5 pin din? But pedal switchers need a 1/4" stereo jack!

[UKBoogieboy]

I am thinking about getting a switching unit, it assumes that amps have got a stereo jack to plug it into, the lonestar has because I bought one for a day, but the express has got a 5 pin din, wierd? Anyone else know why?

 

[tmac]

In addition to the five-pin DIN, the Express has four 1/4'' jack connectors on the back: channel, reverb, ch1 contour and ch2 contour. I am using them with mono-jack plugs, and I'm not sure why they would need to be stereo? So a switching unit should work fine if it can change between open and closed circuits on four separate mono-jack plugs. At least that is what I am doing and it works fine.

Btw. the five-pin DIN plug on the Express is non-standard, because the metal cylinder around the pins is also connected, so it is not compatible with a standard five pin DIN cable.

 

[UKBoogieboy]

Oh, of course, yes my brain is fried, HA HA.
Yes there is a seperate connection, thanks!!