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Newly purchased 2nd-hand 6500 reel has not yet arrived, but I was thinking it would be easy to find a User's Guide for setting-up this well known reel, BUT "No" - can't find any web links to the Guide for this particular reel what so ever !! (I attach pic of left-hand & r-hand side covers and knobs/dial.)
Yes, I've found a few YouTube references and various forum posts with some very useful advice, but I'm still a little in the dark.
Now I think I get that the l-hand side-plate knob and the r-hand plate knob are both to do with spool tension/sideways float/centring up (all very touchy-feely) and then the slider control on the rim of the l-hand plate (at 1 o/c on the l-hand plate pic) is the mag-braking adjuster, BUT what is that little thin numbered ring around the l-hand tension knob ?? No one ever mentions it !! Ref L-plate pic: at dead-on 3 o/c at '0' ring mark there is a wee lifted tag on the numbered ring that seemingly allows twiddling the ring setting (0-9) with finger tip/nail. What is that all about please anyone ?
Yes, I've found a few YouTube references and various forum posts with some very useful advice, but I'm still a little in the dark.
Now I think I get that the l-hand side-plate knob and the r-hand plate knob are both to do with spool tension/sideways float/centring up (all very touchy-feely) and then the slider control on the rim of the l-hand plate (at 1 o/c on the l-hand plate pic) is the mag-braking adjuster, BUT what is that little thin numbered ring around the l-hand tension knob ?? No one ever mentions it !! Ref L-plate pic: at dead-on 3 o/c at '0' ring mark there is a wee lifted tag on the numbered ring that seemingly allows twiddling the ring setting (0-9) with finger tip/nail. What is that all about please anyone ?
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