Continue by detaching the locking screws which have been
Now take the platter with both hands and hold its axle perpendicular over the hole in the bearing. Slowly and very carefully insert the axle into the bearing while making sure that it must not forcefully hit the bottom plate of the bear- ing.
After the platter has been put in place turn it manually to see if it runs smoothly and with ease. Take the belt from the packaging and carefully loop it around the outer rim of platter and motor pulley. Please check if the belt sits straight on platter and pulley and is not twisted.
Avoid any oil or greasy substance to get onto belt and the transmission area of platter and motor pulley. If necessary you may clean them with a
Put felt mat on platter. It is soft and will protect your records from damages that may occur during playback. If the felt mat is to stick against the record owing to static charges, you may discharge the record before playback by running a carbon fibre brush across. For best result this brush should be connected to ground by a lead. Fre- quently cleaning the records with a dedicated cleaning machine can also remedy static charges.
Take the three screws for adjusting the suspended chas- sis from the packaging and insert them into the prepared openings (Fig. 2) on top of the plinth. For sonic reason these screws cannot be firmly fixed.
With the help of the supplied spirit level you can now check if the suspended chassis also is in a perfectly horizontal level. If necessary, you can
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