PERPETUUM EBNER PE 1000 User manual

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USER MANUAL
Belt Drive
Turntable
PE 1000

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CONTENTS:
1. SAFETY INFORMATION .................................................. 3
2. UNPACKING ...................................................................... 4
3. SET-UP AND ASSEMBLY..................................................... 5
4. CONNECTIONS .................................................................. 6
A.) POWER SUPPLY............................................................ 6
B.) RCA CONNECTION........................................................ 6
5. TONE ARM AND PICK-UP CARTRIDGE ................................ 7
A.) TRACKING FORCE......................................................... 8
B.) ANTI-SKATING.............................................................. 9
7. OPERATION ..................................................................... 11
8. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS............................................ 12
9. SERVICE INFORMATION................................................... 14

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Dear music lover,
Congratulations on the purchase of your new Perpetuum
Ebner (PE) turntable. This product has been designed
and manufactured with the greatest care.
Please take note of the enclosed safety information and
read the operating instructions carefully before you set
up and operate the device.
1. SAFETY INFORMATION
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE OPERATING YOUR
UNIT!
CAUTION:
To reduce risk of electric shock, do not remove the cover.
There are no user-serviceable parts inside.
This product was tested and complies with all the requirements for the CE
Mark.
IMPORTANT: Disposal of waste equipment by users in private house-
holds in the European Union.
This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product must not be
disposed of with your other household waste. Instead, it is your responsibility to dispose
of your waste equipment by handing it over to a designated collection point for the
recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment. The separate collection and recy-
cling of your waste equipment at the time of disposal will help to con-
serve natural resources and ensure that it is recycled in a manner that
protects human health and the environment. For more information
about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling,
please contact your local city office, your household waste disposal ser-
vice or the shop where you purchased the product.

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2. Unpacking
We have developed a high-quality packaging, so that the
product arrives you safe and protected. Carefully remove
the unit and accessories from the packaging and check
the contents for completeness.
Items delivered:
Chassis with pre-assembled tonearm incl. pick-up
cartridge
Platter
Dust cover
Flat rubber drive belt
RCA cable with ground wire
Power supply
One pair of cotton gloves (white)
Please keep the original packaging in order to protect
the device in case you ever need to ship it or transport it.

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3. Set-up and assembly
Your new Perpetuum Ebner turntable is a high-quality
product made in Germany and is designed to provide
you a great sound experience.
For optimum use of its musical sound qualities you
should always place the device on a flat and stable sur-
face. When mounting the device you start with plugging
the sub-platter into the bearing bush (see fig. F 1).
The bearing bushes are self-lubricating and therefore do
not require bearing oil.
Afterwards, lay the flat belts around the sub-platter and
the motor pulley; please ensure that the belt is not
twisted.
F 1 – Assembly of the sub-platter

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Please use the cotton gloves here in order to avoid any
oil and grease marks. The belt embraces the sub-platter
in the lower area of the sub-platter scope (see fig. F 2).
Note: If you start the drive of the PE 1000 by turning it
on without having placed the platter, it may happen that
the drive belt falls off due to the low weight!
Next, put the platter on the sub-platter.
We recommend to always use a mat to acoustically at-
tenuate the platter, to gently playback your records, and
to reduce popping and cracking noises that can occur
because of antistatic charging.
4. Connections
a.) Power supply
We equip the PE 1000 turntable with power supply con-
nectors.
b.) RCA connection
Your new PE 1000 turntable is equipped with RCA sock-
ets as well as a ground wire.
F 2 – Assembly of the belt drive on the pulley and the sub-platter

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Use the provided connection cable to connect the turn-
table to the phono input of your amplifier, or phonopre-
amplifier. In doing so, make sure the polarity is correct
(R, red, for right, L, black, for left) when connecting the
device. The separate earth wire establishes the ground
connection. Connect the ground witurntable to the
ground wire of your amplifier, or phono-preamplifier
(see fig. F 4).
With these connection possibilities, the sound quality of
your turntable can be further improved at any time with
the high-quality cables available in specialist shops.
5. Tone arm and pick-up cartridge
The PE 1000 is delivered with a preinstalled tone arm
Perpetuum Ebner TO 2016, as well as with an installed
ORTOFON pickup, model 2M.
All settings have already been made at the factory. The
weights to balance the tone arm have been removed for
transport. Further details can be found in the following
chapters.
F 3 – The connections –
power supply, RCA connections and groud connection
Ground conn.
RCA L + R
Power supply

