5. Cartridge installation
1. Unscrew the cartridge mounting plate (A on Figure 1) using hex key
2. Attach the cartridge to the mounting plate using bolts provided with the cartridge
3. Carefully attach tonearm wire miniature connectors to the cartridge pins paying attention to
the color coding of wires and pins. Keep the wires as short as possible, don’t pull wires too
much from the tonearm tube outlet.
4. Attach the mounting plate with cartridge to the tube using dedicated hex bolt.
6. VTA and azimuth adjustment
1. Place a vinyl record on the turntable platter
2. Rotate the counter weight on its shaft to achieve a close to zero down-force of the cartridge
stylus (a neutral position).
3. Place the dedicated miniature leveling gauge provided with tonearm on the cartridge
mounting plate.
4. Pull down the cartridge on the vinyl record using the lifter.
5. Check the leveling on the gauge and adjust the height of the tonearm if needed.
6. To adjust VTA, lift up the tonearm and use the hex locking bolt located in the side wall of the
mounting cylinder to unlock, move up or down and lock the tonearm pipe. Check the leveling
and repeat if needed.
7. Check the horizontal position (azimuth) of the cartridge using the leveling tool. If it needs
adjustment first lift up the tonearm, than unlock the bolt on the side of the pipe housing (M
on Figure 2), gently rotate the tube in the proper direction and lock the bolt with an adequate
force. Check the leveling and repeat if needed.
8. Never make above adjustments with the cartridge placed on the record surface.
7. Tonearm geometry calibration
1. Place the attached calibration protractor on the turntable platter with hole over the spindle.
2. Start from setting preliminary 18mm overhang of the stylus tip –the proper position is marked
on the template. Unscrew the bolt on the top of cartridge mounting plate, move the cartridge
as needed and lock the screw.
3. The cartridge should be rotated c.a. 23deg towards the turntable spindle from the tube axis
line. Set the angle initially when adjusting overhang with use of the dedicated template on the
attached protractor. The exact setting can be achieved in the following steps.
4. Move tonearm with cartridge until stylus points exactly the “a” point on the template. Check
that cartridge is parallel with set of grid lines. If not, loosen the top mounting screw, twist
cartridge or slide it slightly (max +/- 1mm) along the shaft as desired and lock the screw.
5. Move tonearm with cartridge until stylus points exactly the “b” point on the template. Repeat
the positioning of the cartridge vs grid lines as described above.
6. Repeat the 4 and 5. Procedures if needed till you’ll achieve optimum position of the cartridge
vs grid lines in both “a” and “b” check points.
7. At the end lock the top mounting plate bolt a bit more tight to prevent its self-loosening.
