Behringer DI100 User Manual [ru]

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User Manual

ULTRA-DI DI100

Professional Battery/Phantom Powered DI-Box

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Table of Contents

Thank you ................................................................................. 2

1. Control Elements ................................................................. 7

2. DI100 Congurations .......................................................... 8

2.1 Tapping signal from the (Bass) guitar ...................................... 8

2.2 Converting the output of a Keyboard / DJ-mixer /

Headphone plug ..................................................................................... 9

2.3 Converting a microphone from high impedance

unbalanced to low impedancebalanced .................................... 10

2.4 Tapping a signal from a power amplieroutput .............. 10

3. Specications......................................................................11

Thank you

Thank you very much for expressing your condence in Behringer products by
purchasing the ULTRA-DI.

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Important Safety
Instructions

Terminals marked with this
symbol c arry electric al current of

sucient magnitude to
constitu te risk of electric sho ck. Use only
high-quality prof essional speaker cables with
¼" TS or twist-lock ing plugs pre-inst alled.
Allother installation or modication should be
perfo rmed only by qualiedper sonnel.

This symbol, wherever it appears,

alerts yo u to the presence of

uninsulated dangerous voltage
inside the encl osure - voltage that may be
sucient to con stitute a risk ofshock .

This symbol, wherever it appears,

alerts you to important operating

and maintenance instructions in
the accompanying literature. Please read
themanual.

Caution

To reduce the risk of ele ctric

shock, do not r emove the
top cover (or the rear sec tion). No user
serviceable part s inside. Refer servicing to
qualiedpersonnel.

Caution

To reduce the risk of re o r

electr ic shock, do not expos e this
appliance to rai n and moisture. Theapparat us
shall not be exp osed to dripping or splash ing
liquids and no objects lled with liquids, such
as vases, shall b e placed on the apparatus.

Caution

These service instruc tions are

for use by quali ed service
personne l only. Toreduce the risk of el ectric
shock do not perform any servicing other than
that contained in the operation instructions.
Repairshave to b e performed by quali ed
servicepersonnel.

1. Read these instructions.

2. Keep these instructions.

3. Heed all warnings.

4. Follow all instructions.

5. Do not use this appar atus nearwater.

6. Clean only with dry clot h.

7. Do not block any ve ntilation

openings. Install in accordance with the
manufacturer’sinstructions.

8. Do not install near any heat sou rces
such as radiato rs, heat registers, s toves,
orother apparatus (including ampliers)
thatproduceheat.

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9. Do not defeat the sa fety purpose of th e

polarized o r grounding-type plu g. Apolarized
plug has two bl ades with one wider than the
other. A grounding -type plug has two blad es
and a third grounding prong. The wide blade
or the third pr ong are provided for your s afety.
Ifthe provide d plug does not t into your
outlet, consult an electric ian for replacement
of the obsole teoutlet.

10. Protect the power cord f rom being
walked on or pinc hed particularly at p lugs,
convenience receptacles, and the point where
they exit f rom theapparatus.

11. Use only attachments/accessories
specied b y themanufacturer.

12. Use only with
the cart , stand, tripod,
bracket, ort able
specied b y the
manufac turer, orsold

with the apparatus.
When a car t is used, usecaution wh en moving
the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury
from tip -over.

13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning
storms or when unused for long periods
oftime.

14. Refer all servicing to qualied service
personnel. Servicing is required when the
apparatus ha s been damaged in any way,
such as power sup ply cord or plug is damaged,
liquid has been s pilled or objects have f allen
into the appar atus, the apparatus has be en
expose d to rain or moisture, does not o perate
normally, orhas bee ndropped.

15. The app aratus shall be connecte d to
a MAINS socket ou tlet with a protect ive
earthingconnection.

16. Where th e MAINS plug or
an appliance coup ler is used as
the disconnect device,
thedisconne ct device shall
remain readilyoperable.

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LIMITED WARRANTY

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Welcome to BEHRINGER!

DI stands fo r Direct Inject ion. On stage or in the st udio there are sources you w ant to connect to your
mixer that are not e quipped with a suita ble connection. Keybo ards seldom have properl y balanced
outputs . Guitars cannot be di rectly plugged into a m ixer and placing a micropho ne in front of
a backline is not always ideal. A microphone picks up ambient noise such as other instruments.
Lowfrequen cies (such as from a bass gui tar) are especially dic ult for a microphone to hand le.

