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SC-1mk500 Microphone Preamp Kit
SC-1mk500 Assembly Guide: Front Panel Installation
Installing the front panel plate can be a little tricky. Here are some tips to make
this task go more smoothly.
TIPS:
1. Remove the washer from the Grayhill selector switch and blue potentiometer.
We won’t need it.
2. You may want to loosen the bolts or screws on the VU meter board while
installing the front panel plate. This will give you more flexibility in inserting all
(5) LEDs of the Vu meter into their respective holes in the front panel.
3. Make sure the 5 LEDs on the VU meter board are straight and not crooked left
or right, and up or down. Use your fingers to nudge them GENTLY.
4. Watch out for the Phantom Power LED lamp. Make sure it’s going thru the
hole on the front panel.
5. To prevent scratching the front panel, use a Socket wrench head.
6. Make sure the PCB is mounted straight and not crooked.
7. If you can’t align the blue potentiometer properly, or find it very difficult…
desolder the potentiometer from the PCB so it’s free to move around. Install the
front panel, tighten the nuts making sure everything is aligned, then solder the
potentiometer leads back to the PCB.
8. Tighten both nuts of the selector switch and potentiometer alternately to
keep even pressure.
9. The included (2) screws (flat head) is for mounting the front panel to your lunchbox frame. The screw is not a loose fit. For
the FIRST-TIME you will need to carefully turn the screws straight so it cuts a thread in the aluminum plate.
10. Make sure you cut/snip the tab located on one side of the blue potentiometer. Cutting this tab will make the potentiometer
stay straight and perpendicular to the Front Panel as you tighten the nut. (Related to tip#7 above.)
