Harman Kardon T55C Owners Manual - Page 8

CAPACITANCE

TRIM

ADJUSTMENT

OPERATING

Each

cartridge

has

a

specified

load

capacitance

into

which

it

performs

best.

To

determine

the

capacitive

load

on

the

cartridge,

the

capacitance

of

the

receiver's

phono

input

cir-

cuitry

and

the

capacitance

of

the

turntable's

tonearm

and

output

cord

must

be

added.

Often,

this

amount

is

less

than

that

required

by

the

cartridge.

The

capacitance

trim

fea-

ture

al

lows

you

to

add

100pF

or

200pF

to

the

normal

amount,

so

that

nearly

all

cartridges

can

be

accommodated.

Cartridge

capacity

Trim

position

Less

than

300pF

normal

300

to

400pF

+

100pf

Ovm

400pF

+

200pf

Please

read

the

owner's

manual

of

the

cartridce

and

adjust

the

trim

positicn

accordingly.

a)

Use

a

coin

to

change

the

setting

Less

When

the

CAP.

TRIM

is

properly

adjusted

Over

Frequency

10H<Hz

1.

Turn

down

the

volume

of

your

receiver

to

the

mini-

mum

position.

2.

Turn

on

your

receiver

and

select

the

phono

function

according

to

the

owner's

manual

of

the

receiver.

3.

Place

the

disc

on

the

PLATTER

MAT.

If

this

is

a

45

RPM

disc,

you

wi

l l

need

to

use

the

center

hole

ADAP-

TOR

provided

with

the

turntable.

4.

Depress

the

33

or

45

SPEED

selector

button

in

accord-

ance

with

the

speed

of

the

disc

to

be

used.

5.

Depress

the

QUARTZ

LOCK

button

to

maintain

accurate

disc

speed.

6.

Depress

the

LIFT

button

to

the

AUTO

position.

(With

AUTO

position

selected,

the

TONEARM

automatically

lifts,

the

PLATTER

stops

and

pow-

er

is

turned

off

when

the

disc

ends.

)

7.

Fl

ip

the

CUE

lever

up

to

l

ift

the

TONEARM,

then

bring

the

TONEARM

over

the

disc

and

the

PLAT-

TER

wil

l

begin

to

rotate.

The

QUARTZ

LOCK

indi-

cator

wi

l

l

light

up

red.

Then

flip

the

CUE

lever

down

and

the

TONEARM

wil

l

be

lowered

and

the

record

will

begin

to

play.

8.

Slowly

raise

the

volume

of

receiver

up

to

your

desired

listening

level

.

9.

If

you

wish

to

stop

a

record

from

playing

be-

fore

its

end

is

reached,

press

the

CUT

button.

The

TONEARM

wil

l

be

automatical

ly

lifted

up,

the

PLATTER

wil

l

stop

and

the

power

wil

l

shut

off.

Then

bring

the

TONEARM

back

to

the

ARMREST.

10.

At

the

end

of

the

disc,

the

TONEARM

wil

l

automati-

cal

ly

be

lifted

up,

the

PLATTER

will

stop

and

the

power

will

shut

off.

Then

bring

the

TONEARM

back

to

the

ARMREST.

11.

The

TONEARM

will

not

automatical

ly

lift

and

the

PLAT-

TER

wi

l

l

not

stop

at

the

end

of

the

disc

with

the

LIFT

button

set

to

the

MANUAL

position.

It

is

necessary

to

make

use

of

CUT

button

or

manual

ly

raise

the

TONEARM

at

the

disc

end

and

bring

it

to

the

ARMREST.

A

record

that

has

a

recorded

area

that

extends

beyond

the

standard

limit

cannot

be

fully

played

in

the

auto

-lift

mode,

since

the

arm

wil

l

lift

and

the

power

will

shut

off

before

the

record

ends

The

MANUAL

position

is

provided

in

order

to

play

such

a

record.

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