A DI-box makes it p ossible to tap a signal from a high impedance unbalanced line, for instance
the signal from a guitar to a guitar amplier, and injec t it directly into the mixer’s input
without having to use a microphone. But that’s not all, there are lots of situations where you
want to injec t the signal coming from an unbalanced source dire ctly into your mixer and
preferably balanced, too. Thatisthe application of a Direct Injection box.

Impedance is the electric al frequency dependent resistance of a device combined with its
phase response. It is a literally complex matter. That is why a good DI-box is dis tinguishable
from a bad one. A s with a power amplier and speakers the impedance to a device determines
the perf ormance. With a good power ampli er the load impedance only aects the ma ximum
power output. Whereason some ot her devices the impedance governs other properties as well.
With a trans former as used in a DI-box, the connected impedances (in and out) inuencethe
bandwidth, frequenc y response, distortion, etc.

There are t wo basic types of DI-b oxes, passive and active. Bot h active and passive DI boxe s are
designed to b e connected to the consol e’s microphone i nput. Apassive DI box has the adv antage
of being slight ly lower in cost (lesselec tronics, no batter y facility) but their p erformance is highl y
dependent on t he connected impedan ces. When the impedance on th e mixer side of a passive
DI-box chang es, the impedance on the inpu t changes also. Notonly that, the f requency respon se
changes, too. A p assive DI-box only works we ll at specied connec ted impedances, high in and
low out, which m eans that they only work in a sta ndardapplication.

Active DI-boxes don’t have such restrictions. The signal coming from the input is buered
with an amplier. The input impedance of the ULTRA-DI is ultra-high so it doesn’t aect
the signal throughput at all. The output impedance of the Ultra-DI is b alanced and very low
so that it is much less susceptible to picking up hum and noise. This way, the impedance
for the signal source is independent from the impedance of the used mixer and vice vers a.
There is no sound alteration. The t ransformer used is BEHRINGER´s renowned OT-1 witch
guarantees distortion free, clean soun d and a at frequency response. Furthermore the
BEHRINGER ULTRA-DI can be powered by your console’s phantom power or by battery and
switches au tomatically between these two.

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◊ To avoid switching noise, you should mute the desk channel before activating

the DI100. Same applies when switc hing between batte ry and phantom power
and vice versa.

The design of the DI100 includes four sturdy rubber feet which protect the unit
(even during a unplanne d drop) and allow cables to run under neath. Italsoprovides liter ally
a “ground lift ” so that the unit can be stacked on top ofanot her unit and other equipment
without creating ground loops.

1. Control Elements

(1)

(2) (3) (4)

(7) (6) (8)

Fig 1.1: Front & Rear DI100

(1) With the ON/OFF switch you can switch the b attery power on and o to preserve

batter y life. Switched o the ultra-di will still work on phantom power. Switchedon,
the ULTRA-DI will automatically switch between battery and phantom power. When the
DI100 is operating on battery power the on/o LED will ash once every few seconds,
when operating on phantom power the LED will light up continuously.

(2) INPUT. Connect the source to this ¼" jack to receive the signal.
(3) To provide maximum exibility the ULTRA-DI is also t ted with an unbalanced XLR input

to connect t he source.

(4) LINK OUT. This is the unbalanced parallel output of the ULTRA-DI. Connec tthis to the

input of the backline or monitor amplier.

◊ The ¼" jacks (input and link out) and the Input XLR are wir ed parallel, so any

connection as input will give the same performance.

(5) The -20 dB attenuation switches greatly increase the operating range of the ULTRA-DI.

From the low-level signals of a high impedance microphone or guitar to the hot speaker
terminals of a P. A. amplier. Depressing both will give 40 dB attenuation.

(5)

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◊ Only use the -20 dB switches if you are sure the ULT RA-D I is clipping (overloading)

and not your mic pre-amp. Always use as little attenuation as possible to get the
best possible signal-to-noise ratio.

(6) OUTPUT. This is the balanced microphone level output of the ULTRA-DI. Connection to

the microphone input should be made with a standard high qualit y balanced cable.

◊ Never connec t pin 2 or 3 to pin 1 and never disconnect the shield from pin 1,

or the unit will not work on phantom power.

