User Manual

Dear Music Lover,

Congratulations and thank you for choosing Pro-Ject Audio Systems record player.

Your Essential III turntable has been handcrafted and rigorously tested by skilled technicians to give you

years of enjoyable, trouble free service.

Please contact your dealer if you require additional assistance.

Important:

Your turntable was shipped partially disassembled in order to avoid damage to sensitive parts.

Please

check immediately to make sure that neither the packaging nor the device was damaged in

transit. If you are

missing parts or if the unit is damaged, please do not operate and contact your

dealer.

Contents

Product illustrations 4

General setup

1. Platter and drive belt installation 5

2. Cartridge installation, stylus exchange 5

3. Vertical Tracking Force setting (VTF) 5-6

4. Anti-skating force adjustment 6

5. Azimuth setting 6

6. Turntable types and their functions 7

a) ESSENTIAL III 7

b) ESSENTIAL III BT 8

c) ESSENTIAL III PHONO 9

d) ESSENTIAL III SB 10

e) ESSENTIAL III DIGITAL 11-12

f) ESSENTIAL III RECORDMASTER 12-13

Technical parameters 14

Troubleshooting, warranty, service 15

Exploded view of the packaging 16

Please do your part to help protect the environment:

Disposal of packaging material:

Pro-Ject packaging is carefully designed to protect your component from damage in transit

and you are

strongly urged to keep the original packaging in order to safely ship or

otherwise transport your turntable in

the future.

However, the packaging materials were chosen to be environmentally friendly, so if

you must discard the

packaging, please recycle.