Abbingdon Music Research PH-77 Reference Class User Manual
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4 .1 Menu Operation Flowchart
With the PH-77, one may select all the relevant parameters to match any cartridge and label the input with the
cartridge manufacturer’s name (from a list) or type. The flowchart below illustrates the sequence of settings:
4.2 Individual Cartridge Settings
To enter the Menu, press the Menu Button
on the front panel (F3) OR on the remote control (RC5).
“Setting Input Direct” or “Setting Input 1” is displayed on the 1
st
line of display; in accordance with whether
Input switch (R3) has been set to ‘Direct’ or ‘Normal’ respectively.
The 2
nd
line of the display displays the Type as “MM / MC Hi” or “MC Lo” using the current selection or MM
/ MC Hi as default. The abbreviation MM stands for Moving Magnet (also moving iron) cartridges and MC Hi
stands for Moving Coil High Output cartridges while MC Lo stands for Moving Coil Low Output cartridges.
One would class a cartridge as “High Output” with an output of more than 1mV@5cm/s. Correspondingly, cartridg-
es with a lower output, would be classed as “Low Output”.
Step 1: Cartridge Type
This flowchart covers
the menu settings
Section 4 - Menu Setting