Heinrich VonEnryheiferConant:
Hmmm yes, that method sounds good...Have you ever heard of the clearance problem with the dust cover? Speaking of sounding good, Jethro Tull's Too Old to Rock n Roll (too young to die) really has some nicely nuanced string and percussion parts that I never realised before listening through my mmc-4---who knew?
The clearance problem is only relevant when you turn the counterweight too far back -- it will hit the black part of the dust cover hinges.
When you put the deck on CUE, there's a little piece of mechanics that prevents the arm from lowering (although you can lift it), if you adjust it to float in that position, the weight will have to be too far back and hit the back of the lid.
Upon receiving my SMMC4, i followed the procedure recommended by Soundsmith: Put a scrap record on the platter, and mount your cartridge SIDEWAYS (Yes, it will fit, although it'll be quite silent). This will prevent the stylus from getting damaged by accidentally impacting the record. Hit PLAY, and adjust the tonearm to float.
Zero and set the recommended stylus pressure (for MMC4 and SMMC4: 1.2g, not 1.5 as per MMC5!) and remount the cartridge the right way up. If you need to adjust anti-skating on the 2000, there's a screw on the bottom near the tonearm pivot, which has 4 settings.