THORENS 653-068 manual Preliminary operations, Belt and platter Fig, Connection to mains, Stop

Preliminary operations

Unpack the unit and all accessories.

Please keep the packaging for future use when transporting the device.

-Attach hinges (2) to the designated recesses at dust cover (Fig. 1).

-Insert dust cover hinges into the respective sockets.

Belt and platter (Fig. 2)

The belt comes already looped around the transmission area of the platter (10). A ribbon has been attached to the belt so that no tools are needed for its final installation.

Put platter onto axle (11) and turn it until cut-out has come above the motor pulley. By means of the ribbon lift off belt from platter and loop it around the motor pulley while making sure the belt sets in the centre of the pulley’s transmis- sion area. Lastly, remove ribbon.

You can now put the mat onto platter.

Connection to mains

The supplied mains adaptor is to be connected to socket (9). According to the voltage indicated on the unit’s nameplate it has to be plugged into a mains socket with either 230 V / 50 Hz or 115 V / 60 Hz for the primary side.

Connection to the amplifier or receiver

- Connect the audio leads (7) to the phono- input (MM) of your amplifier or receiver (red RCA-type plug = right channel, white RCA-type plug = left channel).

-Connect ground wire (8) to the ground connector on your amplifier.

Speed selection and start

This record player is started by selecting the speed of either 33 or 45 rpm.

Manual start, cue control

-Select the required platter speed, 33 or 45 rpm, by means of the switch (4), swivel the stylus protection cap upwards, lift the tone arm with the cueing lift lever (3).

-Now position tonearm over the lead-in groove of the record. By means of cue control lever (3). the tonearm can be smoothly lowered onto the grooves and thus preventing damage to your records.

-With the cue control lever the tonearm may also be lifted up at any position, even for brief inter- ruptions during playback. In such a case the platter continues to rotate.

Stop

This record player is to be switched off by lifting the tone arm with the cueing lever (3) and by moving the tonearm back to its rest, whereupon switch (4) is set to “0”.

Stylus DN 251 S

The stylus is subject to natural wear during normal playback. Therefore, we recommend you to have the stylus occasionally checked after approxi- mately 300 playing hours. A worn or damaged (splintered) diamond stylus is likely to chisel the modulation from the grooves and thus damage the record. Use only the dedicated (replacement) stylus types recommended in the technical date supplied with the cartridge. An imitated stylus may also cause an audible loss in sound quality and increased wear of records. Pull off the stylus in a slanted downward movement. Insert the new sty- lus in reverse order. (Fig. 3).

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