Pear Audio Analogue Kid Thomas Turntable & Cornet Tonearm User Manual

KID THOMAS TURNABLE

&

CORNET TONEARM

USER MANUAL

DESIGNED BY TOM FLETCHER

CAREFULLY UNPACK THE COMPLETE CONTENTS OF BOX AND MAKE SURE ALL
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PRESENT. PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS
BEFORE SETTING UP.

1X BEARING ASSEMBLY BASE PLINTH WITH ARM MOUNTING PLATE

1X MOTOR

1X PLATTER ASSEMBLY (INCLUDING 4 DAMPENING RINGS)

1X PULLEY

1X DRIVE BELT

1X TOOL KIT (screwdriver, Allen key, oil, spirit level)

1X TONEARM (CARTRIDGE NOT INCLUDED)

1X ALIGNMENT PROTRACTOR

1X TURNTABLE MAT

BEFORE STARTING THE ASSEMBLY PROCESS CHECK THAT THE SURFACE YOU
INTEND USE IS LEVEL AND STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE THE WEIGHT OF
TURNTABLE. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT YOUR TURNTABLE IS LEVEL (SPIRIT LEVEL
INCLUDED WITH TOOLS).

WARNING:

Do not dissamble any part of the turntable. Always refer to your dealer or distributor
instead. Any unneccesary tampering or altering of the turntable and/or tonearm will void
the warrenty.

PEAR AUDIO ANALOGUE
Cankarjevo Nabrezje 15 1000
Ljubljana SLOVENIA

www.pearaudio-analogue.com
[e-mail]

PLACEMENT

Place plinth onto your choice of level surface. Make sure your surface of choice is sturdy
and level before you place the plinth. The three feet underneath are adjustable and can be
used to fine level.

PULLEY MOUNTING

Place one hand under the bottom of the motor unit, to prevent downward movement. Use
your free hand to GENTLY push pulley onto motor spindle. Push straight downward and
not at an angle. It will come to a natural stop. Do not press too hard as pulley and/or motor
damage may occur.

Note: The motor slides up and down in the motor housing. This is to achieve accurate belt
drive alignment.

PLATTER MOUNTING

Using the dropper pour around 1/3 cap of oil into the bearing well. Wash hands afterwards
to prevent oil from getting onto the turntable.

Remove the dampening rings from the platter. Carefully lower the platter into the bearing
hole and let it settle.

WARNING: Do not let the platter drop down as it can damage the bearing.

MOTOR HOUSING PLACEMENT

Replace all dampening rings to the platter. Place the motor housing centrally in the cut-out
on the left side of the plinth, as close to the plinth as possible, but without any part of the
motor housing or the pulley touching the plinth, the platter or the dampening rings. The
height of motor is adjusted by pushing gently up at the top or the bottom of the motor unit.
To press down, press on the sides of the motor unit, until it reached desired height.

WARNING: Do not press down on the pulley, only on the sides of the motor.

Attach the drive belt around the pulley and platter. The upper grove in the pulley is 45RPM.
The lower grove is 33 1/3 RPM. The ideal height for the motor is when the belt runs
approxiamtely 1/3 up from the bottom dampening ring, when running at 33 1/3.

Cnnect the wire from the motor to your outlet (or to the Pear Audio Blue external power
supply unit). Once the motor is connected you should feel that the motor/pulley vibrates
while platter is stationary. That is normal.

To start the platter, place you hand of the side of the platter and spin the platter clock-wise.
If you spin it too softly it won’t maintain speed. Give if a firm spin and it will adjust to correct

speed within seconds.

WARNING: Do not use any other external power supply to power your Pear Audio Blue
turntable than the Pear Audio Blue external power supply.

CORNET 1 & 2 TONEARM ALIGNMENT AND CARTRDIGE ADJUSTMENTS

Whenever possible have your Pear Audio Blue dealer mount your cartridge as they have
the experience, equipment and know-how to achieve best possible sound from your
turntable and cartridge. Otherwise follow the instructions below.

CARTRIDGE MOUNTING

We recommend you to this before installing the arm on turntable.

Be very careful when handling the tone arm. The internal arm wire is exposed at the
headshell and at the rear of the arm. The silver wire is very delicate and physical damage
to the wire or the colored wire connectors is not covered by the warranty after the arm is
removed from its box.

Lay arm on it’s side on clean level surface. Mount your cartridge of choice onto the slottet
headshell of the tonearm. Carefully attach colored wires to corresponding terminals on
rear of cartridge.

TONEARM MOUNTING

First lower the wires through the central hole in the collet, one wire at a time. Then
carefully lower the bottom stem of the tonearm down into the central collet and tighten
using the screw located in the hole on the outer edge of collet holder. Never tighten to
hard, just enough to keep the tonearm from moving.

Place an old record onto the spindle. Place the alignment gauge over the spindle. Using
two foam wedges, place one wedge under each side of the platter to prevent it from
moving, as shown on photo. The platter might have to be raised slightly to get the foam
under. Make sure the platter won’t rotate while you align the cartridge.

Point the arrow on the alignemnt gauge towards the center of the pivot of thoe tonearm.
You may wish to use something with a straight edge (ie a ruler) to extend the arrow to
double check accuarcy.

Loosen the cartridge screws and move cartridge until cartridge sit in the central dot of the
alignment grid and any straight edges on the cartridge chassis are parallel with the lines
on the grid. Retighten cartridge screws.

See instructions on the alignment gauge for more details. If you are using another
alignment gauge follow the instructions of that particual gauge. Remove the alignment