THORENS TD 350 - Handbuch (Seite 14)

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1. General
The TD 350 is a subchassis record player of latest genera-
tion. It unites the advantages of subchassis players with
those of mass turntables in an ideal way. The built-in elec-
tronic steering device decouples the motor completely from
inevitable mains fluctuations.
This leads to incredibly low values of rumble and wow/flut-
ter which go far beyond the values ever achieved by older
constructions. To get the full sound quality please follow the
set-up steps carefully.
2. Placement, set-up
and connecting the TD 350
Put the TD 350 onto a horizontal support close to your au-
dio amplifier. Check the unit's level position with the help
of the supplied bubble. If necessary you may have to adjust
the support accordingly.
Now remove the factory-installed transport retaining screws
for the sub-chassis. The sub-chassis should then be moving
freely up and down. We highly recommend to keep these
screws for any future transport of the TD 350 for which the
sub-chassis should be arrested again.
Take the platter and very carefully insert its spindle into the
bearing. While doing this do not apply any force. To avoid
that the hardened steel spindle can damage the bushings
just have the spindle gliding smoothly into the bearing. Af-
ter the platter has set, you may turn it to see if it moves free-
ly and without noise. Take the belt from its package and
loop it around the outer rim of the platter and the motor
pulley in the left rear corner of the plinth (see picture 1).
Turn platter to make sure that the belt is not twisted, but
runs flat. Put felt mat onto platter. This soft mat is to protect
picture1
you precious vinyl re-
cords from wear du-
ring playback.
For the next step take
the transformer unit
and IEC power cord
from the carton (see
pictures 2 and 3). Con-
nect the transformer
lead with the designa-
ted voltage supply sok-
ket at the rear side of
the plinth (see picture
4) and the IEC power cord with a mains socket (230V). You
may now check the function of the motor by turning the
speed selector lever (see picture 5) to 33
1 /
3
and then to
45 rpm. The TD 350 incorporates an intelligent control cir-
cuitry which within the first two seconds is reducing the
start-up speed to half its value while at the same time pro-
viding the platter with a doubled torque. Thus the heavy
platter is reaching its nominal speed much earlier and, if