Clearaudio Satisfy User manual

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Hi-Fi Components clearaudio electronicGmbH
Spardorfer Str. 150 D-91054 Erlangen Tel. [phone]FAX [phone]
www.clearaudio.de www.analogshop.de [e-mail] / copyright clearaudio2015
User Manual
(for all Satisfy tonearm models)
Montageanleitung
(für alle Satisfy Tonarme)
Made in Germany
Tonearm / Tonarm
Version 1.8_18.06.2015_E+D

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Dear audio enthusiast,
Thank you for your decision to purchase a Satisfy tonearm from Clearaudio.
This tonearm is manufactured to the highest degree of tolerance and quality.
Please take a moment to read this owner’s manual to ensure correct set up, to avoid any
possible damage and to learn how proper care of your Clearaudio Satisfy tonearm which
will give you many years of musical enjoyment and pleasure.
Your Clearaudio team
CE-MARKING
COPYRIGHT
Recording and playback of any material may require consent. For further information refer to
the following:
-Copyright Act 1956
-Dramatic and Musical Performers Act 1958
-Performers Protection Acts 1963 and 1972
-Any subsequent statutory enactments and orders
Warnings
Do not expose the equipment to rain or moisture.
Do not remove the cover from the equipment.
Do not insert anything into the equipment through the ventilation holes.
Do not handle the mains lead with wet hands.
No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on the equipment.
Only for use on turntables.

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User manual 4 –10
Montageanleitung 11 - 19
Contents
1. Package contents 4
2. Satisfy - tonearm mounting 5
3. Service 9
5. Technical Data 10
Warranty information 20

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1. Package contents
The Clearaudio Satisfy Tonearm is delivered in specially designed packaging to ensure its
safe transport. Please check the contents as shown in picture below and in the list at the
bottom of this page:
1.
Satisfy tonearm with Direct Wire Plus
cable or RCA junction box
5.
Screws:
- 3 x cylinder head screw M4 x 10
- 1 x grub screw M6 x 8
2.
Clearaudio tonearm base
7.
Paper tonearm alignment gauge
3.
Satisfy counterweight
8.
Clearaudio user manual, Quality
certificate, Warranty card and sales
return paper
4.
Allen wrench
- 3 mm
- 2,5 mm
- 1,5 mm
Screwdriver
1
2
3

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2. Satisfy –tonearm mounting
To mount the tonearm base on your armboard, please use the delivered screws (M4 x 10),
as you can see in Pic.1.
Picture 1: Mount tonearm base
Please put careful the cables and the tonearm through the armboard, pay attention that no
wire will be damaged! Now fix the tonearm with the 2 screws on the right and the left side,
not to much, so that you can adjust it in the next steps!
Picture 2: Putting the tonearm through the armboard

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Insure that the distance from the spindle to the pivot point of the tonearm is exactly 222
mm. Moving the armboard in one direction or another will allow you to locate the correct
position. Once located, tighten the armboard down. Shown in the picture below. You can
also use the optional clearaudio cartridge alignment gauge (Art. NO: AC 005
www.analogshop.de ).
For the exact adjustments should be the cartridge mounted!
Picture 3: Distance from pivot to stylus
VTA adjustments are accomplished by loosening the two lock screws an the side of the
armboard base (shown in picture 4 and 5). Once loose, you can move the arm up or down
to achieve the desired VTA. Tighten both screws when finished. Re-check tracking force
after adjusting VTA. Please adjust the tonearm tube parallel to the turntable chassis!
Picture 4: VTA-adjustment Picture 5: VTA-adjustment

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Azimuth adjustments are facilitated through the small (1,5 mm) allen screw (red marked
screw) on the bottom side of the armwand where the headshell enters the carbon fibre.
Once you loosen this screw, you´ll be able to rotate the headshell a small amount in either
direction. Be sure to tighten the screw when done.
Picture 6: Azimuth adjustment
Picture 7: Screw to adjust the
headshell
Wind the counterweight on the tonearm-tube. You can adjust the tracking force of your
cartridge by turning the counterweight (shown in the picture below)
(green arrow = more tracking force / red arrow = lesser tracking force).
Picture 8: Tracking force adjustment

