Garrard ZERO 100C - Automatic Record Counter

ADDITIONAL USES OF THE CONTROLS
Cue and Pause
The tonearm can be raised while a record is
Playing by using the cue control tab to LIFT,
land lowered again by moving it back to PLAY.
This foaturo is particularly useful for reposting
oF passing over any passage of music, and to
interrupt play (pause) for a short timo without
‘switching off
Repeat
[A ingle record being played automatically, or
the last record of a stack, can be replayed by
‘moving the automatic control tab to START
before the tonearm ifs at the end of ine
record.
AUTOMATIC RECORD COUNTER
The automatic record counter is designed to
registor evory time the tonearm returns over its
rest. The tonearm, after tracking freely, moves
tho ratchet whool, chown in diagram 21,
through a small arc causing the red pointer to
‘move a small amount up tho scalo on the faco
of the gimbal surround
The gearing of the ratchet whee! is such that it
will fake some 1600 cycles of the tonearm for
the pointer to move from the bottom of the
scale to the top. The scale itself Is quartered,
50 that the first mark reprosonts. about 400,
cycles, the second 600 cycles and the third
approximately 1200 cycles. The fourth is sub-
divided by red marks, each representing a
furthor 100 cycles.
The automatic record counter is designed as a
useful reminder to check the condition of your
stylus. Its not designed to indicate when the
Stylus should be changed,
Reject
Any record of a stack (oxcopt the last), can
be rejected by moving the automatic control
tab to START. To roject a single record or the
last of a stack move the tad to STOP.
Stop
‘While playing a singlo record, ortho last record
‘fa stack, moving the automatic control tab to
STOP will retum the tonearm to its rest and
switen oft
‘While playing a stack of records this will cause
tho noxt record to be lowored before ewitohing
oft
To lower the next record and play It, move the
control tab to START.
‘Stylus woar dopends on various factors, euch
a stylus force, stylus material (diamond of
sapphire) and complianee, condition of
ecords and, of course, whether the cycles in
dicated by this counter roprosents play of LP.
records or not. Another consideration Is. the
‘generally faster rate of wear if an elliptical
stylus tip Is used.
To use the automatic record counter effec:
tively, set the pointer to the lowest calibration
line when starting out with anew stylus, also
when the pointer reaches the top of its scale,
Having set the pointer, the counter can be used
to monitor the number of tonearm cycles, and
‘based on this, patiodic checks on the condition
of the stylus may be made,
SETTING THE COUNTER TO ZERO
‘Support the tonearm over the platter to dis
fengage the ratchet wheel and turn the whee!
‘counterclockwise until pointer and line coincide
(See diagram 21). Return the tonearm to its rast