BINSONThis booklet will introduce you to the BINSON ECHOREC. The constant research for better « sound » for the vocalist and the orchestra has lead to the production of the Echorec with its fabu- lous « memory disc ». Within this booklet you will find a full description with photo- graphs and explanations. Our long experience over many years has enabled us to produce this unique piece of precision equipment and it is well worth your while to familiarise yourself with its capabilities It is made to the highest standards of engineering skill and will give many years of trouble free service Please treat it with the respect it deservesThe « BINSON ECHOREC » Electronic Echo will add Echo, Swell or Reverberation to any signal from a microphone, guitar, disc, radio, etc. The Echorec will reproduce single or multiple Echoes with Repetition or Reverbe- ration of the original signal, to the operators choice. The effect is to create e new sensational sound, which adds depth and vividness previously obtainable only thro- ugh special Echo Chambers. The heart of the Echorec is the « Memory Disc » a piece of precision engineering, simple in design but of solid construction, durable and stable and capable of trou- ble free working with the minimun of maintenance. The recording — equalisation — mixing and super-imposition circuits follow the most modern trends. The motor, which drives the disc is solidly mounted and ven- tilated by a fan for cool working, ‘The front panel of plexiglass is illuminated by concealed lighting from tre side, with the magic eye and selector switches clearly visible, A foot pedal is provided and two pedal sockets permit the effects to be controlled either by an instant cut off or by a slow cut off, The « BINSON ECHOREC » is housed in its own carry case covered with easily cleaned plastic material. It is small in size and weight and easily transportable.The « BINSON ECHOREC » is available in various models and the following infor- mation is applicable to all types. Viewed from tie front and with the carry case opened... on the left hand side will be found... The mains sockets... The voltage adjustment panels containing the fuse . For voltages 110-160volts the fuse is 0.7A. For other voltages the fuse is 0.44. The voltage selector covers a range of 100. 190... 145... 160... 220... 240 volts all 50 cycles. Special models are available for 60 cycle supplies. Mounted above the fuse holder on models | and II are the two foot Pedal sockets and near the fuse holderwill be found the earth socket. On all machines the input and output sockets are to be found on the right hand side. The plexiglass front panel contains the magic eye indicator; the channel selector switches (mark | and Il) and the various control knobs. The metal head cover of the Echorec houses the «Memory Disc» with its ple- xiglass protective cover. Also to be found beneath the head cover are the spare fuses and the special bottle of cleaning oil Do not remove the plexiglass cover except for cleaning the magnetic band. The adjustments of the recording and play-back heads are set to fine limits and should not be disturbed. Cleaning instructions are given later in this booklet. While the equipment is in use the plexiglass cover and metal head cover should be in po- sition on the machine. This is essential to prevent atmospheric dirt and dust inter- fering with the perfect functioning of the equipment. While the equimpment is in use it is necessary to have sufficient air circulation around the base to prevent overheating, In view of our constant research we res2rve the right to modify or alter designs or circuits without notification,BINSON ECHOREC EXPORT OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS 1 Set the Mains Voltage selector to correspond with your Mains Voltage Insert Mains lead (82) into mains socket (18) Insert into input socket (27) the microphone or other source of signal. The impedance of the input and output sockets is 47K ohms and the maximum signal to fully load is 10 millivolts Insert screened cable (83) into output socket (28) and connect to amplifier having suitable 47K ohms impedance. Press selector button (23) corresponding to in- put and output channel required, i. e. press. button 1 for channels 1 and press button 2 for channels 2. ‘Switch on (20) and check that the panel is illi= minated and the disc rotating by indications in the « Magic Eye » (19) Rotate input volume contro! (20) and adjust until the segments of the magic eye move in sym- 10. 1" 12, pathy with the incoming signal. Do not let the segments of the magic eye overlap. Rotate selector switch (26) to position 4 ‘Set knobs (24) and (25) to position 6. Any signal ow fed into socket (27) will appear at the output Socket (28) with swell or echo added. Adjust as desired knob (24). Adjust volume control knob {25}. Set konb (26} for single or multiple repeats, of incoming signal, and to obtain a variety of dif- ferent effects. With control (24) in the zero position, single or multiple ECHO will be reproduced depending fon the setting of selector (26). Position 1 to 4 for single ECHO. Position § to 12 for multiple ECHO, Adequate adjustment of controls (24, 25, 26) allows to obtain several sound effects. It the selector buttons are not depressed the signal will pass through without the addition of &cho-reverberation or swellBINSON ECHOREC 2° OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS 1, Set the Mains Voltage Selector to correspond with your Mains voltage. 2, Insert Mains Lead (32) into socket (18) a. Insert into input socket (27) the microphone or other source of signal. The impedance of the input and output sockets is 47K ohms and the maximum signal to fully load ¥s 10 millivolts. 4, Insert screened cable (33) into ouput socket (26) ‘and ‘connect to amplifier having suitable 47K ohms impedance. 5, Press selector button (23) corresponding to in- put and output “channel required, '. ©. press button 1 for channels 1 and press’ button 2 for channels 2. 