Neumann.Berlin Series 180 manual

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    neumann. berlin the microphone comp any georg neumann gmbh · ollenhauerstr. 98 · 13403 berlin · germany fon +49 (0)30 / 41 77 24-0 · fax -50 · headoffice@neumann.com · www.neumann.com Bedienungsanleitung Operating Instructions series 180[...]

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    2 3 Series 180 Table of Contents 1 . Summarized Description 2. Power Supply and Cables 2 .1 Phantom Powering 2.2 Ac Supply Operation 2. 3 Battery Operation 2 .4 Operation with Unbalanced or Center Tap Grounded Inputs 2 .5 Cables 3 . Technical Specifications 4 . Frequency Responses and Polar Patterns 5 . Hints on Microphone Maintenance 6. Accessorie[...]

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    4 5 Series 180 In the microphones pin 2 is the “hot phase“, in ac- cordance with the standard, and pin 3 of the out- put of the power supply must be connected to earth (see Fig. 1). In the case of many other phantom powering units (except those mentioned above), not only the mod- ulation leads to the microphone, but also the out- going modulati[...]

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    6 7 Series 180 2 . 5 Microphone Cables The electroacoustic properties of the microphones are not affected even by very long (Neumann) ca- bles. However, if cables are well over 300 m, a fall-off in the upper frequency range becomes ap- parent. Neumann offers a wide range of cables. Only a se- lection is presented here. Other cable lengths or cable [...]

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    8 9 Series 180 4. Frequenzgänge und Polardiagramme Frequency Responses and Polar Patterns KM 185 KM 183 gemessen im freien Schallfeld nach IEC 60268-4 measured in free-field conditions (IEC 60268-4) KM 184[...]

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    10 11 Series 180 5. Einige Hinweise zur Pflege von Mikrophonen Staubschutz verwenden: Mikrophone, die nicht im Einsatz sind, sollte man nicht auf dem Stativ ein- stauben lassen. Mit einem Staubschutzbeutel (nicht fusselnd) wird dies verhindert. Wird ein Mi- krophon längere Zeit nicht verwendet, sollte es staubgeschützt bei normalem Umgebungsklima[...]

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    12 13 Series 180 M F 3 ................... bl k ............. Cat. No. 07321 The MF 3 is a table stand with iron base, 1.6 kg in weight, 110 mm in diameter. It has a black matte finish. The bottom is fitted with a non-slip rubber disk. The stand comes with a reversible stud and an adapter for 1/2" and 3/8" threads. M F 4 .................[...]

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    14 15 Series 180 nances and do not influence the directional pat- tern. Only in the upper frequency range is the out- put level slightly attenuated. The wind noise attenuation was measured with- out electrical filtering in a turbulent air stream traveling at 20 km/h, generated by a noiseless wind machine. WNS 100 ............. b lk ............. Ca[...]

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    Irrtümer und technische Änderungen vorbehalten • Errors excepted, subject to changes Printed in Germany • Publ. 09/05 076833/A06 MF 3 MF 5 MF 4 MNV 21 m t STV... EA 2124 A mt SMK 8 i WNS 100 WS 1 00 PS 15 WNS 110 Konformitätserklärung Die Georg Neumann GmbH erklärt, dass dieses Gerät die anwendbaren CE-Normen und -Vorschriften erfüllt. D[...]