Proper connection of instruments to the UR44 Audio Interface

Steinberg Hardware UR Series
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Hi!

I’m reading the manual of the UR44 where it says: “HINT! Proper use of HI-Z and Line Inputs”…

But I get confused here… It says to use an electrical guitar or/and an electrical bass guitar that has a passive pickup system into the HI-Z input. That’s okay with me, I understand that… But the confusion comes around when in brackets it says “battery-powered”…? To me passive pickups doesn’t have batteries in them, only active pickups does…

So now, what is the proper use of the HI-Z and Line Inputs for “normal” guitars/basses? With normal I mean those that doesn’t have batteries in them… :wink:

Many Regards, Robin Gardner

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It looks like this has now been corrected in the current (as of Jan 2026) downloadable manual. (On the last page, it indicates this was published 11/2018; the version you are questioning doesn’t include that publication date.)
Page 5 of the manual now says:
HI-Z: • Guitar and bass with passive pickups (not battery powered)
LINE: • Guitar and bass with active pickups (battery powered)

This certainly caused me confusion for a while!
Regards, PB