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a.) Tracking force
You can adjust the tracking force by rotating the weights
of the tone arm.
The tracking force increases, the more you turn the
weights forward towards the tone arm (see fig. F 7).
You can optimally adjust the tracking force with the help
of a tone arm scale (available in specialist shops). For
this, move the tone arm, with lowered tone arm lift, over
the platter and carefully lower it so that the stylus rests
on the tone arm scale. In doing so, it is absolutely neces-
sary to remove the protective cover of the cartridge.
Please be extremely careful in order to not damage the
stylus.
The recommended tracking force for the supplied device
is 18mN (corresponds to a tracking force of 1.8g).
F 4 – Adjusting the tracking force

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b.) Anti-skating
Skating arises in connection with radial tone arms. Due
to the offset between the cartridge's axis and the tone
arm's pivot, the force applied (through friction) by the
rotating disc to the cartridge tends to draw the tone arm
toward the center of the record. To prevent this, the so-
called anti-skating force is applied at the tone arm. At
the PE 1000, this was realized by a built-in magnet. The
anti-skating force is preset at delivery, but it can be ad-
justed if necessary, using a set screw below the tone arm
bearing block. With the preinstalled Ortofon 2M car-
tridge, the white point should be located above the set
screw mid-way between the stops (see fig. F 8).
F 5 – Anti-skating

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When using other pickup cartridges or other platter co-
vers the height of the tone arm may be adjusted. To this,
you can loosen the screw at the tone arm socket using
the enclosed hex key SW3, and adjust the height by ro-
tating the nut on the tone arm tube. Slightly tighten the
bolt after having adjusted the height (see fig. F 9).
F 6 – Adjusting the tone arm height

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7. Operation
The lever switch (33 / STOP / 45) on the left front side of
the device starts the turntable with the corresponding
speed (see fig. F 10).
Then, the tone arm is released from its rest, the tone arm
lift is raised and the cartridge is positioned above the
lead-in groove of the record or above the desired
piece/track to be played and lowered on the record using
the lift.
This turntable does not feature an automatic end-of-
record shut-off facility. As soon as the stylus has reached
the lead-out groove, the tone arm has to be lifted up
manually and put back into the tone arm rest. You turn
of the device with the switch setting “STOP”.
We recommend to leave the dust cover open when en-
joying music because of so-called microphonic effects,
i.e. vibrational stimulation of sound in resonance bodies
over the pick-up cartridge.
F 7 - Start/Stop – Speeds, drive 33 - 45

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8. Technical specifications
PE 1000
(Belt Drive made in Germany)
•Manual sub-chassis turntable with internal belt drive
via sub-platter
•Massive, two-part 38mm MDF (medium-density fi-
berboard) chassis with platter board and arm board
in piano black lacquer
•DC motor with electronic control and speed selection
(33 / 45) electronically switchable
•Speed fine adjustable via back-mounted potentiom-
eters
•3 kg POM (Polyoxymethylene) platter
•High-precision platter bearing, 10mm steel axle, sup-
porting magnet
•External power supply (low voltage)
•Tone arm Perpetuum Ebner TO 2016 with cardan
bearing, carbon arm tube and anti-skating (thread)
•Effective length: 232.8mm (9.1“)
•Overhang: 17.8 mm (variable)
•Offset angle: 23.6° (fixed)
•Dynamic mass: approx. 11 g
•Moving Magnet (MM) cartridge,
ORTOFON 2M
•Physical dimensions (width / depth / height):
approx. 470 mm x 340 mm x 175 mm (incl. Dust co-
ver)
•Weight: approx. 12 kg

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9. Service information
If you have any questions regarding your new turntable,
or in the event of problems your PE dealer shall be
pleased to assist you.
You will find the addresses on our website:
www.perpetuum-ebner.de
Subject to technical modifications
PERPETUUM EBNER
By WE AUDIO SYSTEMS
Schrambergerstraße 22
D-78112 St. Georgen im Schwarzwald
www.perpetuum-ebner.de