THORENS TD 295 MKIV Bedienungsanleitung Seite 17

notch 1
5. Adjusting anti-skating force
notch 2
notch 3
The friction between pick-up stylus and record groove
while playing is generating a force which drags the tone-
arm towards the centre of the record. This movement
(dubbed "skating force") is certainly not desired as it
tends to increase the tracking force at the inner groove
whilst decreasing it at the outer groove.
The supplied anti-skating weight-on-string however is a
way out of this dilemma. In order to compensate the ska-
ting force it's attached at the notched rod behind the
bearing assembly and looped over the outrigger. Since
the strength of the skating force is roughly proportional
to the tracking force it has to be adapted accordingly. The
adaption range is provided by 3 notches on the rod whe-
picture 7
reby (picture 7)
notch 1 equals a tracking force of 1 - 1.5 g (10 - 15 mN)
notch 2 equals a tracking force of 1.5 - 2.0 g (15 - 20 mN)
notch 3 equals a tracking force of > 2.0 g (> 20 mN)
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