Consonance ISOLDE MKIII User manual

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ISOLDE MKIII 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!

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Part List
1. Plinth
2. Driven wheel
3. Platter
4. Mat
5. Strobe Disc
6. Tonearm
7. Lubrication oil
8. DC12V linear
power supply for Motor
9. Protractor
10. Belt
11. Allen wrench
12. Counterweight
13. Anti-skate weight
14. Tonearm cable
Assembling the Turntable
1. Open the box and take out the turntable plinth. Fill a few drops of lubricant into
the bearing base
2. Installing the driven wheel.
Pickup the driven wheel (Part2) from the package after put on the cotton gloves,
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 pulley and the driven
wheel.
4. Install the platter and the mat.

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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.
6. Install the cartridge and make sure the overhang is 17.5mm. Install the
counterweight, rotate, set the tracking force according to the needle pressure
gauge. Hang up Anti-skate weight according to the tracking force.
7. Use the wrench to loosen the screw on the side of the armbase to adjust the
VTA. After the adjustment is completed, re-tighten the screw.

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8. Check if the turntable plinth is level. If it is not enough, you can adjust the foot.
Technical Specification
Wow and Flutter: Less than 0.1%
Rumble: Greater than 80dB down
Speed accuracy: Within 0.01%
Motor speed control power supply: DC12V

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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
Tel: [phone]
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http://www.opera-consonance.com
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