Retroaktiv ARP AVATAR, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...ARP AVATAR PATCH PANEL INSTALLATION MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... work can damage your instrument and diminish its resale value This work should be performed by persons experienced with electronics and mechanical construction This modification is considered advanced and should not be undertaken by the novice Please consider hiring a professional technician or engineer to do this work if you are not comfortable This kit will take 8 10 hours for an ex perienced t...

Page 3: ...ld be approximately 33mm from the bottom edge of the Avatar front panel Secure in position with removable tape taking care not to obstruct the holes in the overlay Accurately mark the center of the openings remove the overlay and drill the VCO1 glide and VCO2 glide locations to all other holes to 6 5mm Deburr the holes on both sides of the panel If drilling the panel by hand always remove the fron...

Page 4: ...Figure 1A Alignment of Overlay Figure 1B Alignment of Overlay ...

Page 5: ...Assembled PCB Top View Assembled PCB Bottom View ...

Page 6: ...IDC Headers Mounted to PCB Proper Orientation of Ribbon Cables ...

Page 7: ...veral conductive traces must be cut electrically open on the Avatar circuit boards This is best done with a rotary tool such as a Dremel but can also be accomplished with a sharp utility or hobby knife The following pages have diagrams of the circuit boards to be modified There are certain conventions that must be followed when using the dia grams A cut to the PCB is indicated with a yellow line E...

Page 8: ...A1 A2 A3 A4 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A29 Figure 2 Board B Top Left ...

Page 9: ...A15 A16 A23 A24 A25 A26 A28 A27 A31 A32 A33 A34 Figure 3 Board B Top Center ...

Page 10: ...A30 Figure 4 Board B Top Right ...

Page 11: ...Wire A6 A5 A18 A17 Figure 5 Board B Bottom Left Figure 6 Board B Bottom Center ...

Page 12: ...A19 A20 A21 A22 A7 A8 A9 A10 A35 A36 A39 A40 A43 A44 A47 A48 Figure 7 Board B Bottom Right ...

Page 13: ...B2 B1 B4 B3 B6 B5 A49 A50 A41 A42 A37 A38 B7 B8 B10 B9 B12 B11 B21 B22 Do not cut This is from another modification Figure 8 Board C Top Left ...

Page 14: ...Figure 9 Board C Top Center ...

Page 15: ...B26 B25 Figure 10 Board C Top Right ...

Page 16: ...B31 B18 B17 Figure 11 Board C Bottom Left ...

Page 17: ...resistor so it isn t left in the chassis If you have removed board C you can simply clip the resistor out Once the resistor is removed solder the 1M resistor to the PCB as shown in figure 11 Attach wire B31 to the other end of the resistor Be sure to use some of the heat shrink tubing included in the kit to prevent exposed metal and shorts Now connect B36 to B32 This can be done using the wires or...

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