Setting tonearm balance

1. Remove the cartridge’s protector.

   

2. Remove the clamp and lift the tonearm lift control lever.

   • The tonearm is tilted because the balance has yet to be adjusted.

   

   1. Clamp
   2. Tonearm lift control lever

3. Move the tonearm over the platter. Lower the tonearm lift control lever while holding the headshell.

   • Be careful not to allow the stylus tip to touch the platter.

   

   1. Tonearm
   2. Headshell

4. While still lightly holding the headshell, turn the counterweight to adjust the tonearm’s balance.

   • Adjust the balance so that the tonearm is level when you release the headshell.

   

5. Return the tonearm to the tonearm rest.