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Villa®
Bellavista
ITALIAN PRESTIGE RIGID TURNTABLE
Owner’s Manual

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BellavistaItalian Prestige Rigid Turntable
Table Of Contents
-Congratulations & Introduction 3
-Box Content 4
-Construction Features 4
-Set-up Instructions 5
-Positioning 6
-Operating the Bellavista 6
-Specifications 6
-Warranty, Customer Service & Warnings 7
-Troubleshooting 8
-Troubleshooting 9
-F.A.Q. Adjustment 10

VERY IMPORTANT:Please read the following instructions carefully before installing your
Bluenote Villa® Turntable
BellavistaItalian Prestige Rigid Turntable
Congratulations
Thank you for having purchased a Villa® product.
Introduction
With Villa® products you enter a new dimension. Villa® is
the new way of listening to music. Villa® is a range of products of
prestigious and sophisticated Italian design featuring unique and
innovative technical and aesthetic characteristics. The materials used
for the Villa® turntables are of the highest quality and they are all
assembled and tested by hand, one by one. No photos or technical
descriptions can adequately convey the quality of Villa®
turntables or the pride of owning one.
The turntable boards are made entirely from skillfully crafted sheets of black polished acrylic. The platter itself is in extruded
acrylic “tuned” by an amazing 9 counterweights in gold plated brass. The pivots and bearing are made in aluminum brass
and de-coupled stainless steel with Teflon®. All the applied details are in 6082 aluminum alloy aluminum or gold plated
brass and all are turned from solid blocks. The tailor-made belt is manufactured from a special low-stretch (35/40%) resin
which allows for maintaining the typical advantages of turntables with belt drives but also allows for adding characteristics

of drive speed and power that cannot be reached with conventional turntables. The synchronous motor is made to 24 pole
specifications for further enhancing the performance.
In a word, theVilla® range sets a new standard of reference in the turntable category.
Congratulations & Introduction 3
BellavistaItalian Prestige Rigid Turntable
Contents of Packaging
-1 BLACK POLISHED TURNTABLE BOARD IN ACRYLIC COMPLETED WITH AN AC SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR, PLATTER
BRONZE BEARING AND ANODIZED ALUMINIUM TONEARM COLLAR (STANDARD REGA).
-1 CARBON STEEL TEMPERED POLISHED SPINDLE SPLIT IN 2 PARTS TO CLAMP THE TURNTABLE PLATTER.
-1 PLATTER IN BLACK SATIN EXTRUDED POLYVINYL WITH 9 GOLD PLATED WEIGHTS
-1 70 Shore ELASTICITY DRIVE BELT
-1 RECORD ANODIZED ALUMINIUM CLAMP
-1 OIL VESSEL FOR PLATTER SPINDLE
-INSTRUCTION BOOK AND WARRANTY CERTIFICATE
Constructionfeatures
This section describes the special features of the BELLAVISTA turntable, the construction features, the reasons for the technical choices and
the originality of the design.
-BELLAVISTA is rigid turntable that, like all the turntables of the Bluenote-Villa line, uses a board made in black high-density polished
acrylic obtained via “polymeric melting”.
-The black board has 3 machine worked aluminium height-adjustable feet with a semi-conical shape with central grooving for ensuring
greater insensitivity to vibrations. Each foot has a recessed spike may be used to couple rigidly the turntable on its shelf.
-The turntable platter is in “extruded” polyvinyl, an even ‘deafer’ material that cannot be polished but is ideal for the intended use. Below
the platter are 9 gold-plated brass weights, which increase the peripheral inertia of the platter and thus further improve the rotational
regularity and stability.
-The spindle is probably the best the market has to offer today. 60 mm long (one of the longest spindles in existence), it is made with top-
of-the-range materials and machined with CNC lathes, than rectified to achieve super high-level tolerances. A large longitudinal groove is
located on its axis, which allows the lubricating oil to run in constant manner.
-The longer spindle eradicates any pendulum effect and distributes the inertial energy along its entire axis, completely annulling any type of
lateral friction.
-When the turntable is new the spindle will tend to “clean” any residual dirt in the bearing (which no preventive cleaning is capable of
completely removing). In this way even the tiniest residual friction built up after only a few dozen hours operation will be completely
eliminated.
-The bearing that houses the spindle is made entirely in bronze and has a screw in WHITE ARNITE® located on the bottom that allows for:
-Perfect coupling.
-Adjustment of the VTA carried out directly on the turntable board!!
-The possibility of eliminating virtually every type of friction that could build up during the years with conventional
bearing/spindles.

