Marantz 6300 - 1. PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS

The cartridge shell plugs into the tone arm and is
secured by a threaded sleeve, The cartridge is held
inside the shell by two screws which pass through
the long slots in the top of the shell. Appropriate
mounting screws and nuts and a small screw-
driver are provided with the Model 6300. Spacers,
if needed, will be provided by the cartridge
manufacturer. Obviously, it’s much easier to
install the cartridge when the shell is detached
from the tone arm.
Before the cartridge is screwed into the shell, the
small clips at the ends of the wires in the cartridge
shell should be pushed onto their corresponding
cartridge connection pins.
The wires are color coded as follows:
RIGHT CHANNEL HOT RED
RIGHT CHANNEL GROUND — GREEN
LEFT CHANNEL HOT — WHITE
LEFT CHANNEL GROUND — BLUE
The cartridge or its accompanying technical sheet
will identify the cartridge connection pins. It may
be necessary to slightly compress the terminal
clips with your fingers to make them fit snugly on
the prongs of some cartridges.
After the wires are connected, insert the mount-
ing screws through the top of the cartridge shell
and through the mounting tabs on the cartridge
itself. Then, attach the two nuts, just tight
enough to hold the cartridge (It is likely they will
have to be loosened again to adjust the placement
of the cartridge in the shell). It may also be
necessary to add spacers between the cartridge
and shell to make the stylus track at the correct
angle. This, of course, cannot be checked until
after the shell is attached to the arm.
Tuck the lead wires neatly behind the cartridge.
Next, attach the cartridge shell to the tone arm.