SME 15 - Operation - Playing a Record; Operation - Tonearm; Lowering the Stylus; Raising the Stylus

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13. OPERATION - PLAYING A RECORD
Placetherecordspindlewasheronthespindlefollowedbytherecordand
clamp.Theclampshouldbescreweddownclockwiseenoughtodeect
therecordatintormcontactwiththeplaer.Withangerp,tapthe
recordinthreeplaces equallyover itssurfaceand withalile pracce
it willsoon becomeevidentwhether ornot the record istouching the
plaer.Ifnot,somefurtherghteningoftheclampmaybenecessary.
14. OPERATION - TONEARM
1. Withthecontrolleverintheraisedposionmovethetonearmout
ofthearmrestandposionthetonearmsothatthestylusisover
theselectedrecordgroove.
2. Tolowerthestylusontotherecordmovethecontrolleverforward
unlitisjustpasttopdeadcentre.Thiswillsettheloweringcontrol
inmoon,atwhichpointitwilltakeoverthemovementofthelever,
givingasmoothcontrolleddescent.
 Note:For the correctdescentme the controlmustbeoperated
exactly as above. The speed will be increased considerably if the
lever is pushed down instead of being allowed to fall of its own
accord.
3. To raise the stylusfromthe record slowlymovethe controllever
backtoitsoriginalposion.Whenthetonearmisnotinuseitshould
alwaysbereturnedtothearmrestforsafety.