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Silver Pony 2
Kit Instructions
Warranty:
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will arrive as described, functioning and free of defect. Soldering, clipping, cutting,
stripping, or using any of the components in any way voids this guarantee. BYOC, INC
guarantees that the instructions for your kit will be free of any majors errors that would
cause you to permanently damage any components in your kit, but does not guarantee
that the instructions will be free of typos or minor errors. BYOC, INC does not
warranty the completed pedal as a whole functioning unit, nor do we warranty 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
component was faulty upon arrival. Please direct all warranty issues to:
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are unused. We do not accept partial kit returns. Returns and exchanges are for the full
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Summary of Contents for BYOC Silver Pony 2
- Page 1 This would include any missing parts issues. Return: BYOC, Inc. accepts returns and exchanges on all products for any reason, as long as they are unused. We do not accept partial kit returns. Returns and exchanges are for the full purchase price less the cost of shipping and/or any promotional pricing.
- Page 2 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Silver Pony 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 Schematic..............page 25... - Page 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.
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Page 5: Parts Checklist
Parts Checklist for Silver Pony 2 Kit Metal Film (5-band) Carbon Comp (4-band) Resistors: 2 - 560R (Green/Blue/Black/Black/Brown) or (Green/Blue/Brown/Gold) 2 - 1k (Brown/Black/Black/Brown/Brown) or (Brown/Black/Red/Gold) 2 - 1k5 (Brown/Green/Black/Brown/Brown) or (Brown/Green/Red/Gold) 1 - 1k8 (Brown/Gray/Black/Brown/Brown) or (Brown/Gray/Red/Gold) 1 - 2k... - Page 6 3 - B10k (Boost, Output, Treble) 1 - B100k Dual Gang (Gain) Hardware: 1 - predrilled enclosure w/ 4 screws (optional) 1 - Silver Pony 2 circuit board 2 - 3pdt footswitch 1 - On-Off-On Toggle Switch 2 - Enclosed Jacks...
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Page 7: Populating The Circuit Board
Populating the Circuit Board Step 1: Add all the resistors. Resistors are not polarized and can be inserted in either direction. - Page 8 Step 2: Add the diodes. Be sure to match the end of the diode with the stripe to the layout on the PCB. The striped end should go in the square solder pad. The diodes highlighted in yellow are the Germanium (Ge) diodes. Your Ge diodes my have two stripes.
- Page 9 Step 3: Add the four 8 pin IC sockets. ONLY SOLDER 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.
- Page 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 Step 6: Add the two clipping LEDs. Orient them so the long lead goes into the square hole.
- Page 12 Step 7: Add the aluminum electrolytic capacitors. These 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 along the body of the cap, and goes in the round solder pad.
- Page 13 Step 8: Add the battery snap.
- Page 14 At this point your board should look like this:...
- Page 15 Step 9: Add wires to the IN, OUT, RING, -, +, (+), and the two Ground ê eyelets. Start by cutting five 2.5” pieces of wire and three pieces of 1.5” wire. Strip 1/4” off each end and tin the ends. Tinning means to apply some solder to the stripped ends of the wires.
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Page 16: Main Pcb Assembly
Main PCB Assembly Step 1: Mount the AC adapter jack to the enclosure. 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 internal nut on the inside. - Page 17 Step 2: Flip the PCB over so that the bottom 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. THIS WILL GO INTO THE SQUARE SOLDER HOLE.
- Page 18 Step 3: Hold the PCB in one hand so that the component side of the PCB is in the palm of your hand and the bottom side with the pots, toggle switch and LED is facing up. Now use your other hand to guide the predrilled enclosure onto the PCB assembly so that the pots, toggle switch and LED all go into their respective holes.
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Page 19: Wiring
WIRING Step 6: Connect the TIP (negative) terminal of the DC adapter jack to 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 second eyelet on the PCB labeled “+”... - Page 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 Step 7: Install the footswitch. Orient the footswitch so that the flat sides of the solder lugs are like the diagram 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.
- Page 22 Step 8: Insert the foot switch wires into their respective eyelets on the PCB. You can insert them into the top side and solder on the top side as well. The solder pads should be large enough (if you are using a soldering iron that isn’t too big) to allow you to do this without burning the PVC coating on the wires if you are careful.
- Page 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.
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Page 25: Operation Overview
Input Impedance: 1M ohms Output Impedance: 100k ohms NOTE: The picture above is an example of the Silver Pony 2 kit with painted/silk screened enclosure with black BYOC style knobs and red LEDs. Your kit may not look like this depending upon which options you selected. - Page 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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