User manual / Bedienungsanleitung
5. Special Instructions
5.1 Maintenance
• Always keep the stylus tip clean. When dirt is allowed to build-up and records are played with
a dirty or clogged stylus, a „buzzing noise" can be heard. Use a high quality cleaning brush or
Clearaudio cleaning fluid to clean the stylus tip. Be extremely careful and always brush only
from the back to front.When using a liquid e.g. from Clearaudio or other organic cleaner,
always take care not to spill any on the cartridge body. Make sure the liquid will always contact
only the stylus tip or boron cantilever.
• Before playing a record, please remove all dust and dirt from the record surface using a
quality cleaning device. For the best results, a record cleaning machine should be used.
Ask your dealer for Clearaudio´s Matrix-cleaning machines. (e.g.
Double Matrix Professional Sonic
• The normally lifetime of a Clearaudio HD Diamond is by careful treatment and correctly
adjustment up to 8000 hours!
• Always avoid storing your cartridge near any objects using electrical transformers and motors,
which may generate magnetic fields. Any demagnetisation contact will result in a drop of
output voltage and possible case of distortion or degradation.
• Please note:
Never disconnect your tonearm cable from your preamplifier, while your unit is still „ON".
Please switch your preamplifier „OFF", before starting to disconnect your tonearm connectors
from the phono inputs of your preamplifier.
5.2 Service
• The warranty of the
• If any service or repair on all Clearaudio products is necessary, please contact your dealer /
distributor or contact Clearaudio directly. We can inform you as well about your nearest
service location. More warranty information on page 14.
Important - please note:
Any damage caused by failure to follow the advice given in the Clearaudio user manual will invali-
date the product warranty. Clearaudio will assume no liability for any such damage.
PLEASE RETAIN ALL ORIGINAL PACKAGING. You will need it if this unit has to be
transported and/or shipped. Any further questions you may have about your product should be
directed to the distributor or directly to Clearaudio at:
Clearaudio wish you a lot of pleasure listening to music!
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, cleaning both sides of LP-record at once!)
MC Concept
cartridge is 2 years.
Smart Matrix Professional,
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