Adjusting overhang and tonearm height

Adjusting the overhang

1. Temporarily remove the anti-skating weight.
2. Place the PLATINUM Signature alignment template between the spindle and tonearm, below the tonearm rest.
3. Remove the stylus guard from the new cartridge and carefully lower the tonearm onto the alignment template.
4. Align the stylus exactly with the alignment mark. This is easiest to see from the left-hand side.
5. When the stylus is aligned exactly, the overhang is correctly adjusted. Carefully tighten the cartridge screws. The white lines on the headshell can be used as a guide.
6. Then adjust the tracking force.

Adjusting tonearm height and VTA

If the new cartridge has a different height, the VTA (Vertical Tracking Angle) must be readjusted. The aim is to position the stylus correctly in the record groove.

1. Place a record, preferably an older one, on the platter and lower the tonearm.
2. Look at it from the side at the same level. The tonearm must be parallel to the record.
3. If the tonearm is lower at the front, lower it at the rear pivot. If it is higher at the front, raise it at the rear pivot.
4. The supplied spacer may also help. It is fitted between the cartridge and headshell.

Adjusting the height at the tonearm pivot

1. Loosen the knurled screw at the tonearm pivot by turning it anticlockwise.
2. Loosen the side screw with the hex key.
3. Adjust the height so that the tonearm is parallel to the record when lowered onto it.
4. Retighten the hex socket screw and secure the knurled screw at the tonearm pivot.

ℹNote

The position of the knurled screw can be used as a reference when adjusting the tonearm height.

There is no adjustment screw in the rear hole of the tonearm base.

After this work, readjust the anti-skating force.