VI. Operation of the TD 146 turntable

The knob (1), situated left in front of the turntable platter, controls the turntable speed, the starting of the turntable and the interruption of record play. Turning the control knob on the right hand side of the unit (2) to the position lowers the tone arm onto the record. When turned to the knob lifts the tone arm off the record.

Speed selection

The speed (33 1/3 or 45 RPM) is selected by turning the knob (1) to the corresponding figure. The adapter (4) is employed at the center of the turntable platter for records with a large center hole.

Start

To start the unit, press the knob (1) further on againnst a loading spring towards the arrow START (Figure 14).

Tone arm lift

Position the tone arm over the first groove of the record.

Move the lift knob (2) to "play" .

When the lowering device is lifted (knob 2 in position ), the tone arm may be moved to any record cut (even to grooves close to the center of the record), which will be played, after lowering. The auto stop switch triggers only after the tone arm has reached the lead-out groove.

If the tone arm is to be operated close to the lead-out groove without using the lowering device -- e.g., for cueing purposes -- the auto stop may be triggered inadvertently. To prevent this, press the knob (1) to the starting position (Figure 14).

Auto-Stop

When the tone arm reaches the inner groove, the auto-stop lift the tone arm and stops the turntable platter. The lift knob (2) returns to its position and the unit will be switched off. The knob (1) remains in its speed position (33 1/3 or 45 RMP). There is no need to move this knob to the STOP position even for complete termination of record play.

Interruption of record play

If record play is to be interrupted before the tone arm has reached the lead-out groove, the knob is to be moved to the STOP position. The tone arm will then be lifted, the lift knob returned to position , and the unit switched off.