Tone ARM and Cartridge Setting

The major cause of problems in sound and skipping on the vinyl is the lack of proper set up of the needle and turntable adjustments. The needle is designed to operate at a specific angle to the vinyl. The T.92 USB has several adjustments to correctly position the needle to the vinyl.

1. The first adjustment is the installation of the cartridge-head-shell assembly into the tone arm tube lock. The
T.92 USB includes a Stanton 500 V3 cartridge pre-mounted to the headshell. Holding the tone arm tube in one
hand, insert the cartridge-headshell into the tube lock with the other hand. Turn the lock ring clockwise (when
viewed from the rear) until the headshell is locked tightly into the tone arm. Remove the needle protector from			Locking Ring
the cartridge and place the needle on record. View the needle from the front and insure that the needle is
perpendicular to the record surface. If some adjustment is needed, simply loosen the lock ring and rotate the
cartridge headshell until the needle is perpendicular to the record surface. Then re-tighten the lock ring.
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2. The second adjustment is the needle (or stylus) pressure. Start with the cartridge headshell
assembly mounted into the tone arm. Remove any needle protectors provided. With tone arm
free, adjust the tone arm counterweight by rotating the rear section until the tone arm floats in a			Rear Section
balanced condition above the record or mat. Do not allow the needle to drop onto the mat or the	2.0	1.
turntable platter during this adjustment. You might damage the needle tip. Now, carefully hold		0
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the tone arm in one hand while rotating the numbered ring on the front of the counter-weight		0	Numbered Ring

with the other hand to the “0” setting. Next, without touching the numbered ring, Rotate the rear
counterweight until the desired needle pressure reading is next to the line on top of the tone
arm tube. The recommended stylus pressure for the Stanton 500 V3 cartridge is between two
and five grams.			2
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3.The third adjustment is to set the anti-skating. If you are using the turntable /cartridge for playback purposes you will need to set anti-skating. Anti-skating helps keep the needle centered in groove during standard playback. However anti-skate will actually cause the needle to skip if used while scratching or back cueing. To set anti-skating for playback simply turn the anti-skate dial to the same number setting as the stylus pressure reading (ex: 1 gram of stylus pressure = 1 gram anti-skate). If you are scratching leave the anti-skating to "0".

Anti-skate