-Moreover, the bearing is threaded on the outside (the only one of its kind) in order to be tightly anchored to the board of the turntable on
its own axis. This allows avoiding the use of glue and anchoring screws that would lock the bearing out of align ment and prevent a fully
rigid and precise coupling.
-The bearing is locked onto a brass ring support specially designed to obtain a perfect plane and at the same time it decouples from the
turntable board.
-The clamp (not screwed) that weighs 300 grams and is made in anodised aluminium has been chosen thanks to its excellent sound
performance.
-The motor, which is AC (synchronous) 24 pole with an extremely high coupling coefficient and very low noise, is moved by a custom
made capacitor. The motor that has a 3 mm stainless steel spindle is directly coupled onto the acrylic board thru a special brass system of
rings able to reduce vibrations at its best.
-The pulley is made in DELRING/ALUMINIUM and is locked onto the motor spindle.
-N.B.: acrylic and polyvinyl are inert, especially rigid materials that make them ideal for absorbing vibrations. With their extremely
elevated technical and sound characteristics these materials are easily subjected to small surface scratches. Particular care must therefore
be paid to clean the platter and the turntable with a very soft cloth. Avoid the use of any type of solvent. Despite not making use of mats,
the platter will not ruin new vinyl records and creates a perfect coupling with it.
Contents of Packaging -Construction features 4
BellavistaItalian Prestige Rigid Turntable
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Set-up Instructions
1) Upon opening this package you will find a layer of foam. Embedded in this foam you will find 1 platter, 1 aluminium record clamp, 1
two piece spindle, 1 small jar of spindle/bearing oil, and 1 baggie with 1 black belt, and 1 small Allen wrench. Please remove this layer
of foam containing these items just mentioned.
2) Now you will see the main Bellavista turntable deck. Carefully remove the deck from the shipping box, and carefully remove the
plastic bag it is enclosed in.
3) Place the Bellavista deck on a level surface you have chosen for it. We recommend a wall shelf, as they are the most sturdy, and
immune to footfall, but a well made equipment rack should give satisfactory results also. Once the table deck is placed on your chosen
set-up location you are now ready to continue.
4) Remove the rubber cork from the center of the Bellavista deck being careful not to allow any debris from falling into the bearing well.
5) Remove the small jar of oil, and the two -piece spindle from the foam layer. Separate the spindle into two pieces. Take the large part
of the spindle, and using your finger, fully lubricate the main shaft of the spindle including the bottom. Now drop 1-2 drops of oil into
the center of the bearing well in the center of the Bellavista deck.
6) You may now slowly and carefully install the large lubricated end of the spindle into the bearing well. It may take some patience and
time before the spindle fully drops down into the bearing well, as you will be compressing air until all the air has escaped from the
bearing. Please notice that at the bottom of the bearing well, (under the table deck) there is a white adjustable screw. In the unlikely
event, this is to allow you to adjust the platter height relative to the table deck. Upon installation, a small amount of oil may leak out
past the threads on the white screw due to the pressure of the compressed air. Simply wipe the oil up, and it should stop dripping once
the spindle has seated itself.

