Ampex Concerto Owners Manual

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OWNERS REFERENCE MANUAL

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what it contains:

Welcome to the growing family of music lovers whose dis-
criminating tastes have found expression in the ownership
of an Ampex console. This manual has been prepared so
that you may realize the full potential of the quality fea-
tures engineered into your console. It is suggested that you
first read the manual carefully, operating the controls to
become familiar with their operation and function.

what it does:

how to operate it:

engineering considerations:

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STEREO
PHONO

PLAYER

The automatic record changer in your Ampex cone
sole is capable of reproducing all modern stereo
and monophonic disc recordings. The pickup arm
incorporates a high quality dual~axis magnetic
cartridge with diamond stylus, which reproduces
microgroove stereo and monophonic discs inter-
changeably. Features of the record changer in,
clude a powerful constant-speed 4 pole motor,
extra-quiet heavily weighted turntable, automatic
shut~oft and fully adjustable pickup arm.

To reject a selection, move the rightrhand knob to
the REJECT position. To stop the changer before
all selections have been played, simply move the
lever to STOP position. if this is done while 0 rec-
ord is playing, that record will be rejected when
changer is again placed in operation.

MANUAL CONTROL

The purpose of the manual control is to disconnect
the changing mechanism so that single records
can be played as on a transcription turntable.
Move the MANUAL-AUTO knob to MANUAL and
replace the long record spindle with the short

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spindle. The pickup arm will be free to move and
you can play the unit as a single record player.
At the completion of a record the pickup will rise
and return to its rest leaving the turntable revolv-

ing. To stop motor and turntable, move the right
hand control to STOP.

SPECIAL NOTE. 135- AND 7BVRPM RECORDS

If you plan to use your record changer with 45-
rpm records, first pull out the slender record
spindle and install the large spindle. Place the
seven»inch 45-rpm records over the large spindle
and do not lower the record clip. Adjust the speed
change knob to "45" and play records as you
normally would.

Although the cartridge on the record changer may
be used interchangeably with any microgroove
record, stereo or monophonic, it would be wise
not to use it with 78-rpm records. It is recom-
mended that you use a special cartridge, avail-
able at nominal cost in any hi-ti store, for playing
78~rpm records.

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