VPI JMW126
Owner's Manual

� Place the arm back in its rest. � Without letting the cartridge move, tighten the screws holding the cartridge to the arm head. Make it tight, but don't over do it and strip the threads or distort the cartridge body.

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TRACKING FORCE:

� Tracking force is adjusted by moving the counterweight forward and back a bit at a time. The 12.6 counterweight has a fine adjustment nut on the rear bottom of the counterweight. Use it to really dial in the tracking force properly. � The JMW 12.6 does not have a built-in tracking force gauge, but a Shure Stylus Force Gauge is supplied with your unit. Following the gauge instructions set the tracking force to the highest cartridge manufacturer recommendation plus 1/10 of a gram more. We always recommend going to the high side when it comes to tracking force. High frequency vibrations can make a light tracking cartridge to cause more damage to the grooves than running a cartridge at a heavy setting.

E. AZIMUTH
� Next, the lateral balance or azimuth must be set. Because the phono cartridge is offset, there is an unbalancing force that tilts the arm to one side. For the cartridge to properly track the record groove, the stylus must be ninety degrees to the record surface. � By rotating the counterweight you can tip the arm in either direction. Set the counterweight so the cartridge sits as shown below.

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