User manual THORENS TD 170-1

[. . . ] Shipping costs to THORENS or to an authorized service centre must be prepaid because otherwise the parcel will be rejected upon arrival. After repair or service the unit will be returned to you free of charge. Any damage or malfunction caused by failure to observe the instructions contained in this manual as well as damages occurred in transport or shipping are not covered by this warranty. This warranty only covers the turntable and motor including power supply and mains transformer. [. . . ] The separate single litz-wire is making a connection to ground and is to be fastened underneath the ground screw of the amplifier or receiver. Fig. 3 Fig. ALWAYS KEEP THE SHIPPING CARTON IN A DRY PLACE FOR THE EVENT THAT THE RECORD PLAYER HAS TO BE PACKED AGAIN FOR TRANSPORTATION. IN THIS CASE IT IS IMPORTANT TO DETACH THE PLATTER AND PUT IT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SHIPPINGBOX, JUST AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY DELIVERED TO YOU. TD170_E 5 Adjusting tone arm and pick-up cartridge Remove stylus guard carefully. Turn the anti-skating knob (2) counter-clockwise until it stops (Fig. Screw the tonearm counter weight (3) onto the rear tonearm tube (Fig. Unlock the tone arm (4) a bit towards the centre of the platter. Bring the lift-lever (5) into position while holding back the tone arm (Fig. By turning the counter weight (3) the tone arm can be precisely balanced in order to make it hover freely above the platter. You can now adjust the tracking force (1) and the anti-skating force (2). Hold tone arm counterweight and adjust tracking force indicator until "0" is in line with the marking on the tone arm tube. Slowly rotate the counterweight towards the tone arm's bearing assembly until the required tracking force ist set. Adjust to 15 mN (Milli-Newton) for the factoryinstalled pick-up cartridge OMB 10. As for the required anti-skating force refer to the table below: Fig. 5 Scale 1 1, 25 = 1, 5 2 2, 5 Tracking force (1) = 12, 5 = = = 10, 0 mN 15, 0 20, 0 25, 0 mN mN mN mN Anti-skating force (2) 1 1, 25 1, 5 2 2, 5 Fig. 6 TD170_E 6 Mounting or exchanging a pick-up cartridge Instead of the factory-supplied pick-up cartridge any other cartridge with standard half-inch mounting holes and a weight between 3 and 10 grams can be installed. Unscrew the cartridge and carefully remove the coloured signal leads from the cartridge pins with a pair of tweezers. Screw the new cartridge onto the headshell but do not tighten. Attach the leads to the pins while observing the correct coding. Please note: The example shown in Fig. 8 is applicable only for the pick-up cartridge Ortofon OMB 10!8 Put the supplied mounting gauge onto the platter and align the cartridge in a way that the stylus tip is exactly above the crossover point of the auxiliary lines and the cartridge body parallel to the auxiliary lines. [. . . ] Unlock the tone arm from its rest and move it above the lead-in groove of the record. The motor and platter will now start turning. By lowering the lift-lever (5) the tone arm gently declines, thus being very kind to your precious records. With the help of the lift-lever the tone arm may be moved up and down again anywhere across the record while the platter keeps turning (Fig. [. . . ]