Pro-ject Audio Measure It Owners manual

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

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Thank you for purchasing a PRO-JECT AUDIO stylus balance.

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Warning of a hazard for the user, the unit or possible misuse.

Important notice.

Standard calibration

1 Turn on the meter with the ON/OFF button. Give your stylus balance sufficient warm up time. Usually 30

seconds to give the internal components time to stabilise before calibrating.

2 Press and hold the TARE button until the display shows CAL.
3 Press the TARE key again. Now the display shows (flashing) CAL and 5.000.
4 Gently place the 5g weight on the centre of the platform. After approximately 5 seconds the display will

read (flashing) PASS and 5.000.

Occasionally the display will show for example 5.002 or 5.004 instead of 5.000. This is no defect.
It will not affect the calibration.

5 Remove the weight an press ON/OFF to turn off the meter.

Cartridge downforce adjustment

1 Remove the stylus guard and the stylus balance protection cover. Gently place the meter on the platter.

Move the headshell over the weighting platform.
2 Turn on the stylus balance with the ON/OFF button, the display shows 0.000. Give your meter sufficient

warm up time. Usually 30 seconds to give the internal components time to stabilise.
3 Gently lower the tonearm until the stylus is on the black dot of the weighting platform. The display shows

the tracking force.
4 Lift the tonearm and adjust the counter weight (tracking weight dial) and repeat the above procedure the

recommended tracking force is achieved.

Never load the stylus balance with more than 5g, overloading can permanently damage it.

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Special calibration - if the display shows OUTZ after turning on

1 Turn off the meter with the ON/OFF button.
2 Press and hold the TARE button, the immediately press the ON/OFF key once until CAL will be displayed.

After releasing the TARE key, the display shows a random number.
3 After pressing the TARE button again, the display will read ZERO and another random number.
4 Gently place the 5g weight on the centre of the platform, wait for 2 seconds and press the TARE key again.

The display will read (flashing) PASS and 5.000.

Occasionally the display will show for example 5.002 or 5.004 instead of 5.000. This is no defect.
It will not affect the calibration.

5 Remove the weight an press ON/OFF to turn off the meter.

Other display readouts

No display, display shows LO or 8888 - batteries are empty and need to be replaced.
O_LD - overload (more than 5g). Please remove the excessive load immediately.
LLLLL - The weighting load cell has been damaged by misuse (i.e. it was shocked, dropped or overloaded).

You can try to recalibrate (standard calibration) the meter. If the load cell has not been damaged to much, it
will work again after recalibration.

UNST - Use the meter on a more stable, vibration free surface.

Backlight

The LIGHT key switches the backlight off an on.

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