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INTRODUCTION FEATURES USING YOUR QE/QV HEADSET SPECIFICATIONS C O N T E N T S...
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In this manual, you’ll find a more detailed description of the features of your QE/QV Headset, as well as instructions for using your QE/QV Headset with the PM4 phantom power adaptor, and complete specifications. You’ll also find a war- ranty card enclosed—don’t forget to fill it out and mail it in! This will enable you...
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Should your QE/QV Headset or PM4 ever require servicing, a Return Authorization number (RA) must be obtained before shipping your unit to Samson. Without this number, the unit will not be accepted. Please call Samson at 1-800-3SAMSON (1-800-372-6766) for a Return Authorization number prior to shipping your unit.
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• High quality electret condenser element delivers high output and exceptional sound quality. • Full range frequency response for clear, crisp audio. The QV Headset is vir- tually flat to 10kHz, while the QE Headset utilizes a midrange “presence” peak for optimum reproduction of speech.
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90° bends without degrading. • Both the QV and QE Headsets are moisture protected, and the QE is water resistant, making it the microphone of choice for aerobics instruction or in other high-humidity environments.
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Headset is over the ears, as you would wear a pair of eyeglasses. The QE/QV Headset is specially designed to be used up close, so be sure to adjust the microphone to be directly in front of your lips, as shown in these illustra- tions.
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(50 k – 10meg ohm) to low impedance (600 ohms) allowing long cable runs without noise and gain loss. Connect the P3 plug from your QE/QV Headset into the locking input of the PM4. Connect an XLR cable from the PM4 to the input of your mixer. Clip the...
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U S I N G Y O U R Every microphone has a characteristic polar pattern that determines how well it accepts or rejects signals coming from various areas around the microphone. A type of design which is particularly good at rejecting background noise is the Q E / Q V -10dB -20dB...
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The most extreme variation of cardioid is -10dB the hypercardioid pattern uti- lized by the QV Headset (as -20dB shown in the illustration on the right); this yields maximum rejection of signal coming from any direction other than directly in front of the mic.
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90° angle by 20 dB more (and random signal by 5 dB more) compared to signal originating from directly in front of the mic capsule. The frequency response of the QV Headset (which is virtu-...
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U S I N G Y O U R Because of their polar patterns, frequency response, and noise cancellation design, both the QV and QE Headsets excel in environments where there is a good deal of unwanted ambient sound—they deliver those sig-...
QE and QV Generating Element: Polar Pattern QE (water-resistant): Mounting system: Sensitivity Max.SPL: Weight: S P E C I F I C A T I O N S Back electret condenser Bi-directional noise cancelling, Hypercardioid pressure gradient type Adjustable headband and gooseneck...
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.4 / 10mm .47 / 12mm .35 / 9mm .24 / 6mm 11 / 278mm 8.5 / 220mm REAR VIEW REAR VIEW FLEXIBLE CABLE FLEXIBLE CABLE FLEXIBLE SHIELD SHIELD (-) WHITE (—) WHITE (—) RED (+) RED (+) QV Dimensions QE Dimensions...
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S P E C I F I C A T I O N S 3.72 / 94.5mm 2.84 / 72mm .875 / 22.25mm PM4 PHANTOM MICROPHONE ADAPTER FOR USE WITH QE AND QV HEADSETS 18VDC TO 48VDC .75 / 19mm Q'TY PM-4...
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PATTERN Trans TB3M Trans TB3M TB3M S P E C I F I C A T I O N S TB3M XLR3 Trans Trans XLR3 Trans PM4 Circuit board SILK PRINT XLR3 Trans...
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