Adjustment Of The Vta - Clearaudio Tracer Bedienungsanleitung

User manual / Bedienungsanleitung

5.1 Adjustment of the VTA

The tonearm remains loose in the clamping ring and is not screwed tight. Now place a record or
the Clearaudio alignment gauge (Art. No. AC005/IEC) on the turntable and remove the stylus
protector from your cartridge.
Make sure that the tracking force is roughly adjusted in order not to damage the cartridge.
Please be extremely careful during the following steps!
Never move the cartridge in the alignment gauge while it is lowered.
Use the lift to lower the tonearm and check if the tonearm tube is parallel to the platter.
The tonearm tube should not touch the lift bracket, but the needle must rest on the record or the
alignment gauge.
If the tonearm tube is not parallel, but shows a slight incline, put the tonearm tube back in the rest
position.
Now carefully lower/raise the entire tonearm in the clamping ring so that the tonearm tube is
parallel to the platter.
While the tonearm is in this position you can hand-tight the clamping ring.
If the position is still correct, you can put the tonearm back in the rest position holder and put the
stylus protector back on.
Pic. 11: Fixing the tonearm height
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