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UP (Cueing-UP Switch)
Depress this switch to discontinue play temporarily.
The tonearm
wil! be lifted, removing the sylus tip
from the disc surface.
(6
DOWN
(Cueing-DOWN Switch)
Depress
this switch
to start
play
midway
on
a
disc.
The
tonearm
will
lower
itself, bringing the
stylus tip in contact with the disc surface.
* When the UP switch, or DOWN switch is depres-
sed, you
will hear click. This is neither an ab-
normal
noise,
not
an
indication
of discorder,
but a sound produced by the operating solenoid
for cueing.
Be careful
not to depress
the
UP
switch
while
the
tonearm
is descending,
as it
may
cause the tonearm to fly when the "click"
of the operating solenoid is heard.
D
>/»»
(Rightward
Feed
Switch
for
Tonearm)
The
tonearm
will be fed toward the right for the
duration this switch
is being depressed. When
this
switch
is slightly depressed, the tonearm will move
slowly, wheras, when depressed to a further depth,
the tonearm will move quickly.
*
The tonearm will come to a halt once it reaches
the
extreme
right,
and
the
platter
will
stop
rotating.
AUTOMATIC
PLAY
CUT (Play Discontinuing Switch)
Whenever
this
switch
is depressed,
the
tonearm
will
start
RETURN
movements,
whatever
opera-
tion mode it may be in.
(© REPEAT (Repeat Switch)
Repeat
play is possible by depressing this switch,
in line with the disc play controlled by the PLAY/
DISC SIZE switch ( 40 ).
During
REPEAT
play, the indicator located above
the switch
will illuminate. To end REPEAT
play,
depress this switch once again.
"
For
performances
initiated
with
the
ARM
CONTROL
switches
(
through (7) ), RE-
PEAT play is not possible even when this switch
is depressed.
PLAY/DISC
SIZE
(Disc Size Switch)
This
switch
makes
possible
automatic
play,
by
selecting the disc size (17 cm, 25 cm or 30 cm).
When
any
one
of the switches
is depressed,
the
indicator
of the selected
size will illuminate, and
the whole process from the starting of platter, arm
feed, cueing-DOWN,
play, auto-return
to stop will
be automatically performed.
Be careful
not to make
a mistake
in selecting
the disc size; damage to the cartridge and stylus
tip may
result when
the wrong disc size is se-
lected.
When
any one of the ARM
CONTROL
switches
(
through (7) ) is depressed, automatic play
will be completely released.
(Ď Arm Height Adjusting Knob
After
loosening
the lock control
provided on the
right-side
of the tonearm,
adjust the arm
height,
using the left-side
A UPand
V
DOWN controls.
On completion
of adjustment, lock the arm firmly
by means of the LOCK A control.
(2 Main Weight & BALANCE Control Knob
This
control
functions
to balance
the
tonearm.
When
the
control
is
turned
counterclockwise
(leftward) as viewed from the front of the tonearm,
the main weight will move
forward, and when the
control
is turned
clockwise,
the main weight will
move backward.
13 Tracking Force Adjusting Weight
This
determines
the tracking
force. Tonearm
ba-
lance adjustments
are performed
by matching the
forward end of the weight with the "0" line.
(The forward
end of the weight will be the basic
line used for determining the tracking force.)

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