Consonance air-1 User manual

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air-1 Turntable
User Guide
Congratulations on your new CONSONANCE!
Opera Audio products are based on a simple philosophy:
The component shall reproduce the original musical sound, purely and naturally.
The products are easy to operate and are manufactured according to the best
quality principles.
All CONSONANCE products are created with acoustical instruments in a concert
situation as point of reference. The music is reproduced exactly like the original
and is limited only by the quality of the recording.
Our aim is to give you the best possible music experience!
Contents
Part list …………………………………………………… P3
Technical specifications ……………………………… P7
Warranty ………………………………………………… P8

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Part List
1. Plinth
2. Lubrication oil
3. Belt
4. Driven wheel
5. Platter
6. Counterweight
7. Allen wrench
8. Protractor
9. Level
10. DC5V power supply for Pump
11. Pump
12. LT-1S tonearm
13. Trachea
14. Mat
15. Strobe Disc
16. DC12V linear power supply for Motor

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Assembling the Turntable
1. Open the box and take out the turntable plinth. Fill the bearing with lubrication
oil (Part 2) supplied to a level of 1mm above the bottom bearing.
2. Installing the driven wheel.
Pickup the driven wheel (Part4) from the package after put on the cotton gloves,
hold the platter level above the bearing house, locate the bearing carefully and
gently into the bearing house until it seats fully and rotate smooth.

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3. Take out one of the drive 'belts' and run it round the motor spindle and then
round the driven wheel.
4. Install the platter and Mat.
5. From lift to right is: 33/45 speed selection switch, speed adjustment knob,
power on/off switch. Put the Strobe Disc on the platter, and adjust the speed
controller knob to get the 33.3rpm or 45rpm. The corresponding circle on Strobe
Disc will display stable stripes.

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6. Remove the pump from the package. Follow the picture, make sure it use the
air tube to connect with the water separator and tonearm. Then turn on pump. If
the installation is correct, barometer will show 0.05MPa. Make sure the air
bearing move is very smooth.
Note1: It is very important to adjust the level of the air float tonearm. First
you can adjust feet. If necessary, you also adjust the screw 1 confirm with
the spirit level. In the end fix screw 1.

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Note2: When the LT-1s is used for a period of time, the inside of the air
bearing sleeve will be dirty, which will affect the normal operation. To
clean the sleeve, loosen the M6 screw and remove the guide rail. Clean the
inside of the sleeve with a wet tissue. After that, re-install the guide rails.
7. Mount the counterweight and the cartridge. Use the stylus guage adjust the
cartridge tracking force. Put the protractor on the spindle of turntable. Let the
straight line and the edge of the cartridge is parallel. Move the headshell until the
tip fall the black spots .Fix the screw on the top of headshell.
8. LT-1 has VTA adjustment system. You can at the same time while listening to
adjust until satisfied.

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Technical Specification
Wow and Flutter: Less than 0.02
Rumble: Greater than 80dB down
Speed accuracy: Within 0.01%
Motor speed control power supply: DC12V
Pump power supply: DC5V

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WARRANTY
Opera audio guarantees each product manufactured by us to be free from
defects in materials and workmanship under normal use. Our obligation under
this warranty is limited to making good at our factory any part or parts thereof
which shall, within 1 year after delivery to the original purchaser, be returned to
us with transportation charges prepaid, and which an examination shall disclose
to have been thus defective; this warranty being expressly in lieu of all other
warranties expressed or implied and of all other obligations or liabilities on our
part. This warranty shall not apply to any Opera audio product which shall have
been repaired or altered outside of our factory in any way so as to affect its
stability, nor which has been subject to misuse, negligence or accident.
Warranties of the vacuum tubes are by the respective manufacturers, usually 90
days.
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The Opera Audio Co., Ltd.
No.2 JiuXianQiao Road
ChaoYang District
Beijing, China
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www.opera-consonance.com
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