7) The spindle should now spin smoothly, and freely in the bearing well.
8) Now remove the platter from the foam. Gently, and carefully place the platter onto the spindle with the brass weights facing down.
9) You may now thread the second smaller piece of the spindle into the main spindle in the center of the platter. Use the small Allen
wrench to gently clamp down on the platter by inserting it into the small hole in the side, at the top of the spindle.
10) Place the Allen wrench away in a safe place, as it will also be used to tighten down the 3 Allen screws in the arm mounting board at a
later time, when you are ready to mount your tone-arm.
11) Remove the Aluminium record clamp from the foam and place it on top of the platter center.
12) Remove the black belt from the foam, and install it on the platter. You may find it easiest to start by wrapping it around the pulley,
and then wrapping it around the platter.
13) The pulley on the Bellavista is an adjustable 2-speed pulley. Notice there are 2 grooves in the pulley. The top groove is for 33.3 rpm,
and the lower groove is for 45 rpm.
14) Though the speed is factory set to 33.3, rpm and 45 rpm with a perfect 60hz frequency, you can personally vary the speed + or-1%
using a coin (like a penny) on the top of the pulley to account for hertz changes in your AC from state to state, etc. Turning the
center of the pulley clockwise speeds the table up, while turning it counter clockwise slows it down.
15) Now before attempting to mount a tone arm you must level the platter using a small level, and the three adjustable feet under the
Bellavista deck. Notice that the aluminium-coned feet have a small pointed steel spike in the center. This spike is where the height
adjustments need to be made. You should be able to grab the spike with your bare hands for adjustment. In the unlikely event you
cannot grab the spike with your hands, or you pushed the spike to far into the aluminium cone, simply unscrew the entire aluminium
cone from the deck. You will notice there is a treaded stud you will need to remove with a metric Allen wrench, then you will need to
use a smaller metric Allen wrench to screw out the center spike. You will find the Allen wrenches at a local hardware store.
16) Be sure to level the platter both front to back, and side-to-side! Once you have the table levelled you may now mount a tone arm.
Set-Up Instructions 5
BellavistaItalian Prestige Rigid Turntable
Positioning the Bellavista
Your BELLAVISTA turntable has been designed for sheltered Hi-Fi systems. It must be protected from any eventual variations in temperature
and humidity. Avoid using in the vicinity of radiators or other strong heat sources, electrical and electronic motors, switched on mobile phones
etc.
The location in proximity of other audio components is not theoretically critical, but you should nevertheless pay attention to this.
The levelling and positioning on a solid, firm board, as explained in the previous chapter, are fundamental elements to ensure the maximum
sonic performances.

Operating conditions
Once you have connected the power supply cable to an AC current power plug as well as the cable supplied with the tonearm that you will
previously have installed and connected, your BELLAVISTA will be ready to use.
PLEASE NOTE.: Check that the correct acceptance voltage is indicated on your turntable. Incorrect voltage will prevent your
BELLAVISTA from working properly and could risk causing irreparable damage.
WARNING: Never turn on the turntable while any parts are disassembled as contact with the high voltage inside the
BELLAVISTA turntable could be fatal.
33 1/3 rpm or 45 rpm
By positioning the belt in the smaller groove of the synchronous pulley motor, the BELLAVISTA turntable be set at 33 1/3 rpm, while in the
larger groove it will be set at 45 rpm. This positioning must be carried out manually.
The pulley may be covered by a Jewellery Gold Plated cover available as optional.
Turning on
The On/Off switch is located on Acrylic board inserted in an anodised aluminium collar. Once the switch has been turned to ON (1) the
turntable will start working at the speed hand selectioned.
Specifications & Technical features
nwow e flutter : 0,03
nRumble : -78 db
nSpeed : 33 1/3 and 45 RPM +/-0,1% -rapid manual changeover
n70 shores elasticity black drive belt
nDimensions: width 470 mm; depth 360 mm; height 130 mm.
Positioning –Operating -Specifications 6
BellavistaItalian Prestige Rigid Turntable
Warranty Certificate

The warranty certificate is enclosed separately and to be valid must be completed fill and returned to Bluenote factory or the official
distribution. In all countries where there is an official distribution network, the dealer must stamp the warranty certificate. In compliance with
the laws in force, the dealer may modify the official Bluenote warranty certificate wholly or partially without notice and without further
mention being made in this instruction manual.
Customer Service
All BLUENOTE -VILLA® products are the result of meticulous technological research, and consequently their correct functioning is
guaranteed. In spite of this it is possible that problems may emerge which non-specialist users cannot resolve. In this case, contact your dealer
who will advise you on how to resolve the problem.
Do not return any object directly to the factory or to the national distributor or without being authorized to do so. In such cases both
BLUENOTE -VILLA® and the distribution agents operating within your territory decline responsibility of any kind.
PS. The photos reproduced here refer to the Bellavista Turntable, but parts and descriptions may vary from the product on sale without
notice.
Warnings
1. Do not disassemble any part of the product.
2. Do not use any part of the product for other purposes.
3. For service and problems of any kind, contact qualified personnel.
4. Protect the product from rain and humidity and keep away from heat sources, electric and electronic motors etc.
Warranty Certificate –Customer Service –Warnings 7

