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Sovereign deck only
- Thread on the 2 plastic feet into the 2
front pods and the steel foot into the rear pod.
F I T T H E T O N E A R M
Mounting Origin Live arms
Thread the threaded vta adjuster onto your arm if it is an Origin
Live Encounter or above. If your deck is a Sovereign and you have an
Encounter arm or above - do not fit the threaded vta adjuster. The
adjuster must be oriented such that the largest diameter is uppermost.
Insert your tonearm into the armboard hole such that the vta adjuster
locates centrally. Next fit the cork washer as shown in the diagram
below before threading on the large clamping nut. You can set the
arm to the correct height later but for now just clamp the arm in
position using the large nut. To adjust the height of the arm, screw
the vta adjuster up or down and reclamp the arm using the large base
clamping nut.
NOTE - For Origin Live arms with integral vta adjuster i.e Encounter
and above you should raise the arm height to just below the right level
using the threaded vta adjuster and then use the arm vta wheel for
fine adjustment.
A R M
REAR VIEW OF ARM ON ORIGIN LIVE DECK WITH
THREADED VTA AND CORK WASHER
ARM MOUNT
SURFACE
CORK WASHER
LARGE CLAMPING NUT
THREADED ARM BASE
THREADED
VTA ADJUSTER
If you have the OL1 or Rega arm with 3 hole
mounting
The arm is bolted or screwed to the deck using the 3 mounting holes
in the base of the arm. To raise the arm for VTA adjustment you will
need to fit 3 or more spacing washers under the arm base holes. One
peice spacers are available from Rega if you want a neater looking
solution.
3 POINT ARM MOUNTING
Sub-chassis or
armboard
3 off bolts or
wood screws
Spacers
For other makes of tonearm
Origin Live can provide the correct cut out in the sub-chassis or
armboard for other makes of arm and after this refer to your arm
installation instructions.
F I T T H E P L A T T E R
NOTE - On newer decks (April 2009 onwards) the platter is a
“loose” fit over the spindle and can detatch from the platter.
Oil the bearing
- with the small oil bottle supplied, run approx 10
drops of oil into the top of the bearing house.
Insert the spindle
- Wipe the platter spindle surface first
to ensure that it is absolutely clean and very gently insert it
into the bearing house (If the oil does not overflow when the
spindle touches the bottom then try 2 drops at a time
till you
achieve overflow
- wipe away excess oil without withdrawing
the spindle. Ideally you should spin the spindle slowly as it
settles into the bearing to ensure distribution of oil.
When you oil the bearing you can get a false impression of
overflow if the spindle has oil on it - the oil simply scrapes off
as the bearing goes in and ends up on the top of the bearing
house. You can “feel” overflow when inserting the spindle, it
meets resistance at the bottom which is not a “thud” of the
spindle hitting the bottom but rather a build up of pressure
of the bearing landing on a bed of oil. By further pressing,
you can then see the oil being squeezed out at the top. Lastly,
if applicable, carefully lower the platter over the spindle till it
rests on the lower flange of the platter bush (ensure mating
surfaces are clean).
SOVEREIGN DECK ONLY
: NOTE - On newer decks
(April 2009 onwards) the sub-platter is a “loose” fit over the
spindle and can detatch from the sub-platter.
Wipe the sub-platter spindle surface first to ensure that it
is absolutely clean and very gently insert it into the bearing
