K&K Sound POWERMIX PURE XT Product Manual

P O W E R M I X P U R E X T
PREPARATION AND PICKUP
INSTALLATION
Please familiarize yourself with the included
installation manuals for the FanTaStick undersaddle
transducer and the Pure bridge plate pickup.
1. Install the FanTaStick according to its manual.
2. After you've completed the installation of the
FanTaStick in the saddle slot, solder the supplied
RCA plug to the FanTaStick's cable end: the inner
wire to the tip and outer shield to the ground
terminal.
3.
Next, install the Pure pickup according to its
manual.
SOLDERING THE FANTASTICK PICKUP
You will have to solder the FanTaStick Undersaddle
Pickup to the endpin jack yourself when you're ready
to install it. Please follow the installation instructions
but you must solder the inner conductor of the
FanTaStick wire to the ring terminal of your existing
endpin jack. The pure pickup is already soldered to
the tip terminal.
The ring terminal is the medium-length center
terminal, next to the short terminal where the three
white center conductors of the pure are attached.
The long terminal remains empty – it is the battery
switch. The ground (silver shield) terminal is
soldered to the same ground connection as the pure,
which is the strain relief of the jack.
This is a delicate solder job! Please make sure it is
done precisely, using proper electronic solder
equipment. If you have any questions, please contact
us at (541) 888-3517 or techsupport@kksound.com
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CONNECTING AND SECURING THE
SYSTEM INSIDE YOUR GUITAR
Plug the FanTaStick's male RCA connector into its
female counterpart on the wire from the endpin jack.
Secure the connectors to a brace using the attached
dual-lock fastener. Secure the cables inside the
guitar with duct tape or similar.
POWERMIX PURE XT PREAMP
First, please install a new 9-volt battery. Open the
access screw on the side of the preamp and remove
the lid to access the battery compartment and the EQ
trimmers.
This preamp features 3-band EQ plus a gain control
for each individual channel. These controls are called
"trim pots." The trimmers can be turned with the
small screwdriver located inside the preamp box. A
diagram of the trim pots is located on the inside of
the lid. Channel 1 is the Pure pickup, channel 2 is the
FanTaStick.
The EQ trim pots are in linear position (no cut or
boost) when the white arrow points to a center
position. Please keep in mind that the midrange
trimmers, as opposed to the bass and treble
trimmers, are oriented 90 degrees clockwise
The gain trimmers set the degree of pre-
amplification on the input of the circuit. They act like
volume controls but if they are set too high,
distortion may occur. (Note: The lowest
(counterclockwise) setting does not shut the channel
off. It is the lowest available gain setting.) We
recommend you use the gain trimmers to balance
the two channels so that when you turn both
thumbwheel volume controls to full, you have each