DIY Mic Pre Kits, Lunchbox Mic Preamp Kits, Power Supply Kits

Hi everyone,
I just finished assembling 2 Sc-1mk2 kits and i'm really enjoying this project so far (very therapeutic actually). I'm starting on the VU meters and I have a few questions:

1) The instructions say to solder the longer LED lead on the left side. Is this looking from the component side or solder side? The LEDs came pre-bent with the longer lead on the right side(looking from the component side).

2)I want to orient the VUs vertically. What do the Vertical/Horizontal headers do exactly? Isn't flipping the board enough?

Thanks for any help,
fern

The LEDs are pre-bent, so mount the LEDs on the component side.

There should be a photo in the Assembly PDF guide on how it should look.

If mounted horizontally, you want your LED colors to be
GRN-GRN-GRN-YLW-RED
.. and of course, the jumper soldered on the HORZ holes.

If mounted vertically, yeah, I guess you can flip the VU meter board upside down. (Yeah, that's easier. )

or you can solder the jumper on the VERT holes and mount the LED colors as
RED-YLW-GRN-GRN-GRN


The original reason why I have the HORZ and VERT jumpers was because I originally planned the VU meter to mate with my Mini-IO PCB. I can't flip the board upside down because it will interfere with the switches and jacks.

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Thanks owl for the quick reply.
So with the vertical jumpers you reverse the order of the LEDs
i.e. red in -13 yellow in -7 green 0, +10, +17?
thanks again,
fern

Yes, if you select VERT jumpers, ignore the silkscreen label on the PCB. Just insert the LEDs as RED-YLW-GRN-GRN-GRN (looking at the front)

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Super! Back to work.
Thanks.