AKG Acoustics WMS 40 - Manual (Page 18)

SO 40
SNAPON TRANSMITTER CONVERTS
H
ARDWIRE
M
ICS TO
W
IRELESS
AKG WMS 40 UHF FOR VOCALS
Color code
Transmitters and receivers tuned to the same carri-
er frequency are marked with the same color.
Input gain control
Matches the transmitter audio input sen-
sitivity to the microphone's output level.
Battery status LED
Battery life is approx. eight hours for an AAA size 1.5 V dry battery and
approx. six hours for a rechargeable battery. When the status LED is
lit red constantly the battery will be dead in about 50 minutes. The
maximum charging time for a rechargeable battery is one hour.
XLR connector
3-pin female XLR connector for direct
connection to a dynamic microphone with a
3-pin male XLR connector.
Antenna
Rugged antenna integrated in the
transmitter body.
Release button
Unlocks the XLR connector.
ON/MUTE/OFF switch
Setting the switch to the “MUTE” position mutes the audio sig-
nal, while the transmitter continues radiating the RF carrier
frequency. This prevents the receiver from being disturbed by
other transmitters while the microphone is “off the air”.
Battery compartment
The transmitter can be powered from a dry
or rechargeable battery. The color of the
battery compartment cover indicates the
carrier frequency of the transmitter, and you
can replace the colored cover with a black
replacement cover.
Kind to your budget and the environment
The optional CU 40 charger provides a convenient way of
charging the battery inside the transmitter via the charging
contacts on the transmitter bottom panel. You don't even
have to remove the battery for charging! Unlike conventional
chargers, the CU 40 checks whether the battery inside the
transmitter is a dry or rechargeable type and switches off
automatically if it detects a dry battery. A quick charging
function makes sure the batteries inside any AKG Microtool
will be fully charged within one hour.
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SO 40 snapon transmitter
Does this sound familiar? You've been using
your favorite hardwire dynamic microphone
for gigs and rehearsals for years and one
night it turns out that for this particular gig it
would be very convenient to have the same
microphone with a radio link instead of the
cable. The radio link would have to be small,
light, and affordable, because you travel a lot
and would rather not spend a lot of money on
a full-blown wireless system that you will only
use occasionally.
It was exactly for this application that AKG
designed the Microtools Series SO 40 snapon
transmitter that was enthusiastically wel-
comed by the audio community when it was
launched and has been appreciated by many
users ever since.
Knowing that the most successful products
are usually surprisingly simple, the designers
at AKG did their homework with painstaking
care and finally came up with the SO 40
snapon transmitter, a miniature transmitter
designed specifically for direct connection to
a microphone. The SO 40 snapon transmitter
has a 3-pin XLR connector that allows you to
connect the transmitter directly to any dyna-
mic microphone (e.g., an AKG D 880) or a
condenser microphone with an internal
power supply (e.g., the AKG C 1000 S). The
transmitter can be powered from a dry or
rechargeable battery. A suitable charger is
available from AKG.
Converting a hardwire microphone to wireless
has never been so easy and affordable be-
fore. Even if you use several hardwire micro-
phones from various manufacturers for
various applications, you can now convert all
these microphones to wireless easily and
without having to buy several different wire-
less systems. In short, the SO 40 snapon
transmitter gives you incredible wireless fle-
xibility at very moderate cost.
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