6, Switch on (20) and check that the panel is itlu- minated and the disc rotating by indications in the « Magic Eye » (19). 7. Rotate the input control (20) and adjust until the ‘segments of the Magic eye move in sympathy with the incaming signal. Do not let the seg- ments of the magic eye overlap. 8. Rotate knobs (21) and (22) to position 6, Rotate selector switch (26) to position 4. Move Echo- Repeat-Swell selector (25) to « REP. ». Any Si: gnal now fed into input sockets (27) will appear at the output sockets (28) with reverberation added and in descending volume. Timing of the reverberation can be made by adjusting knob (21). Volume can be adjusted by knob (22). Other "offects can be obtained by setting knob (26). Set selector (25). to « Echo ». Set knob (26) for single «Echo » repeats to positions 1.4 and from 5-12 for multiple « Echo » repeats. 10, Set selector (25) to «Swell». This gives an effect of « Cathedral tone » if (21) is set about point 6 and (26) between 1-4 11, The tone contro! (24) should be adjusted for either voice or instrument reproduction. 12. By adjustments to (21), (22), (25) and (26) a wide variety of sounds and’ elfects can be obtained. 13, If, the selector buttons (23) are NOT depressed the signal will pass through without the addi- tion of echo-reverberation or swell.at to mixer A6/6MNCleaning the drive mechanism Fig. 1 illustrates the magnetic me- mory driving parts which need to be Cleaned. The operation is ne- cessary whenever the sounds pro: duced by the magnetic memory, which depend on. the «Selector Heads », are falling or rising (mo- dulation} and denote slipping of the rubber wheel on the contact parts. Instruction 1. The parts involved in this ope- ration are: motor pin (4); trans- mission whee! (3), and flywheel 6). 2. Take a piece of cloth soaked in pure acetone and hold it in contact with the lower part of the flywheel (6) while it rotates. Repeat the operation several ti- mes, changing ne piece of cloth. Proceed in the same way with the transmission weel (3). holding the slide (2) still and with the motor pin (4), 8. To make sure that the opera- tion has been carried out pro erly; it is only necessary to press with a piece of dry cloth fon the bottom part of the fly- wheel. if, with the pressure, the transmission wheel and. ator pin stop as well as the flyweel, the operation has been success- fully accomplished 4. If, after carrying out the opera~ tion of para. 1 several times, the desired result is not obta- ined, the acetone used must be replaced with a purer kind,Cleaning of magnetic band and revelant parts Fig. 2 Wustrates the best position jin which to carry out this opera~ tion. It Is necessary whenever a black strip is formed on the ma gnetic band and reduces the per- formance of the equipent. Use a plece of cloth, the special BINSON oll and ordinary petrol Instructions: 1. With the disc in movement take ‘@ piece ot cloth soaked in pe- trol and hold it against the ma- netic band. 2 Repeat the operation until the cloth comes away clean, 3. Put two drops of BINSON oil on the cleaning brushes and let the disc rotate for some minu- tes, 4. If the blak strip forms on the magnetic band again, repeat the operation. When the desi- Fig 2 red result has been obtained, the heads can be cleaned.Cleaning of heads Fig. 3 shows the best way to clean in the space between the heads and the magnetic band. This is necessary whenever performance of the magnetic memory apparatus decreases in quality and volume; it must be done whenever the ma- gneic band is cleaned. Cleaning is carried aut with strips of ordi naty typing paper about 1 om. wide. Instructions: 1. With the disc (8) rotating, insert a strip of paper as above (11) between the magnetic band (5)) and one of the five heads (10) moving the paper vertically and horizontally several times, Re- move the paper and tear off the dirty piece used: repeat the ‘operation until the paper co- mes out clean, 2, Carry out the same operation for each head and for the two cleaning brushes already seen in Fig. 2. Make sure that the strip of paper passes easily between the erasing magnet (0) and the magnatic band (5) 8. On completion of these opera- tions, in order to ascertain whe- ther the magnetic band and the heads are clean, carry out the following ckeck: set control to Swell or Rep. Set Length of ‘Swell controll to 8/9 position! after few minutes. selt-oscilla- tion should be generated. 44, the self-oscillations are not obtained the cleaning operation must be repeated.ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR ECHOREC 2% Seteoned cable for we wih modiiog 1. Screened cable for connection ofIllustration showing the BIN: SON ECHOREC used in a full orchestral assembly, The name of BINSON is accepted through- out the world as a standard by whicht other are judged. BINSON also produces: HI-FI AMPLIFIERS MICROPHONES ‘TELEMICRO SOUND COLUMNS PREAMPLIFIERS- MIXERS. BINSONETT ELECTRORNIC ORGAN HLFI AMPLIFIERS FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.Mlustration show- ing the Echorec used with special Binson equip- ment. eT Huggies a fnput nares: 1 Binson Echorec 2 Binson Hi-Fi Preamplifier — Mixer for use with the Echorec so that «ECHO » and other « EFFECTS » are available to all 6 channels. Echo control to each channel 3 Hi-Fi Ultra-Linear main Amplifier. 4 Sound columns incorporating cross-over networks for reproduction of Hi-Fi with perfect tonal balance,Change to the connection of Mixer Binson to Echorec also equipped with special soket. All the buttons of channels selector must be depressed. This connection allows to obtain the best performance of effects created by Binson Echorec. In this case the there input (27) and output (28) sockets cannot be connected with other instruments or mixers. NOTE:For the past 20 years $.P.A. BINSON have been manufacturing BINSON equip ment for the vocalist. soloist and instrumentalist. ‘This specialised experience and technical knowledge is a guarantee of per- fection in ait our products. Best wishes of full success with your BINSON ECHOREC.