Battery Panel; Side Panel - Lectronics Octopack Instruction Manual

OCTOPACK

Battery Panel

The passband of the multicoupler is marked on the label
on the housing cover next to the battery panel.
IMPORTANT - The frequency of the receivers
installed in the unit must fall within the
passband indicated on the label. Serious signal
loss can result if the receiver frequencies are
outside the Octopack RF passband.
External DC Power
Any type of external power supply can be used to oper-
ate the Octopack the supply if it has the correct connec-
tor and it can provide the necessary current. the requied
polarity, voltage range and maximum current consump-
tion are engraved next to the power jack.
Battery Power
The rear/bottom panel provides a locking power jack
and mounting for two SR9VBP batteries. The batteries
must be charged separately with the charger supplied
by the manufacture as there is no charging circuitry in
the Octopack.
Automatic Backup Power
When batteries and external DC are both connected,
power is drawn from the source with the highest volt-
age. In most cases, the external DC source will provide
a higher voltage than the batteries, so the batteries
serve to provide an automatic backup function. If the
external source fails, the batteries will immediately take
over and the power LED will blink slowly. For reliability,
the switching is handled by circuitry rather than a me-
chanical switch or relay.
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Battery Retainer Tabs - Press to Release

Side Panel

Eight balanced outputs are provided on the side panel
of the multicoupler. When the receivers operate in a
2-channel mode, each jack provides a separate audio
channel. In the ratio diversity mode, the receivers are
paired, so adjacent output jacks deliver the same audio
channel.
The connectors are standard TA3M types, with the same
pinout numbering as 3-pin XLR connectors.
External DC Power Jack
4-pin Hirose
External DC Power Jack
Coaxial Locking Type
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