BellavistaItalian Prestige Rigid Turntable
Troubleshooting
SYNPTOM DESCRIPTION CAUSE REMEDY
BELT NOISE DURING
PLAY (GREEN BELT) The Green Belt makes a noise during playing •Because its low elasticity and the presence of ceramic particles the
characteristics of the green belt make it
noisier than usual rubber black belts; It
does not affect the sound
•If a quieter belt is requested
ask your local dealer for one of the
newest Bluenote Black Rubber Belts
BELT WOBBLING DURING
PLAY (GREEN BELT) The Green Belt wobbles during playing •Because its low elasticity and the presence of ceramic particles the
characteristics of the green belt make it
wobbles a little around the motor pulley;
It does not affect the sound
•If a not wobbling belt is
requested ask your local dealer of the
newest Bluenote Black Rubber Belts
GROOVE JUMPING The phono cartridge
jumps during listening
sessions
•The turntable is a rigid unit
and need to be insulated by vibrations
including footfall problems you have, in
example, a shaking floor.
•Insulate the turntable with air
suspend devices or use a WALLSHELF
as turntable board support.
MOTOR HEATING The Motor warms up too
much •AC synchronous motors as the ones used by Bluenote normally
warms up to 50° Celsius without creating
any problem
MOTOR NOISE The Motor produces a low
scraping noise during
playing
•The pulley’s shaft slightly
touches the motor gold plated cover •Gently lift it up a bit unscrewing the hex bolt of the pulley
The Motor produces a
scraping noise during
playing
•Your turntable has a serial
number before the 11650 •Ask your local dealer to change the internal capacitor filters the
AC voltage and add the newer Teflon®
washer at the motor spindle bottom
The Motor produces a buzz
noise during playing •The 3stainless steel screws of the gold plated motor cover are too
tighten
•Unscrew them enough to let
the motor spins without making noise,
they need just to be very gently screwed
to the motor cover
OIL POORED FROM
BRONZE BEARING Oil drops come out the bottom Platter Bearing
when the Platter Spindle is
inserted
•The super high pressure created
by the strict tolerance of the
Bearing/Spindle system can let some oil
drops come out from the bottom of the
Platter Bearing
•Clean it up, the oil will never
comes out again once the Platter
spindle is perfectly positioned into the
Platter Bearing
PLATTER BENT The Platter looks bent on
the Turntable board •Clamp the Spindle tip into the above side of the platter screwing it
strongly using a metal pin to get into the
tip hole
•
•The Turntable Platter Bearing
Bolt is 10mm thick having a serial
number before the 11500
•Ask your dealer to have the
new thicker Turntable Platter Bearing
Bolt
PULLEY WOBBLING The aluminium adjustable
Pulley evidently wobbles
during turntable play
mode
••With the Allen key supplied
adjust the 2 hex bolts fix the pulley on
the motor spindle until you find the
perfect on axis spinning –a PERFECT
on axis spinning must be found with a
bit of practice eventually marking up
one of the 2 hex bolts to know which

