Connecting Your Turntable - THORENS MM 008 Mode D'emploi

Connecting your turntable

For the following steps, your amplifier should be pow-
ered off or muted and the MM 008's power supply
should be disconnected.
1. Connect earth wire
If your tonearm has a separate earth wire for shielding
purposes, connect it to the earth binding post (1) on the
rear panel of the MM 008.
2. Connect RCA cables
For use with MM or high-level MC cartridges:
Make sure the MM/MC selector switch (2) is in the MM
(outer) position.
Plug the leads from your turntable's cartridge to the MM
input sockets (5) on the back of the MM 008: the right
channel (red) cable into the right input and the left chan-
nel (white) into the left input.
For use with MC cartridges:
Make sure the MM/MC selector switch (2) is in the MC
(inner) position.
Checking the manufacturer's specifications of your pho-
no cartridge, choose which value of RCA loading resist-
ance is most suitable. The MM 008 comes with three
pairs of RCA loading plugs which are to be connected
to the "MC LOAD" sockets (3) on the rear panel. Two
RCA loading plugs of the same value must be fitted,
one per channel. The default MC loading resistance is
47 kΩ with no RCA plugs inserted; if the cartridge man-
ufacturer recommends a different load, you can choose
between 10 Ω, 100 Ω and 1 kΩ with the RCA loading
plugs provided. Please note that these plugs only refer
to the MC inputs, not the MM inputs, which have a fixed
internal load resistance of 47 kΩ.
Plug the leads from your turntable's cartridge to the MC
input sockets (4) on the back of the MM 008: the right
channel (red) cable into the right input and the left chan-
nel (white) into the left input.
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