Lift the tonearm and adjust the cartridge’s angle until its front is parallel with the grid when lowered onto the protractor. Set the stylus precisely onto the outer grid’s center point. Loosen the screws that hold the cartridge in place just enough so it can be moved, but cannot move by itself. Place the alignment protractor on your turntable and set anti skating to zero. If it is not, scale the template by changing the printer correction factor.Ĭut out the protractor and make sure to punch or cut out the spindle hole as precisely as possible. Measure the outer rectangle to be sure it is exactly 190 mm long. Please make sure to print out the alignment template at 100 % scale (to be set in the printing dialogue of your browser or operating system). You may also laminate the cartridge alignment protractor. Alternatively, a piece of clear packing tape stuck onto the target points will do the trick as well. It is recommended to print the 2-point protractor onto glossy photo paper to protect your stylus. The pre-set values should be fine for most users. If you have no idea about the technical intricacies of turntable geometry, do not worry. It is not necessary to match the manufacturer’s geometry. Each alignment geometry will result in a different overhang and offset angle. Please note that the resulting overhang and offset angle may be different from the stock specification chosen by the record player manufacturer. The 2-point protractor will still allow you to set the overhang precisely for your turntable. They are not as easy to use as arc protractors, but knowing the exact pivot to spindle distance of your turntable will not be necessary. 2-point protractors are universal protractors for turntable cartridge alignment that can be used with any record player (as long as the headshell slots are long enough for the chosen alignment geometry).
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