User manual FISHMAN POWERCHIP

[. . . ] USER GUIDE POWERCHIP Welcome Thank you for making Fishman a part of your acoustic experience. We are proud to offer you the finest acoustic amplification products available: high-quality professional-grade tools which empower you to sound your very best. Troubleshooting If you are unfamiliar with this product, please pay close attention to the requirements for installation. Failure to do so can result in permanent damage to the pickup. [. . . ] Remove the output jack from the jack plate, then replace the jack plate on the guitar. Use a pencil through the jackplate to mark the center where your drill will enter the back of the jack cavity. Use a ¾" (19mm) spade bit to drill out the back of the jack cavity. 6 Jack Plate 9 Pin Jack Installation and Connections Warning: The solder pad terminals and the adjacent components on the Powerchip circuit board are quite fragile and can be easily overheated. Use only a low wattage soldering iron (30 watts max) to make your wire connections. To best utilize the space inside the guitar, solder the wires to the circuit board so that they exit toward the volume pot terminals. Strip 3/32" (2. 4mm) and tin the wire ends of the pickups. Solder the piezo pickup wire to the circuit board. Red Battery The pads are located on the side of the board Wire opposite the volume pot. The piezo hot wire goes to the pad on the right edge of the board, directly under and to the right of the Piezo Hot little white trimmer pot. Solder the piezo Piezo Ground ground wire (which should be left with the Common Output Ground braid intact) to the pad labeled "G" on the Ground (Sleeve) right edge of the board, directly under the piezo hot wire. Solder the magnetic pickup hot wire to the circuit board. The pad for the hot wire is located on the same side of the board as the volume pot. This pad, labeled "M, " is on the left edge of the board, ¾" (19mm) from the bottom of the board. A common system ground is located on the opposite side of the board, on a second pad marked "G, " adjacent to the piezo ground. Since there is room for only one wire on this pad, we suggest that you tie all grounds to the body of the magnetic volume pot, and run a jumper wire to the ground pad on the circuit board. [. . . ] Solder the white wire from the output cable the terminal #8. d. Solder the black battery wire (negative) to terminal #1. Sleeve Jumper Wire Terminal #2 Red Output Wire (Tip) White Output Wire (Ring) Black Battery Wire Output Ground (Sleeve) 9 Optional Accessories · Piezo-Magnetic Pickup Selector Switch--a three position switch for selecting between piezo and magnetic pickup combinations. · Battery Compartment--a flush mounted, pivoting compartment allows easy access and quick battery changes. 10 Specifications Battery Life: Current Draw: Frequency Range: Trim Control Range: Maximum Output Voltage: 200 Hours Less than 2. 8mA 20­20, 000 Hz 18dB 15V peak to peak 11 WWW. FISHMAN. COM 009-074-001 Rev D 4-09 [. . . ]