one needs to be tighten more. Be
careful not to tight the hex bolts to
much, the pulley threaded hex bolt
holes could be damaged
SPEED VARIATIONS The turntable speed vary
up and down continuously •[The AC synchronous motors speeds can be affected only by the
HERTZ or eventually by the dimension
of the pulleys
•Any speed variation with a
fixed pulley dimension is caused by your
AC power national supplier or by your
home AC system, check it out
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BellavistaItalian Prestige Rigid Turntable
SYNPTOM DESCRIPTION CAUSE REMEDY
SPINDLE (of the Platter):
CLAMPING THE
PLATTER SPLIT SPINDLE
TO THE PLATTER
The Platter wobbles on its
edges or it vertically
shakes during playing
•Clamp the Spindle tip into the
above side of the platter screwing it
strongly using a metal pin to get into the
tip hole
•
•If the strongly clamp screwing
of the spindle tip does not fix the platter
enough, the platter hole is been enforced
after final user assembling
•It needs to be substituted by
your local dealer
SPINDLE (of the Platter):
INSERTING THE
PLATTER SPLIT SPINDLE
The Spindle does not fit
into the Platter Central
Hole
••Unscrewing the tip, split the 2
pieces Spindle and fit the bottom part
of the spindle into the platter through
the gold plated weights side, clamp the
Spindle tip into the above side of the
platter screwing it strongly using a
metal pin to get into the tip hole
SPINDLE/BEARING (of the
Platter) NOISE The Spindle makes noise during platter spinning •The Platter Bearing/Spindle system are very dirty making a too strong
friction
•
•The Platter Bearing/Spindle
system are new and they need a break in
time to sweep out all the internal
unwanted particles
•After a couple of weeks of
playing clean and re-wet them with
some fresh oil supplied
SP INDLE (of the Platter):
TIP OF THE DIAMETER The Records hardly fit into the Platter Spindle Tip •Bluenote Platter Spindle Tips have a 7,2mm of diameter that is the
recognised international standard but
many records are wrongly moulded
•Sorry you need to enforce the
record into the Platter Spindle Tip
SWITCHING ON/OFF
BUMP The turntable bumps any time is switched ON or
OFF
•It is important to notice that it
does not produce any risk even if the
bump is high, but if you have a turntable
with a serial number before 11650
•Ask your local dealer to add a
proper ceramic capacitor able to filter
such noise
SPEAKER HUMMING
PROBLEMS The speakers hum when the turntable is connected
to the system
•The Turntable CAN NOT
makes any noise hearable into the
speaker by itself
•Eventually a tone arm cable
problem can occur; please check other
ways out
TURNTABLE (THE) DOES
NOT START WHEN THE
TURNTABLE IS
SWITCHED ON
•The AC turntable plug is
disconnected from the AC wall plug •Connect it being sure that the AC wall plug works
The Turntable just does
not start •Have you wrapped the Belt around the Pulley and the Platter
properly
•If not just do it

•The electrical connection inside
the turntable could be damaged •Contact your dealer for assistance
When the turntable is
switched on it does not
start automatically and the
motor makes a vibration
•The Belt is too slack and does
not produce the necessary friction with
the pulley
•
•The 3 stainless steel screws of
the gold plated motor cover are too
tighten
•Unscrew them enough to let
the motor spins without making noise,
they need just to be very gently screwed
to the motor cover
When the turntable is
switched on it does not
start automatically
•The Platter Bearing/Spindle
system are very dirty making a too strong
friction
•
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BellavistaItalian Prestige Rigid Turntable
F.A.Q.
Adjustment
BELLAVISTA Turntable
ACTION DESCRIPTION HOW TO ADJUST IT
DUST COVER FRICTION
ADJUSTMENT •The Dust Cover is hard or slack during open/close adjustment •Adjust the single screw present on each hinge till you reach your proper wanted friction
LEVELLING THE TURNTABLE •The Turntable is not levelled •With a spirit level, only level the Turntable
Platter through its shelf layer eventually screwing its feet
just for very fine adjustment, take care of levelling the
platter on its vertical and horizontal lines
•The Turntable is not levelled •Be sure that the turntable layer is enough solid
and rigid to support the weight of the turntable easily
SPEED ADJUSTMENT ON THE
ADJUSTABLE ALUMINIUM PULLEY •The aluminium adjustable pulley doesn’t spins at the right speed •With the help of a “coin” screw clockwise or anti-clockwise the pulley’s internal cone to increase
(clockwise) or decrease (anti-clockwise) the speed.
Check the right speed with a proper stroboscope
VTA ADJUSTMENT •VTA tone arm is not adjustable •The 3 arm board collar hex bolts are screwed into
the collar too much and do not let the arm shaft gets in it;
unscrew the hex bolts before inserting the arm
•VTA tone arm is not adjustable•The tone arm shaft is too big to get into the
collar; ask your local dealer to have a custom made collar
may fit such arm
•VTA tone arm is hard to adjust •Once the proper height of the arm is been
approximately reached, fix the shaft with just a hex bolt
before screwing properly all the 3 hex bolts of the collar;

then once all the other adjustment are properly set fix well,
but not too tighten all the 3 hex bolts
CLEANING THE TURNTABLE •The Turntable is dirty and needs
to be cleaned •With EXTREME care use ONLY pure alcohol and a very soft 100% cotton cloth to sweep dust and stains
out.
Any acid or not extremely soft cloth will irreversibly
damage the turntable fine aesthetic.
Do not use any alcohol to clean the turntable anodised
label, pulley and motor spindle. Only dry cloth is allowed
F.A.Q. & Adjustment 10