Using Your Typical Lead Guitar Setup Typical Bass Guitar Setup

Type 85 INSTRUMENT INSTRUMENT

Direct Box
GUITAR AMP
SPEAKER

PICKUP
INPUT

AMP INST SPEAKER

SPEAKER
TYPE 85 (FRONT) TYPE 85 (FRONT)
(Plugging into INST turns on Type 85)
AMP INST PICKUP
GUITAR AMP

SPEAKER

(Plugging into INST turns on Type 85) INPUT

TYPE 85 (BACK) TYPE 85 (BACK)

Countryman Associates, Inc.
195 Constitution Dr. OPEN MIC OUTPUT OPEN MIC OUTPUT
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: 1-800-669-1422 TO MIX TO MIX
BOARD BOARD
or 650-364-9988 GND GND
Fax: 650-364-2794
[email protected] (Switch usually OPEN. If there is hum, try GND) (Switch usually OPEN. If there is hum, try GND)

Type 85 Q. How does the TYPE 85 use Phantom

Type 85
Frequently Asked power? Specifications
Questions A. If your microphone input has 48 volt Phantom
Power, the TYPE 85 will automatically switch off Imput Impedance
its battery and use the phantom. The TYPE 85 Pickup mode: 10 MOhms
Q: How do you hook up a Type 85? will operate with phantom voltages as low as Speaker mode: 10kOhms
24 volts but you will need to remove its internal
A: The diagrams on the next two pages show Output Source Impedance:
battery.
you the two most common ways to connect 100 Ohms
your Type 85. Output Load Impedance:
Q. How many hours will the TYPE 85 battery
100 Ohms to infinity
last?
Q. I have just a guitar (or other signal source) A. A fresh alkaline 9V battery will run the Type 85 Gain:
and no amplifier. How do I hook it up to the for 400 hours. That’s 2 months running 8 hours Pickup mode: -12 dB
Type 85? a day but only 2 weeks running all the time so Speaker mode: -48 dB
A. All signal sources must go to the “INST.” jack it’s best to turn the TYPE 85 off when not in use.
Maximum Input Level:
because inserting a plug into the “INST” jack Undistorted: 5Vpp
turns the TYPE 85 on. The “AMP.” jack is simply Q. How do I turn the TYPE 85 off?
Without damage: 220V AC/DC, 15kV Peak
connected in parallel with the “INST” jack but it A. Unplugging the plug from the TYPE 85
does not operate the power switch. “INST.” jack turns off the battery. Unplugging Frequency Response:
the “INST.” input does not turn off the TYPE 20Hz to 20kHz ± 0.5dB
85 when it’s running on Phantom power but it
Q. How do you use the “PICKUP-SPEAKER” Noise:
shorts the input to ground to reduce noise.
switch? Equivalent to 2.0uV maximum at input
BW=15kHz and the input shortened
A. Use the “SPEAKER” position when the TYPE Q. I have hum or buzz. What should I do?
85 is connected to the speaker output of an A. Try both positions of the “GND.” switch. If you High Frequency Rolloff:
amplifier and the “PICKUP” for all other sources are using an amplifier, try different positions on -3dB at 30kHz falling 12dB/Oct.
including preamp outputs. it’s grounding switch. Walk around the stage or
Distortion:
room with your instrument and see if the buzz is
0.05% at 1kHz and 1Vpp. input
worse near other equipment or lights. If it is, you
Q. How many watts can the TYPE 85 handle? can ground them or unplug their power cords if Power Requirements:
A. The TYPE 85 is so well protected it can they are not in use. If the TYPE 85 is sitting on +48V at 0.4mA on microphone line or 1.5mA
handle the full output of any amp without or near another piece of electronics equipment, from a 9V battery (300 HourLife)
damage. In “SPEAKER” mode the TYPE 85 will move the TYPE 85 to see if a very strong hum
Dimensions:
distort at the equivalent of 1,700 watts into 8 field is penetrating the TYPE 85 internal shields.
1 3/4” (45mm) x 3” (77mm) x 5” (127mm)
ohms. Power amplifiers, light dimmers, TV sets and
video monitors can generate especially strong Weight:
fields. 18 1/2 oz (520g)