Roland VK-8 owner manual Connecting a Rotary Speaker, Pin No Output data

Models: VK-8

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Connecting the VK-8 to External Devices

Connecting a Rotary

Speaker

In addition to providing a rotary speaker effect, the VK-8 also allows you to connect an actual rotary speaker. Connect your rotary speaker to the ROTARY TONE CABINET connector located on the rear panel.

NOTE

Connecting a speaker which does not meet the following

specifications may cause malfunctions.

The pinout for the ROTARY TONE CABINET connector

is as follows:

No.9

No.8

No.10

No.7

 

No.11

 

 

No.6

No.1

 

Pin No.

Output data

 

 

 

 

No. 1

ORGAN & OTHER TONES

 

 

No. 2

ORGAN & OTHER TONES

 

 

No. 3

NC

 

 

No. 4

GND

 

 

No. 5

GND

 

 

No. 6

POWER ON/OFF CONTROL

 

 

No. 7

FAST CONTROL

 

 

No. 8

SLOW CONTROL

 

 

No. 9

NC

 

 

No. 10

NC

 

 

No. 11

+24 V IN

 

 

*Pin Nos. 1 and 2 are the output of the organ voice and OTHER TONES.

*Pin Nos. 6, 7, and 8 are the open collector output, and are at a nominal voltage of 5–30 V DC, and nominal loaded current of 50 mA maximum.

*Pin no. 11 detects the connection. If the nominal input voltage is outside the acceptable range (18–30 V DC), the connection will not operate correctly.

The volume of the external speaker can be adjusted by the [MASTER VOLUME] knob.

ROTARY [SLOW/FAST] button will switch the rotational speed of the connected rotary speaker.

ROTARY [BRAKE] button will temporarily stop the rotation of the connected speaker. To resume rotation, press ROTARY [BRAKE] button again, or press ROTARY [SLOW/FAST] button.

NOTE

The rotary speaker effect of the organ voice will also be applied to the audio signal that is output from the ROTARY TONE CABINET connector. To prevent the rotary speaker effect from being applied to the audio signal that is output from the ROTARY TONE CABINET connector, press the ROTARY [ON]

No.2

No.3

No.5

No.4

button to make it go dark (off).

If you do not want Other Tones to be output from the ROTARY TONE CABINET connector, turn the [OTHER TONES LEVEL] knob all the way toward the left to set the Other Tones volume to zero. Alternatively, you can select a preset that does not include OTHER TONES.

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Roland VK-8 owner manual Connecting a Rotary Speaker, Pin No Output data