THORENS TD160, TD150, TD166 Fitting Instructions Manual

Fit

ting

The Wand

Tonearm

to a

Thorens TD160

family

turntable

(TD150/166 similar)

You should be able to use the Thorens arm lifter with The Wand Tonearm To be read in conjunction with The Wand User Guide.

A; Remove the existing arm

Step 1; Remove the platter, headshell and Step 2; Support the turntable upside down

Lifter bar (arrowed) Disconnect from power! and remove the bottom cover. 4 screws.

Step 3; Remove the arm cable clamp and Step 4; Unhook the lift mechanism the white cable cover.

Step 5; Remove the cable base (Two screws) Step 6; Remove the armrest (two screws)

Step 7; Turn over and remove the arm. (Three screws)

Hint; Improve your Thorens by adding damping material to the underside of the sheetmetal panels and the bottom cover while it is off. (but watch adding too much weight to the floating chassis part)

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Fitting The Wand Tonearm®

to a Thorens TD160

family turntable

(TD150/165 similar)

You may choose to use the Thorens arm lifter with The Wand To be read in conjun

ction with The Wand User Guide.

B; Prepare The Wand Mounting

Step 1; Stack the Steel plate on top of black acrylic

Step 2; Add the Wand mount & feed through the plinth

(Wand Classic left, Wand Plus right below)

Step 3; Screw in but don’t tighten. (Three screws) Step 4; Add earth wire to amplifier. (as below) or 3 core mains cable.

Step 5; Add the Thorens lifter to the underside (if you are using it) Use 2x self-tapping screws. See previous page for correct orientation. Re-connect the lifter cable.

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Note

; If you want to route the wiring into the plinth. Feed through the slot in the Wand mount before adding screws. (But good to ‘practice’ the other steps first)

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