Origin live Aurora MKII, User Manual

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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. 

Carefully lower the platter over the spindle till it rests on the 
lower flange of the platter bush (ensure mating surfaces are 
clean).  Once the platter is fitted over the bush it pays to spin it 
slowly by hand while holding the top of the spindle stationary 
with your other hand - this helps the platter to “bed down” 
onto the bush and become more level.

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 
house (If the oil does not overflow when the spindle touches 
the bottom then try 2 drops at a time 

till you just achieve 

overflow 

- wipe away excess oil without withdrawing the sub-

platter. Next place the sub-platter on the spindle such that the 
less recessed side is uppermost. 

UNDERSIDE OF 
SUB-PLATTER

TOPSIDE OF 
SUB-PLATTER

Lastly, place the platter on top of the sub-platter and follow this 
with the thin black platter mat .

If you have the heavyweight platter

 then raise the plinth more 

than normal by winding out the adjustable feet, till the platter 
no longer fouls on the motor pod.  The belt must NOT run in 
the groove of the platter. Do not tighten up the allen bolts in 
the underside of the platter - these sound best with minimum 
tension.

NOTES: 

 The bearing fit is carefully toleranced to run fully loaded 
with the specific oil we supply. It needs at least 10 minutes to 
distribute the oil evenly over the running surfaces and approx 
24 hours to properly “run in”. It needs this because of the exact 
tolerances (0.0001”)which “float” the bearing off the side walls 
to avoid metal to metal contact and also minimize viscous drag. 
Eventually it should run virtually silent when truly vertical 
and full of oil 

- if it doesn’t do so, there has probably been 

contamination with dust and you will need to clean it out with 

a lint free paper towel or similar wrapped around a thin rod. If 
you do this, be sure to also wipe the oil off the spindle as this 
also may contain microscopic contamination that is not visible.

Do not use any other oil than Origin Live oil.

Do not tamper with the bolt in the bottom of the bearing 
or oil leaks will occur and you will probably not succeed in 
re-tightening it.

The thrust plate at the bottom of the bearing house may 
appear to be discoloured or dirty - you should not attempt 
to clean this up as it is part of the hardening process  - the 
centre of the plate is polished as this is the only part that 
the spindle touches.

The Platter works best with the Origin Live platter mats but these are 
not necessarily included in the lower part of the deck range - all of the 
many other mats we have tried do not work on the OL decks.

L E V E L   T H E   D E C K

The 3 feet under the plinth are all threaded so that by rotating 
them you can adjust the level of the deck - Rotate all three feet  
so that the top of the foot does 

not

 touch the plinth and only 

sits on the thread alone - this is for best performance. 

At this 

stage check that the bearing house is at least 1mm clear 
of touching the surface your deck is standing on (Aurora 
only).

Note that when you level the deck, the only thing that matters 
is that the platter (not the plinth) is level. Sometimes there 
may be a slight discrepancy between the level of the plinth and 
platter but this does not matter and is usually imperceptible 
visually.

P O S I T I O N   M O T O R   P O D   &   F I T  
B E L T

Position the motor pod roughly as shown in previous diagrams.  
The pod should be oriented as shown, such that the switch is at 
the front. Ideally the centre of the pulley should be somewhere 
between 

215mm (8.45inches) to 225mm (8.9 inches)

 from 

the centre of the platter.  

We recommend and set up the speed 

at factory at 217mm

. The pod must not touch the plinth so 

rotate it if necessary. Fit the belt over the platter first and then 
pull it over the motor pulley taking care not to twist it.