AKG Acoustics CGN 99 H/L Prior to installing the microphone, straighten CHM 99 Flown, Microphone

4 Installation and Connection

3.If the phantom power on your mixing console is switchable, switch the phantom power on. (Refer to the instruction manual for your mixing console.)

The microphone is powered directly from the phan- tom power source on the console.

1.	Prior to installing the microphone, straighten the	4.3 CHM 99 Flown
	cable by carefully pulling it through your fingers. Make	Microphone
	sure not to buckle or twist the cable. Let hang for 1 day to
	untwist.
2.	Fasten a hook to the ceiling, use an existing hook, or
	stretch a fishing line across the hall.
3.	Pass the cable through the hook or over the line so
	that it will hang at the desired height.
		Important!
	Do not tie a knot into the cable to hang it on the
	hook. This may cause the cable to twist and misalign
	the microphone after a while.

		Fig. 1: Aligning the
		microphone.
		Refer to fig. 1.
5.	Hold the cable with one hand and turn the micro-
	phone carefully into the desired position.
•	The cable on the CHM 99 will twist as the ambient	Note:
	temperature changes, e.g., in the heat generated by
	spotlights.

•The angle of twist depends both on the ambient tem- perature and the cable length. The shorter the cable, the smaller the amount of twist.

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