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CONGRATULATION Thank you for purchasing the Vestax PDX-d3S, 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 EQUIPMENT T h i s p r o d u c t wa s d e s i g n e d a n d m a n u fa c t u r e d t o m e e t s t r i c t q u a l i t y a n d s a f e t y s t a n d a r d s . T h e r e a r e , h o w e v e r, s o m e i n s t a l l a t i o n a n d operation precautions which you should be particularly aware of. 1. Read instructions-All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. 2.
19. Replacement Parts-When replacement parts are required, be 21. Carts and Stands-The appliance should be used only with sure the service technician has used replacement parts a cart stand that is recommended by manufacturer. specified by the manufacturer or have the same 22. An appliance and cart combination should be moved with characterristics as the original parts. Unauthorized care. Quick stops, excessive force, and uneven surfaces substitutions may result in fire, electric shock or other hazards.
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.
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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 on the rear shaft of the tone-arm ○ winding the balance weight clockwise.
d3S/E 02.5.16 2:08 PM ページ 7 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.
ADJUSTMENT Adjustment of Horizontal Zero 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. Illustration of Adjustment 3 Return the tone-arm to the armrest. ○ The balance weight and cartridge are balanced, the tone-arm is held horizontal. Excessive forward advancement of the balance weight causes the cartridge side to be lowered.
OPERATION 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.
DIGITAL 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 2 1 4 3 5 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.
REMOTE CONTROL It is possible to control two turntables remotely. 1 Prepare for 3.5mm monaural phone plug cable Turn on Sync ON/OFF SW. ○ 2 Connect REMOTE OUT JACK at the rear panel with another PDX-d3S REMOTE IN JACK at the rear panel ○ by using the cable. 3 The player connected at the REMOTE OUT JACK is MASTER of the PDX-d3S. The player connected at the ○ REMOTE IN JACK is the Slave of the PDX-d3S.
