Behringer ULTRA-DI DI600P Manual

BEHRINGER ULTRA-DI DI600P

Thank you for showing confidence in BEHRINGER products by

purchasing the ULTRA-DI DI600P± The DI600P is a high-performance

passive direct injection box±

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Please read the safety instructions that appear at the

end of this document±

Being on stage or in the studio, musicians often look for ways to

connect certain signal sources directly to the mixing console± Even

though this approach has obvious advantages, there are still some

technical hurdles obstructing its implementation± For example,

keyboards seldom feature balanced outputs, and guitars can not

be directly connected to mixing consoles because of the high

impedance of guitar signals±

The DI600P lets you

directly

tap into a high-impedance, unbalanced

signal²for example, the signal between a guitar and a guitar amp±

From there on, you can feed the signal directly to a mixing console±

1± CONTROL ELEMENTS

Fig± 1: Top view

Use the

INPUT

(¼" TS) connector for connecting signal sources±

OUTPUT

(¼" TS)± This is the unbalanced parallel output±

Connect it to the input of your backline or monitor amplifier±

Because the connectors

and

are wired in parallel, the

OUTPUT connector can be used both as an input and as a direct

unbalanced output of the INPUT signal± For the latter, you can for

example connect OUTPUT with the input of a monitor amplifier±

OUTPUT

(XLR): This is the balanced mic-level output± Use a

high-quality balanced microphone cable to establish

connection±

Using the

GND LIFT

(ground lift) switch, you can fully

separate input and output grounding± Depending on how the

equipment to which your DI600P is connected is grounded,

using the GND LIFT switch lets you lower hum noise or ground

loops± When the GND LIFT switch is in LIFT position, the

ground connection is interrupted±

The

INST/AMP

attenuation switch (30 dB) increases the

operating range of the DI600P considerably, from low signal

levels of a high-impedance mic or a guitar (INST), all the way

to speaker connectors of a guitar amplifier (AMP)±

Switchable

FILTER

for guitar applications (7±5 kHz, -3 dB)±

The

SERIAL NUMBER

of the DI600P is located at the bottom±

2± APPLICATIONS

2±1 Connecting an instrument signal

Fig± 2: Guitar

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DI-box

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guitar amp/mixer

This illustration shows the standard application of a DI-box± The

signal feeding the amplifier remains unchanged; it is simply taken

and routed into the amp± The low-impedance balanced signal is

forwarded to the mic input of the mixing console± This application

has its advantages particularly with bass guitars, because very

few microphones can linearly transmit bass frequencies with high

signal levels± If you are using effects, insert the DI600P after the

effects device, so that you can monitor the effects via the PA

system or the recording as well±

2±2 Taking a signal from a speaker output

Fig± 3: Connection to a power amp output

Sometimes, you want to take a signal directly from a speaker

output, even though just one speaker output is available± When

you set the INST/AMP switch to AMP, you can connect an amp

output to your mixing console (up to 3,000 Watts into 4 Ohms),

without worrying that it will be damaged due to overload!

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If you are using a tube amp, you must connect a speaker

or a similar load resistance to the parallel ¼" TS OUTPUT±

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