Captain Coconut 2 Owner's Manual
Connections and controls
Captain Coconut 2 has no shortage of knobs, switches and jacks. Here is a run down of what each one does. For more information, keep reading this manual. Everything is covered in depth.
1. 9VAC INPUT Captain coconut requires a supply voltage of 9 Volts AC - not to be confused with 9 Volts DC (which is what you get from a 9 Volt battery). Great care has been taken to design a power supply circuit that adequately satisfies Captain Coconut's unique power requirements without creating audible hum. For starters, the Octave section requires a super-clean negative 9 VDC supply, in the case of the FuzzCard, the Fuzz circuit could require either +9 VDC or -9 VDC. The Provibe runs on +15 VDC, which offers additional headroom over units that run on a lower voltage. Lastly, the signal switching relays run on +12VDC, drawing a healthy amount of current. All voltages are heavily filtered and regulated for consistent performance. The 9 Volt, AC adapter included with Captain Coconut 2 is rated for 1 Amp and uses a 2.5mm barrel connector. It can be replaced by Mouser Part #412-209053.
2. SPEED jack This 1/4” TRS jack is used to bring the speed connections out to an external potentiometer, such as one mounted in a rocker pedal. A standard passive expression pedal, or mono volume pedal can be used for controlling the speed. Wiring is as follows: TIP = Pot wiper, RING = Top of pot, Sleeve = Bottom of pot (ground). The ideal value for the pot is 100K, Linear taper, however many other values and tapers will work fine with this circuit. When the speed is controlled externally, the SPEED pot on CC2 acts as a maximum speed control, limiting it’s fastest speed.
3. PROVIBE OUT Provibe output appears here. When using the effects in their default order, use this jack to make the connection to your amp (or other effects.)
4. PROVIBE IN Input to the Provibe section. Unless something else is patched in, the output of the FuzzFoot automatically flows to the input of the Provibe, through this jack.
5. FUZZFOOT OUT FuzzFoot output appears here. If nothing is patched to this jack, the signal flows to the Provibe.
6. FUZZFOOT IN Input to the FuzzFoot section. Unless something else is patched in, the output of the Octave flows to the input of the FuzzFoot.
7. OCTAVE OUT Octave output appears here. If nothing is patched t this jack, the signal flows to the FuzzFoot.
8. OCTAVE INPUT Input to Octave section. When using the effects in their default order, use this jack to make the connection from your guitar (or other effects).
9. PROVIBE VOLUME (See Provibe section)
10. PROVIBE WIDTH “
11. PROVIBE SPEED / ECS SWITCH “
12. PROVIBE CHORUS / VIBRATO SWITCH “
13. PROVIBE CENTER CONTROL “
14. FUZZFOOT VOLUME (See FuzzFoot section)
15. FUZZFOOT GRIT CONTROL “
16. FUZZFOOT FUZZ “
17. OCTAVE VOLUME (See Octave section)
18. OCTAVE DRIVE “
19. OCTAVE STATUS INDICATOR This yellow LED lights up when the Octave
section is switched on.
20. OCTAVE FOOT SWITCH This push-on / push-off foot switch activates the audio relay that does the true bypass switching for the Octave.
21. FUZZFOOT FOOT SWITCH This push-on / push-off foot switch activates the audio relay that does the true bypass switching for the FuzzFoot.
22. FUZZFOOT STATUS INDICATOR This green LED lights up when the FuzzFoot section is switched on.
23. PROVIBE FOOT SWITCH This push-on / push-off foot switch activates the audio relay that does the true bypass switching for the Provibe.
24. PROVIBE STATUS INDICATOR This red LED lights up when the Provibe section is switched on.