Clearaudio Peerformance User manual

©clearaudio electronic GmbH 2007

Instruction manual

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Instruction manual

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Dear clearaudio-customer,

you have purchased a state-of-the-art turntable, the

Performance

, a world class product of

clearaudio electronic GmbH.

Thank you very much your confidence.

Please read this guide carefully so that you can enjoy all advantages of your

Performance

-turntable. All information given will help to generate best set up and avoid any

possible damages.

We hope you will enjoy your new clearaudio

Performance

-turntable.

clearaudio electronic GmbH

Please read the warnings before connecting your

Performance

-turntable to the mains

supply.

CE-MARKING

The clearaudio

Performance

meets the regulations concerning electromagnetic

disturbance (EMC) and low-voltage appliances.

Recording und reproduction of any sound-material may require the consent of the creator.

Please acknowledge the information given in the

- Copyright Act 1956,

- Dramatic and Musical Performers Act 1958,

- Performers Protection Acts 1963 and 1072,

- any more recent legal regulations.

WARNINGS

Don’t expose your performance-Turntable to rain or humidity.

Don’t handle the mains leads with wet hands.

Don’t place or insert anything into the equipment or through ventilation holes.

No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on the equipment.

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Contents

Packaging overview 4

1. Product overview 5

2. Packing contents 6

3. Set-up and operation 8

4. Tonearm- and pick-up setting 10

5. Azimuth-setting 16

6. Antiskating-setting 17

7. Special directions 18

8. Maintenance and service 18

Warranty information 19

9. Technical data 20

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1. Layer:

Motor-unit, top of bearing, belt,

pulley, fittings and accessories

If ordered as set: satisfy tonearm

and/or pickup

2. Layer:

Platter

3. Layer:

Turntable - chassis

Packa

overview

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1. Product overview

The special resonance-optimised construction, the external motor-unit and the patented

clearaudio - CMB-bearing-technology guarantees absolute speed stability, pure pleasure in

listening and reproduction in accordance to the original.

Performance

assembled and set up.

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2. Packing contents

The clearaudio

Performance

-turntable is delivered in a especially designed and custom

packaging.

Please check the contents according to the following list before you set up your new

clearaudio

Performance

-turntable.

1 Chassis with built-in bearing base

and tone arm base 2 Turntable - chassis

3 Top of the CMB - bearing 4 Pulley, incl. fixing screws

5 Motor-unit with attached power cord

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6 Synthetic bearing oil (5 ml) 7 Level gauge

8 Optional: Satisfy Tonearm 9 Ground wire ( if hum occures )

10 Record clamp 11 Optional: Maestro MM pick-up

12 2 Silent belts 2mm (1 for replacement) 13 Pair of white gloves

14 allen wrench size 3 15 Screwdriver ( for fixing the pulley )

16 Warranty-certificate ( card ) 17 Optional: smart stylus gauge aluminium

(no picture)

6 7

13 14 15

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3. Set-up and operation

The

Performance

-turntable is constructed from different materials, as described in No 2.

The drive is easily set up as some of the components are pre-assembled at the factory.

Please make use of the white gloves enclosed in order to avoid scratches or unwanted

fingerprints (platter).

Please follow the description step by step:

The

Performance

requires a space of at least 42 x 33 cm for positioning.

33 cm

42 cm

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Place the pre-mounted chassis on your hifi-rack or another suitable base.

Please remove the protective seal from the bearing shaft and place two drops of the

synthetic bearing oil on the ceramic bearing shaft. Slip the bearing top onto the bearing shaft

of the turntable (please remove the safety strip first). Now you can set the platter carefully

onto the bearing. To avoid damages make sure you slide the inverted bearing slowly and

cautiously on the polished ceramic shaft. Hold the platter in one hand while with the other is

securing the bearing top so it can neither slip and nor fall on your turntable.

The marks (dots) on the platter and the top of the bearing have been carefully measured.

Please make sure they align exactly as shown in the picture.

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4 Tonearm- and pick-up setting

Satisfy-Tonearm mounting

Please fix the base of the satisfy-tonearm on the basis

on your

Performance

-turntable chassis using the

short screws (M4x20).

Tighten the screws of the satisfy-tonearm to the basis

using the allen screwdriver enclosed.

Pass the cables of the satisfy-tonearm carefully through the basis.

Please make sure that the cables will not damaged or bent too much.

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