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Now you are ready for the antiskating adjustment. This also depends on the tracking force
of the cartridge and the diamond shape.
Illustration 1 Illustration 2 Illustration 3
(minimal Antiskating) (medium Antiskating) (maximum Antiskating)
Picture 9-11: Alignment of the antiskating
The general set-up is now finished.
Connect your Satisfy -tonearm now with the phono input of your phono-preamplifier.
(More information on adequate phono-preamplifiers and interconnects you can find on our
website www.clearaudio.de).
Please notice:
If you don`t use your Satisfy tonearm for a longer time, please move the tonearm lifter in
regular intervals. This avoid that the tonearm hang in a position when you listen to the
music again.
Now you are finally ready to play your vinyl records.
Clearaudio wish you a lot of pleasure with your new Satisfy tonearm.
alignment of the antiskating tracking force position of the antiskating-screw
minimal antiskating 10 –15mN see illustration 1
medium antiskating 15 –20mN see illustration 2
maximum antiskating 20mN and more see illustration 3

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3. Service
If any service or repair on all Clearaudio products is necessary, please contact your dealer
/ distributor or contact Clearaudio directly. We will inform you about your nearest service
location.
PLEASE RETAIN ALL ORIGINAL PACKAGING. You will need it if this unit has to be
transported and/or shipped. Any further questions you may have about this turntable should
be directed to the distributor or directly to Clearaudio at
Clearaudio electronic GmbH
Spardorfer Str. 150
91054 Erlangen
Germany
Tel/Phone: [phone]
www.clearaudio.de
www.analogshop.de
[email protected]

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4. Technical data
* Only if the warranty card is filled out correctly and sent back within 14 days to Clearaudio
Clearaudio electronic is not responsible for typographical errors in descriptions. Technical specifications subject to change or
improvement without prior notice. Availability as long as stock lasts. Copies and imprints- also only in extracts –require written
conformation through Clearaudio electronic GmbH; Germany
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Satisfy model
Aluminium for
Emotion
turntable
Aluminium
Carbon
Ebony / Satinè
Tonearm weight:
215 g
350 g
335 g
350 g
Cartridge balance
range:
2.5g –17g
2.5g –17g
2.5g –17g
2.5g –17g
Äußerer: 119.5
Null points:
Inner: 66,00 mm
Outer: 120,9 mm
Inner: 66,00 mm
Outer: 120,9 mm
Inner: 66,04 mm
Outer: 120,9 mm
Inner: 66,04 mm
Outer: 120,9 mm
Audio lead:
RCA-jacks
Clearaudio
Directwire Plus approx.
1 m from tonearm:
Cable-capacity: 156pF/m
Cable –induction: 0,52µH/m
Cable –resistance: 0,46Ω/m
Clearaudio
Directwire Plus approx.
1 m from tonearm:
Cable-capacity: 156pF/m
Cable –induction: 0,52µH/m
Cable –resistance: 0,46Ω/m
Clearaudio
Directwire Plus approx.
1 m from tonearm:
Cable-capacity: 156pF/m
Cable –induction: 0,52µH/m
Cable –resistance: 0,46Ω/m
Overhang:
17,31 mm
17,31 mm
17,31 mm
17,31 mm
Overall length:
Effective tonearm
length:
302 mm
9 inches
(exact 239,31 mm)
302 mm
9 inches
(exact 239,31 mm)
302 mm
9 inches
(exact 239,31 mm)
302 mm
9 inches
(exact 239,31 mm)
Distance from pivot
to stylus:
222 mm
222 mm
222 mm
222 mm
Tilt angle:
Maximum of tilt angle
according to the
radius:
middle skatingfactor
at a
radius of 62,9mm
und 126,9mm:
25,54°
0,123 °/cm
0,43
25,54°
0,123 °/cm
0,43
25,54°
0,123°/cm
0,43
25,54°
0,123°/cm
0,43
Warranty*:
2 years
2 years
2 years
Stand: March 2015