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Balancing the tonearm

Initially attaching the anti-skating weight

Place the loop of the anti-skating weight over the guide shaft in the frontmost groove, then pass the thread through the eye of the guide bracket.

Attach the anti-skating weight to the guide shaft and guide bracket

Positioning the tonearm

  1. Release the tonearm clamp.
Open the tonearm clamp
  1. Hold the headshell with your finger and move the tonearm over the platter.
Move the tonearm over the platter by holding the headshell
  1. Adjust the counterweight so that the tonearm floats parallel to the platter.
Adjust the counterweight; the tonearm must float horizontally
Tonearm floats parallel to the platter
Correct
Tonearm slopes down towards the front
Incorrect
Tonearm is raised at the front
Incorrect
  1. Return the tonearm to its original position.
  2. Lock the tonearm clamp.

Set the final position of the anti-skating weight in the next step.