OWNER'S MANUAL VESTAX CORPORATION 1-18-6 Wakabayashi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-0023 Japan Phone:03-3412-7011 Fax:03-3412-7013 Web:www.vestax.co.jp VESTAX America 2750N. 29th Avenue, Suite 115, Hollywood, FL33020. Phone:954-926-6622 Fax:954-926-3304 Web:www.vestaxdj.com VESTAX (Europe)Ltd. Unit 5 Riverwey Industrial Park Alton, Hampshire GU34 2QL England, U.K Phone:(0)1420-83000 Fax:(0)1420-80040 Web:www.vestax.co.
CONGRATULATION Thank you for purchasing the Vestax PDX-8000, Professional Direct Drive Turntable. Please read this owner's manual carefully before you start to use yours, so that you will fully understand all of the special features and enjoy the full use of the product. CONTENTS FEATURES NOTES A. S. T.
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS READ BEFORE OPERATING EQU I P M E N T T h i s p r o du c t w a s d es i gn e d a n d m an u fa c t u r e d t o me et s tr ic t q u al i ty and sa fety standa rds. T h e r e a re, howeve r, som e in stallation an d o p e r ati o n p rec au t io ns w h i ch yo u s h ou ld b e pa r t i c u l a rl y awa r e of . 12.
19. Replacement Parts-When replacement parts are required, be 21. Carts and Stands-The appliance should be used only with a cart stand that is recommended by manufacturer. sure the service technician has used replacement parts s p e c i fied by the manu fa c t u rer or have the same 22. An appliance and cart combination should be moved with ch a ra c t e rristics as the ori ginal parts. Unauthori ze d care.
A.S.T.S(Anti Skipping Tone-arm System) A.S.T.S(Anti Skipping Tone-arm System) has been developed with years of experience and a number of trials, searching for the innovative tone-arm for professional DJ's.This system breaks all of the historic common sense, achieving its non skipping performance in hard scratching. A.S.T.S consists of two inventions, short/straight arm and TH (Tracing Hold) balance system. ●TH balance system gives horizontal movement in addition to vertical.
EACH PARTS NAME FRONT REAR BEFORE USE Checklist of Parts This unit includes the following parts 1 Turntable Unit ○ 2 Turntable Platter ○ 3 Slip Mat ○ 4 Shell Weight ○ 5 Headshell ○ 6 Balance Weight ○ 7 Weight Ring ○ 8 RCA Cable ○ 9 GND Cable ○ 10 EP Adaptor ○ 5
ASSEMBLY AND SET-UP Installation of Turntable Platter 1 By placing the turntable platter on the center spindle, the platter ○ adjusts to match the spindle by itself. 2 Place the slip mat on the platter. ○ 3 Extra care should be taken to avoid damaging magnet by ○ dropping it. NOTE Never connect the AC power plug before assembly has been completed. Installation of Balance Weight 1 Place the balance weight and weight ring on the rear shaft of ○ the tone-arm winding the balance weight clockwise.
3 Insert the headshell into the front part of the tone-arm. Turn thr ○ ○ 4 Adjustment of Overhang LOCK RING to the directoin of the arrow shown the fig until As shown in the illustration, overhang indicates the distance fixing the headshell. from the stylus to end of headhshell. Please set the distance to 50mm. If the overhang adjustment is not properly made, the stylus will not be able to trace the record grooves correctly. NOTE Be share not to touch stylus during adjustment with finger.
ADJUSTMENT Adjustment of Horizontal Zero Balance 1 Release the tone-arm from the armrest to free. ○ 2 Turn the balance weight clockwise or counter clockwise until ○ the tone arm is balanced horizontally. NOTE Be careful not to touch your finger to the stylus tip. 3 Return the tone-arm to the armrest.
O P E R AT I O N 1 Place the record on the turntable mat. ○ 2 ○ Press the power switch button provided at rear panel to turn "ON" position. 3 Remove the stylus protector if cartridge is detachable one. ○ 4 Push the start/stop button, then platter will start to turn. ○ 5 Move the tone-arm position over the record. Put it down to the ○ record, and play will begin. 6 ○ Set the turning speed to 33 1/3rpm or 45rpm by pushing the speed select switch in obedience to the playing record RPM.
D I G I TAL CONTROL 1 FADER PITCH SPAN SELECT SWITCH ○ Pushing the switch, fader pitch span can be selected between ± 3%, ±6%, ±12%. while watching the display ○ 7, push this switch continuously until the indicated value of span to select snd stop pushing.（refer to fig.1） fig1. FADER PITCH SPAN SELECT SWITCH return NOTE When the display return to pitch meter selected value of span is set. but the value of span has error ±0.9% because of limit of electric function.
SPECIFICATIONS 2001. 2. Ver.