(7) Use the GROUND LIFT switch to either connect the ground of input and output or

keep them completely separate. Depending on the grounding of the connected devices
linking or disconnecting will reduce hum or prevent ground loops. GROUND LIFT ON
means no interconnection.

(8) BATTERY COMPARTMENT. Loosen the screw to open the compartment and to replace

the 9V batter y. When the ULTRA-DI is s witched on batter y power the LED blinks, when it
stops blinking it is time to change the batter y.

2. DI100 Congurations

The next section will show several dierent ways the ULTRA-DI can be hooked up.

2.1 Tapping signal from the (Bass) guitar

Microphone Input

Out

In

DI100

Fig 2.1: Guitar ➟ DI ➟ Guitar Amp/Mixerv

Link
Out

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This gure shows the standard application of any direct injec tion box. The signal to the
amplier is unaected, it is just tapped o to be routed to the mic rophone input of the mixer.
Especially bass guitars benet from this application. It is dicult to nd a microphone which
handles high leve l low frequencies well and with a linear frequency response. Using the
ULTRA-DI will give you c lean and crisp sound. Connec t the ULTRA-DI after any eects device s
so that their e ect will be heard over the P.A.-system or on the recording. If t he mixer provides
phantom power between 20 V and 52 V, the internal battery of the DI100 will automatically be
detached. You should chose this possibility whenever possible to save battery power.

2.2 Converting the output of a Keyboard / DJ-mixer / Headphone plug

In Out

L

In

R

Fig 2.2: DJ- mixer ➟ 2 x DI ➟ mixer

To Monitor

Out

Microphone
Inputs panned
Left & Right

This conguration can be used with a keyboard, DJ- mixer, headphone output, drum kit or
any (stereo or mono) line source. In all cases where you want to run long lines, for inst ance
to the FOH (Front Of House) desk. In most cases the bes t setting is achieved by depressing
one of the -20 dB pad buttons to avoid overloading the FOH desk input. The signal can be
linked through to another amplier, if the keyboard player / DJ / etc. wants to have a monitor
connecte d independent of the foldback mix. The ULTRA-DI ac ts as both a ground isolator and
an unbalanced to balanced converter.

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2.3 Converting a microphone from high impedance
unbalanced to low impedancebalanced

Sometimes all that’s available (especially when all other mics are in use) is a unbalanced high
impedance mic rophone with an unbalanced jack. With the ULTRA-DI long cable runs to the
console can be established without fear of picking up noise and hum. Just plug the jack into the
input and conne ct the output to the console’s mic in.

2.4 Tapping a signal from a power amplieroutput

When no line out is available it is possible to connect an amplier outpu t directly to the DI100
(for example, recording direc t from a guitar amplier, TV-speaker, etc). It is possible to connec t
the output, i.e an extra speaker output, of up to 3000 Watts to the ULTRA-DI without fear of
overloading. Pay attention to the t wo -20 dB buttons on t he ULTRA-DI! Both must be depress ed
if an amplier output is connec ted to the DI100 input.

+ Red or positive post

- Black or negative post

Fig 2.3: Conne ction to an am plier outp ut

To DI100 input

◊ Always make sure the ground lift is on (no grou nd link) when connecting to speaker

terminals. This prevents accidental short-circuiting of the amplifier output.
Also make sure the Tip of the inpu t jack is connected to the red terminal and that
the metal housing of the DI100 has no co ntact with other equipment.

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3. Specications

Frequency Response 10 Hz to 93 kHz

Noise Level -110 dBu

THD + N @ 1 kHz / 0 dBu < 0,005 %

Input Impedance > 250 kOhm

Load Impedance > 600 Ohm

Inputs ¼" jack unbal.

In/Link Out XLR unbalanced In

Output XLR balanced Out

Maximum Inpu t level +10/ +30/ +50 dBu

Power supply

Phantom power 18 V DC to 48 V DC

Batter y 9 V blockcell 6LR91

Dimensions 150 x 130 x 60 mm

Weight ca. 650 g

BEHRING ER is constant ly strivin g to maintain the h ighest prof essional st andards. As a r esult of thes e effor ts, modif ications may b e
made fro m time to time to ex isting pro ducts wit hout prior no tice. Specif ications an d appearance ma y differ f rom those lis ted or shown.

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