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Pioneer PL-514 cartridge identification

ClocKubrick

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Hi all, just joined and new to all of this.
I'm trying to se.up my the tracking speed of my Pioneer PL-514. It has the original Pioneer headshell which has a new FF 15 XE MKII Stylus which I bought yesterday (as the FF 15E MKII was not working). It fit straight into the cartridge perfectly. But I'm having trouble identifying the cartridge as there's no writing or numbers on it whatsoever.
I assume its an Ortofon one which came with the original FF 15E MKII but cant see a model number.
Help much appreciated ( I've added a link to some pics).

https://imgur.com/uLrvCuJ
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https://imgur.com/JQeZ7Ym
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https://imgur.com/rP4ZFM9
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Thanks
 
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The Ortofon VMS/F/FF cartridges all had electrically similar bodies (https://www.ortofon.com/vms-cartridges-p-614) but I think the F15E body was actually black in colour (possibly the MkI). The big difference in these bodies was the shape of the socket in which the stylus plugs - some had an H shape and some an hour-glass shape, but new styli usually have a hybrid plug-shape that fits both sockets.

You need to set the tracking force according to the stylus rather than the cartridge body. The FF15XE MkII requires a value in the range 1.5-3g (with similar anti-skating) and I would set it to 2.25g.
 
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