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Tech Support: 

BYOC, Inc. makes no promises or guarantees that you will successfully complete your 
kit in a satisfactory manner.  Nor does BYOC, Inc. promise or guarantee that you will 
receive any technical support.  Purchasing a product from BYOC, Inc. does not entitle 
you to any amount of technical support.  BYOC, Inc. does not promise or guarantee that 
any technical support you may receive will be able to resolve any or all issues you may 
be experiencing. 
 
That being said, we will do our best to help you as much as we can.  Our philosophy at 
BYOC is that we will help you only as much as you are willing to help yourself.  We 
have a wonderful and friendly DIY discussion forum with an entire section devoted to the 
technical support and modifications of BYOC kits. 
 

www.byocelectronics.com/board

 

 
When posting a tech support thread on the BYOC forum, please post it in the correct 
lounge, and please title your thread appropriately.  If everyone titles their threads 
“HELP!” then it makes it impossible for the people who are helping you to keep track of 
your progress.  A very brief description of your specific problem will do.  It will also 
make it easier to see if someone else is having or has had the same problem as you.  The 
question you are about to ask may already be answered.  Here is a list of things that you 
should include in the body of your tech support thread:  
1. A detailed explanation of what the problem is. (more than,  “It doesn’t work, help”)  
2. Pic of the topside of your PCB.  
3. Pic of the underside of your PCB.  
4. Pic that clearly shows your footswitch/jack wiring and the wires going to the PCB  
5. A pic that clearly shows your wiring going from the PCB to the pots and any other 
switches (only if your kit has non-PC mounted pots and switches) 
6. Is bypass working?  
7.  Does the LED come on?  
8. If you answered yes to 6 and 7, what does the pedal do when it is in the "on" position?  
9. Battery or adapter (if battery, is it good? If adapter, what type?)  
 
Also, please only post photos that are in focus.  
 

 

Copyrights: 

All material in this document is copyrighted 2018 by BYOC, Inc. 

 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for Silver Pony 2

Page 1: ...arranty any of the individual parts once they have been used If you have a component that is used but feel it was defective prior to you using it we reserve the right to determine whether or not the c...

Page 2: ...veryone titles their threads HELP then it makes it impossible for the people who are helping you to keep track of your progress A very brief description of your specific problem will do It will also m...

Page 3: ...ny 2 Kit Instruction Index Parts Checklist page 5 Populating the Circuit Board page 7 Main PCB Assembly page 16 Wiring page 19 Installing the IC Finishing up page 23 Operation Overview page 24 Schemat...

Page 4: ...4 This is what your kit should look like when it s complete Your kit may come with different color capacitors switches etc Don t be alarmed by this They all still do the exact same thing...

Page 5: ...n Black Black Orange Brown or Brown Black Yellow Gold 2 392k Orange White Red Orange Brown 1 422k Yellow Red Red Orange Brown 1 1M Brown Black Black Yellow Brown or Brown Black Green Gold Visit www by...

Page 6: ...0SCPA etc Potentiometers SNAP OFF THE SMALL TABS ON THE TOP OF THE POTS OFF WITH A PAIR OF NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS 3 B10k Boost Output Treble 1 B100k Dual Gang Gain Hardware 1 predrilled enclosure w 4 scre...

Page 7: ...7 Populating the Circuit Board Step 1 Add all the resistors Resistors are not polarized and can be inserted in either direction...

Page 8: ...ermanium Ge diodes Your Ge diodes my have two stripes Match the darker stripe up with the lines on the PCB layout Ultimately it doesn t matter since the Ge diodes are only clipping diodes As long as y...

Page 9: ...DER THE SOCKET NOT THE ACTUAL IC This is a socket The sockets get soldered to the PCB The ICs get inserted into the sockets The actual IC chip itself never gets soldered You will insert the IC into th...

Page 10: ...10 Step 5 Add the film and ceramic disk capacitors These are non polarized so they can go in either direction The capacitors highlighted in yellow are the ceramic disc capacitors...

Page 11: ...11 Step 6 Add the two clipping LEDs Orient them so the long lead goes into the square hole...

Page 12: ...ARE polarized meaning there is a positive and negative end The positive side will have a longer lead and goes in the square solder pad The negative side will have a shorter lead and a stripe running a...

Page 13: ...13 Step 8 Add the battery snap...

Page 14: ...14 At this point your board should look like this...

Page 15: ...he ends Tinning means to apply some solder to the stripped ends of the wires This keeps the strands from fraying and primes the wire for soldering Solder one end of a 2 5 piece of wire to each of the...

Page 16: ...osure Your kit may come with either an external thread or internal thread Don t get confused by this They still function exactly the same You just thread the external nut on the outside and the intern...

Page 17: ...ottom or solder side is up Insert the four potentiometers toggle switch and the LEDs into the bottom side of the PCB DO NOT SOLDER ANYTHING YET The LED will have one lead that is longer than the other...

Page 18: ...u ve also snapped the tabs off the pots as well before installing Step 4 Turn the entire pedal over so that the component side of the PCB is facing up Lift the PCB up off the pots about 2mm just to ma...

Page 19: ...the eyelet on the PCB labeled Connect the SLEEVE of the DC adapter jack to the eyelet on the PCB labeled farthest to the right Connect the battery disconnect terminal of the DC adapter jack to the sec...

Page 20: ...20 You will want to place the jacks into the enclosure so the sleeve terminal is facing the right like the picture above Be sure to remember the lock washers so the jacks don t spin on their own...

Page 21: ...below NOTE There are no actual number markings on the footswitch There are two correct ways you can orient the footswitch They are both 180 degrees of each other Either way is fine It does not matter...

Page 22: ...both switches Cut 2 pieces of wire 2 inches long Strip 1 8 in of one end Strip in off the other end This will be used to connect lug eyelet 4 The longer stripped end will be used to jumper lug 4 to 9...

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Page 24: ...24 Installing IC Finish up Don t forget to add the knobs put the cover on the enclosure and apply the bumpers to the cover...

Page 25: ...LED Ge Selects between three different hard clipping configurations Si 1N4148 diodes LED Clipping LEDs Ge Germanium Diodes Power supply 9V battery or 2 1mm negative tip 9V ONLY This has a charge pump...

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Page 27: ...27 For hi res schematic visit http www byocelectronics com silverpony2schematic pdf Please visit http byocelectronics com board for any technical support Copyright 2018 BYOC Inc...

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