Truetone 1 Spot Pro CS7 Multi Voltage Power Supply

1 SPOT Technology… what does that mean and why should I care? Technically, it’s switching power supply technology, which is very different than what anyone has ever put inside a power brick. Normally, you would find just a big transformer and a handful of small electronic components inside a power brick… old tech that hasn’t changed in decades and has a lot of limitations. We took the same triple filtered switching power supply technology found in our famous 1 SPOT and scaled it up to make the 1 SPOT Pro models. With much more space to work with, we were able to completely eliminate noise, provide total electrical isolation between outputs, create multiple voltages, and still give you the ability to use it anywhere in the world.

A major benefit of using a switching power supply is that it can handle far more current (power being pulled out of it) than any transformer-based power supply. Although we had to put power rating labels on each output to satisfy certification agencies (yes, we actually certified these, unlike most companies), the outputs can generally handle far more than the label shows. For example, you can connect a 300mA pedal to a 200mA output, without causing any problems. With a transformer-based power supply, you can’t get away with that. The important thing is to not exceed the total of all the labels. With a CS7, the output labels add up to 1900mA total. That means the total current draw of all your pedals should be less than 1900mA. That total current rating is roughly double the current load of the most common power brick, for a lot less money.

Multiple Voltages:  With the CS7, you get one output for 18VDC and six at 9VDC, with four of those switchable to 12VDC. Need another 18VDC output? No problem… just get a Multi-Plug 2 cable (MC2) and run both pedals off that one outlet… most boosts and drive pedals don’t mind sharing an output anyway. Don’t need the 18VDC output at all? No problem… just get Truetone’s 18V to 9V Converter cable (V189).  With the CS12, you get the same voltage options that the CS7 has, plus a variable 4-9VDC output, and the 9VAC output.

Worldwide Input Voltages: Just like with the original 1 SPOT, and your laptop power supply and phone charger, the 1 SPOT Pro uses switching power supply technology which allows you to use it anywhere in the world. The CS12 has an input voltage switch on the back, which switches voltage only for the 9VAC output, since that output does use a toroidal transformer. The rest of the outputs on the CS12, and all of them on the CS7, don’t care what the input voltage is.

Rugged Steel Housing: The housing is all steel, with cleverly designed vents that should keep out the accidental beer spill, should that ever happen.

Cables: The 1 SPOT Pro includes a generous assortment of cables and converter plugs. The cables are of various lengths, colour-coded for easy cable management and with right angle plugs on the pedal end.

Power cables (all are centre pin negative polarity):
(4) DC18 (5.5x2.1mm barrel plugs; 18” (457mm) – White
(3) DC12 (5.5x2.1mm barrel plugs; 12” (305mm) – Yellow

Converter Plugs:
(1) CL6 – (5.5x2.1mm barrel input, 5.5x2.5 barrel output; reverse polarity)
Green – for Line 6 DL4/M9/etc. and some Eventide pedals.
(1) CYR – (5.5x2.1mm barrel input, 5.5x2.1 barrel output; reverse polarity)
Red – reverse polarity converter
(1) C35 – (5.5x2.1mm barrel input, 3.5mm male output; tip positive)
Black – 3.5mm (1/8”) plug converter
(1) CBAT – (5.5x2.1mm barrel input, Black battery clip output) Connects to batter clip wires inside pedals that do not have DC jacks. Do NOT connect to a battery!

Pure Isolation: Each output is galvanic-ally isolated from the other to help give you pure, clean, noise-free operation of your pedals. However, we also provided an additional layer of pure analogue regulation, taking advantage of the greater ability of analogue circuits to provide the highest possible suppression of in-band audio noise. 

Pedaltrain CS7 Mounting Brackets: The only power brick to include easy-to-install mounting brackets for Pedaltrain pedalboards. Truetone even duplicated the output labels under the unit, so you can easily see which output is which, when working on your board. Yes, they thought of that too!

Energy Efficient:  The 1 SPOT power supply was designed to replace many such external power supplies and/or batteries simultaneously. It provided plenty of power with a very low noise level to successfully meet the needs of musicians.