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Turntable adjustment

I've recently acquired a Technics SL-QD33 turntable with a p-mount cartridge. Anti-skate is factory set and non adjustable. Also, its fully automatic. Everything worked fine with the stock cartridge, but I wanted to upgrade so I purchased the Grado Prestige Green cartridge, which has improved the sound.  However, now when I start to play an album, the tone arm no longer places the stylus in the groove, thus, it slides off the record. What can be done to address this issue? 
hawk28
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yogiboy
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If you go to the VINYL ENGINE you can look up the owners manual. The tracking force is set at 1.25 grams with a 6 gram cartridge. It can only be adjusted plus or minus by .25 gram!

https://www.vinylengine.com/
hawk28 OP
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I have the manual. Thanks!
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millercarbon
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Am I reading this right? You put a $100 cartridge on a $70 turntable?

Anything around this level the turntable comes first. Live and learn.
hawk28 OP
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Millercarbon, given the fact that the turntable didn't cost me a dime, the money I spent on the cartridge was well worth it.
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mofimadness
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The Technics SL-QD33 uses a P-MOUNT (T4P) cartridge.  So no adjustments at all, (other than the whopping .25 in VTF).  

I sold these back when they first came out.  Were meant to be a plug-n-play solution for the customer.  Too bad most of them sucked...
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