Set the table in a place that will be easy to work on it.

Make sure the table is level.

Mount the cartridge using the two bolts supplied with the Dynavector along with the plastic washers between the bolt head and the head shell. The 10x5 body is threaded so this is a snap.

Attach the 4 cartridge clips to the pins. Be gentle here, this is an easy spot to break one of the wires or even worse a pin on the cartridge, be careful.

As a general rule, with Rega tables and tonearms, the tip should be at the front of the head shell. Rega's cartridges use a 3 point mount that sets the tip about 1/16" behind the leading edge of the headshell. Some alignment guides will set the tip out in front of the leading edge of the headshell. We suggest to set the tip even with the leading edge and use this as a starting point. Once it has been set towards the front of the head shell, snug the cartridge bolts. Not tight, but snug enough to keep the cart from moving around.

Set anti skate to zero,

Float the tonearm and zero out the VTF dial. Then set the dial to 2 grams VTF

Get a small flashlight

On the gauge, there is a center line, and two lines that cross it named x and y. Where x and y cross the center line are the two null points. Y is the outer null and X is the inner. The outer null point, Y is used to align the cartridge. The inner null point X is used to verify that the over hang is set correct (the placement of the cartridge along the head shell slots).

Step 1 Place the gauge on the table with the hole over the spindle. Make sure it's flat on the platter.

Step 2- Lower the cart on to the gauge locating the stylus tip on the outer null point- the intersection of the centerline and Y. Make sure to set the tip on the center of the line. Use one eye. With the stylus tip on the null point site the cantilever viewing from the front. It needs to be straight and perfectly aligned with the Y line. If it is not, make the adjustment, loosen the bolts just enough to let the cartridge move, make the adjustment and re-site it. Eventually it will be set perfect. This gets easier with practice. When the cantilever lines up correctly on the Y null point, move to step 3

Step 3- Lower the cartridge on to the gauge locating the tip on the intersection of X and the centerline, the inner null point. Use the one eye and get the tip as close to the center of the lines on the grid as possible. The more accurate you are with placement, the better the results will be. With the tip resting on the inner null point, site the cantilever from the front and determine if it is straight and aligned with the X line. If it is, then your over hang is set. If it is not, visualize which way you would need to rotate the gauge, so that the lines would become parallel. If you would need to rotate the gauge clockwise on the table, that tells you that the cartridge needs to come forward in the head shell. If, while siting the cantilever on the X line, it appears that to make the gauge line up with the cantilever you would need to rotate the gauge counter clockwise, then this tells you that you need to move the cartridge backwards in the head shell slots. Make the proper adjustment and repeat steps 2 and 3.

When the cartridge is in alignment and the overhang set properly, play a record and listen for distortion on peaks and in the inner grooves. A clean record should sound just as good at the end of the side as it does at the beginning.