Moving Magnet Cartridge
Product Information:
- Product: Ortofon Moving Magnet Cartridge
- Manufacturer: Ortofon
- Model: OM 5S, OM 5E, Super OM 5
- Output Voltage (at 1kHz, 5cm/sec): 4.5 mV (OM 5S), 4.5 mV (OM
5E), 5 mV (Super OM 5) - Channel Balance: within 2 dB
- Inductance: 450 mH
- Resistance: 47 kOhm
- Capacitance: 200-500 pF
- Color: Black/Black
- Recommended Tracking Force: 5 g
- Tracking Force Range: 2.5 g
- Stylus Type: S (OM 5S), 5E (OM 5E, Super OM 5)
For more technical information, please visit the Ortofon HiFi
FAQ section on their website: Ortofon
HiFi FAQ
Please note that the use of solvents on the stylus and
cantilever can damage the stylus cement and affect the interior
parts of the cartridge. Warranty service will not be valid if such
treatment causes malfunction.
Product Usage Instructions:
- Before working with leads and screws, remove the stylus unit
with the stylus guard. - Handle all parts carefully.
- Correlate the color code for the terminals on the drawing with
the color codings on the cartridge:
White – L+
Red – R+
Green – RG
Blue – LG - Using the screws enclosed in the packaging, fasten the
cartridge to the headshell. Do not tighten the screws completely
before remounting the stylus unit. - Adjust the tonearm parallel to the record surface and set the
tracking force and antiskating according to the cartridge’s
recommended technical data. - Remember to remove dust from the diamond tip before and after
playback of each record.
Moving Magnet cartridges
Thank you for choosing the Ortofon Moving Magnet cartridge. At Ortofon we constantly look for new technology to be used in our products, thus we assure the highest level of performance and quality. It is our aim to bring you many hours of new and surprising experience in listening to your precious collection.
Warning This phono cartridge is only for mounting on tonearms and must not be used for other purposes.
Please note To avoid damages on the stylus please keep the stylus guard on the cartridge any time when mounting or dismounting the unit.
Mounting the cartridge 1. Remove stylus unit with stylus guard before working
with leads and screws. Handle all parts carefully. 2. Please correlate the colour code for the terminals on
the drawing with the colour codings on the cartridge.
White L+ Red R+
Green RG Blue LG
3. Fasten the cartridge to the headshell using a pair of screws enclosed the packing. Do not tighten the screws completely before the stylus unit has been remounted.
4. Adjust tonearm parallel to record surface, set tracking force and antiskating acc. to the cartridge’s recommended technical data.
For more information please refer to Ortofon HiFi FAQ: www.ortofon.com/support/support-hifi/faq-installation.
Stylus care To maintain optimal sound reproduction and to minimize wear on your record as well as on your stylus, we recommend the following procedure before and after each playback: remove dust carefully from record surfaces by using a fine antistatic brush or cloth before every use. Ortofon do not recommend the use of solvents of any kind for cleaning of either record surface or stylus. If necessary, records may be washed in lukewarm demineralized water with a dash of sulphonic soap. The detergents should be allergy- & environmental friendly, without perfume or as little as possible: a few drops to a few liters of waters, no lather.
The use of solvents on the stylus and cantilever may damage stylus cement; interior parts of the cartridge can be affected seriously by the intrusion of solvents. The Ortofon warranty service will not be valid in cases where such treatment has caused malfunction of your cartridge.
For cleaning the stylus, use fiber brush a few times along the cantilever in the direction of the stylus tip, whenever you play a new record or change sides. Use the brush in the forward direction from the rear of the cartridge towards the stylus tip and never from stylus tip to the rear of the cartridge and never from side to side. This will take all normal dust and most of the slick release agent from new records. Following this treatment there will normally be no need for further stylus cleaning.
Please remember to remove dust from the diamond tip before and after playback of each record.
Technical Data
Output voltage at 1,000 Hz, 5 cm/sec Channel balance at 1 kHz Channel separation at 1 kHz Channel separation at 15 kHz Frequency response Tracking ability at 315 Hz at recommended tracking force*) Compliance, dynamic, lateral Stylus type Stylus tip radius Tracking force range Tracking force, recommended Tracking angle Internal impedance, DC resistance Internal inductance Recommended load resistance Recommended load capacitance Cartridge color (body/stylus) Cartridge weight incl. extra weight Cartridge weight excl. extra weight Replacement stylus unit
*) Typical value
OM 5S
4.5 mV 2 dB
20 dB 12 dB 20-20,000 Hz +/-3 dB 60 µm 20 µm/mN Spherical R 18 µm 1.5-2.0 g (15-20 mN) 1.75 g (17.5 mN)
20° 750 Ohm
450 mH 47 kOhm 200-500 pF Black/Black
5 g 2.5 g Stylus S
OM 5E
4 mV 2 dB 22 dB 15 dB 20-20,000 Hz +/-3 dB 60 µm 20 µm/mN Elliptical r/R 8/18 µm 1.5-2.0 g (15-20 mN) 1.75 g (17.5 mN)
20° 750 Ohm
450 mH 47 kOhm 200-500 pF Black/Black
5 g 2.5 g Stylus 5E
Super OM 5
4 mV 2 dB 22 dB 15 dB 20-22,000 Hz +/-3 dB 60 µm 20 µm/mN Elliptical r/R 8/18 µm 1.5-2.0 g (15-20 mN) 1.75 g (17.5 mN)
20° 1 kOhm 580mH 47 kOhm 200-500 pF Black/Black
5 g 2.5 g Stylus 5E
06-23 / 5-800130-12
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