology is completing the analogue pleasure.
Please read this instruction carefully, to avoid any damages or loss of warranty.
These instructions will help you with an easy set-up and guarantee the highest pleasure for a
long time.
We wish you a lot of musical enjoyment with your new
Clearaudio
Emotion SE -turntable.
Clearaudio electronic GmbH
CE-MARKING
The Clearaudio Emotion SE 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.

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Usermanual 3–15
Bedienungsanleitung 16 - 31
Contents
Page
1. Packing overview 3
2. Packing contents 4
3. Installation and set up 6-13
4. Service 14
5. Special information 14
6. Technical data 15
Warranty information 31

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1. Packing overview
1. Layer (top):
Motor-unit, motor-base (not shown)
top of bearing, belt, pulley, fittings
and accessories.
If ordered as package:
Clearaudio Satisfy Carbon tonearm
and/or Clearaudio pickup
2. Layer (middle):
Turntable – chassis with
integrated lower bearing part
3. Layer (bottom):
Platter
Pic. 1: Packing overview

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2. Packing contents
Clearaudio has developed a special and secure turntable packing to prevent your
Emotion SE – turntable from any transportation damage.
Please store this original packing, in case you need to ship the turntable.
Below you can find the content of delivery of your Clearaudio
Emotion SE- turntable:
1 Turntable chassis with mounted lower
bearing part, tonearm base and height
adjustable feet
2 Turntable-platter
3 Bearing (upper part) with adjusted
bearing shaft 4 Motor drive unit with main lead and motor base
5 Acrylic motor pulley 6 Optional:
Clearaudio Satisfy Carbon tonearm
directwired, when ordered as a package
1 2 3
4 5 6

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7 1 Pair of white gloves 8 Grounding - wire for the Emotion SE -
turntable
9 Clearaudio logo, self - adhesive 10 Level gauge for the turntable alignment
11 2 pcs. drive belt ( 2 x 292 mm) 12 3 pcs. allen – key (sizes: 1.5 / 2.5 / 3)
13 Aluminium precision screw driver 14 Bearing oil
15 Clearaudio Smart Stylus Gauge
(without cartridge) 16 No illustration: User Manual
17 No illustration: warranty card,
Clearaudio Quality Certificate and return
delivery note, sales return paper
18 No illustration: Optional:
Clearaudio MM Cartridge and Smart
stylus gauge;
only delivered when ordered as a
package
7 8 9
10 11 12
13 14 15

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3. Installation and set up
The set up and installation of the
Emotion SE is done quickly and very easy.
Please use the white gloves during this procedure, to avoid scratches.
1.)
You should consider a safe and clean working area for the installation, as near as possible to
the final position of the
Emotion SE -turntable.
First take out the motor and tonearm of the packing. Now you should take out the first
packing layer. After that you can take out the
Emotion SE - turntable chassis from the next
packing layer. Place the turntable body on a clean underlay.
To avoid any damages to your bearing, the turntable platter should achieve room
temperature before the set up begin (approx. 20 ° Celsius).
2.)
Take the upper bearing part and place it on the lower bearing part, which is already
integrated in the chassis (picture 2).
3.)
Place the platter with both hands carefully onto the bearing.
Through a lightly (!!) up and down movement the platter will slip onto the bearing upper part
(picture 3).
Avoid major side force to prevent any damages to the ceramic bearing!
Make sure with gentle pressure that the platter is applying on the complete surface of the
bearing.
Pic. 2: Placing the bearing Pic. 3: Placing the platter

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4.) Alignment of the turntable
The following adjustment is very important!
Place the Clearaudio level gauge on the platter (see pic. 4) and bring the
turntable in level by turning the corresponding feet in the right direction.
The turntable is in level, when the air bubble in the level gauge is in the center.
Adjust the height of the turntable by turning the feet counter wise with the delivered allen
key (shown in picture 5).
Only if the turntable is proper aligned you will receive the best possible sound.
Pic. 4: Ali
g
nment of the turntable
Pic. 5: Hei
g
ht ad
j
ustmen
t
Turning counter wise

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The following instructions are for Emotion SE packages.
If you use a tonearm and / or cartridge from different manufacturer please follow the
instruction manual of the particular manufacturer.
3.1. Tonearm set – up
1.)
Take the
Satisfy Carbon -tonearm and slide first the signal cable and then the tonearm shaft
into the hole of the tonearm base at the right upper corner of
the
Emotion SE - turntable chassis. Please ensure that the
tonearm tube is parallel to the side edge of the chassis
turntable.
Tighten the tonearm only slightly with the provided allen
wrench and screws.
Before you finish the tonearm-set up, please proceed with the
cartridge set-up.
The correct height adjustment that is going to be used for the tonearm is depending on the
cartridge you install.
2.)
For the next steps, please mount your cartridge on your tonearm (optional as a package:
Clearaudio
Satisfy Carbon tonearm) . Please leave the stylus protector on the cartridge.
Use the manufacturer’s instruction manual during this installation procedure and follow the
appropriate instructions.
The headshell wires (cartridge connection leads) are colour coded according to the
international standard :
Please pay attention on every step to avoid any damages to the cartridge!
Now adjust the tracking force of the cartridge.
Please follow the instructions according the manual of the cartridge you use.
If you are using a Clearaudio Moving Magnet cartridge you can adjust the tracking force or
the wiring of the tonearm (about 20 mN), by turning the tonearm`s counter weight on the
threaded bolt (backside view of the tonearm).
Colour code of the Satisfy Carbon tonearm wire:
Signal left channel (L+) white
Signal ground left channel (L -) blue
Signal right channel (R+) red
Signal ground right channel (R -) green
Pic. 6: Set u
p
of the tonearm

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3.)
For a more comfortable adjustment, please take the delivered “Smart Stylus gauge” (only in
the Emotion SE package with tonearm and cartridge) and adjust the tracking force by using
the gauge.
Please place the Smart Stylus gauge on the platter and put the cartridge on the fine line
which is marked with the recommend tracking force for your cartridge (e.g. Clearaudio MM
cartridge 20 mN (2.0 gram)).
If you would like even more professional set up tools, you can also use other tools like the
Clearaudio
Weight Watcher gauge (Art. No. AC094).
For more information on that, please contact your specialist dealer or directly Clearaudio
www.analogshop.de.
For contact address see page 14.
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This position of the diamond correlates to a
tracking force of 20 mN (2.0g).
The tracking force is set, when the Smart
Stylus gauge is parallel to the surface of the
platter.
In this position the tracking force is too high.
You can correct the adjustment with your
tonearm weight.
In this position the tracking force is to low.
You can correct the adjustment with your
tonearm weight.
Pic. 7: Use of the Smart Stylus gauge