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Marantz 6100 Setup Answers

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Posted by Dan on August 4, 2004 at 11:29:38

In Reply to: Marantz 6100 setup question(s) posted by caseyjames on August 3, 2004 at 20:10:50:

Hi,

I have a Marantz 6110 which is basically the same turntable with a slightly different base.

The hanging weight is the anti-skate. I was initially confused about where to set it because the manual is confusing. Each notch corrosponds to a .5g increase in anti-skate. To set your anti-skate to 2 grams place the weight on the innermost notch. For 1.5 grams go out one notch, and so on and so on.

The dial on the back of the tonearm is the tracking force adjustment. Before you set the tracking force, you have to balance the arm. to do this, adjust the dial to the poin where the arm balances in midair. Once the arm is balanced, adjust the meter (which is independent of the weight adjustment) to zero. Then set the tracking force to the desired position.

If you still have the 45 rpm adaptor, it serves as a way to adjust overhang -a valuable tool, which my turntable lost many years ago. Put the adaptor on the spindle, and place the stylus as close to the dot on the adaptor as possible. The goal here is to have the tip of the stylus land precisly on that dot. This is done by adjusting the position of the cartridge in the headshell (This is why headshells have slots.

If you dont have the 45rpm adaptor, you will need some sort of protractor to adjust overhang. You can buy one or, like me, you can download one for free here.
It has instructions.

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0900/protractor.htm

As for the other controls on this turntable, there really arent any besides the 33/45 selector which is self explanatory and the cartridge return lever which you pull towards you to stop a record from playing and return the arm to the rest position. This is an auto return table (if it is working properly ;)) so you wont need to use this much. This switch frequently breaks so dont be suprised if it doesnt work on your table. It's a cheap repair though.

One other note. If your 6100 is anything like my 6110, which it is, it is very sensitive to vibration and is likely to "howl" if it is close to a speaker. You will discover this if you put on an album with deep bass at a loud volume. Keep this turntable as far away from your speakers as you can.

My other table was a pioneer pl-4 which did not have this problem. Knock pioneer all you want but you could put that thing on the floor at a dance party and it wouldnt howl or skip a groove.

Hope this helps. Ask me any questions if this was unclear.
BTW unless you really want one I wouldnt bother buying the manual.

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