User manual ROCKTRON RA30DSP

[. . . ] Improper use of this equipment could result in increased RF emissions, which may or may not interfere with other electronic products. To insure against this possibility, always use good shielded cables for all audio input connections. This will help insure compliance with the Directive(s). Specifications OUTPUT SPEAKER WEIGHT DIMENSIONS POWER CONSUMPTION INPUT IMPEDANCE HEADPHONE IMPEDANCE EXTENSION SPEAKER OUTPUT JACK EQ 30 Watts Custom 8" Coaxial (8 Ohms) 11Kgs 390x320x435 (mm) 70W 1M ohm 100 Ohms or greater 1/4" Output Jack 3-band Copyright © 2003 GHS Corporation All Rights Reserved. Precautions NOTE: IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ THIS SECTION TO PROVIDE YEARS OF TROUBLE FREE USE. [. . . ] This unit may not function properly under extreme temperatures. Front Panel Piezo Pickup Section 1 INPUT Jack Using a standard guitar cable with a 1/4" jack - plug your guitar into this jack LEVEL Control Adjusts the overall "LEVEL" or output of the guitar signal 2 Microphone Input Section 3 XLR Input Jack Using a standard microphone cable with XLR jacks, plug a microphone into this jack. LEVEL Control Adjusts the overall "LEVEL" or output of the microphone signal. 4 Equalization Section 5 TREBLE Control Adjusts the high frequencies of the signal MIDDLE Control Adjusts the midrange frequencies of the signal BASS Control Adjusts the low-end frequencies of the signal 6 7 DSP Effects Section (Explained in detail on following pages) 8 EFFECTS SELECT Knob This 16 position knob allows you to select one of 16 different preset effects "blocks". Each effect block (or each position) contains 16 different preset effect "settings" which are selected via the EFFECTS VARIATION Control (see point 9). 9 EFFECTS VARIATION Knob This 16 position knob allows you to select one of 16 different presets in each effect "block". Each position is a variation of the effect(s) in the block selected with the "EFFECTS SELECT knob" from point 8. EFFECTS LEVEL Control This control adjusts the overall "Level" or volume of the effect. POWER Switch This switch turns the amplifier on or off. When the switch is "lit" - the amplifier is "ON". 10 11 Back Panel 1 EFFECTS BYPASS Jack Connect the optional Rocktron RFS1 Footswitch (not included) to this jack. This will allow you to turn the built-in effects "On" or "Off". This is ideal in live performance situations where you may want to turn the effects off for rhythm playing and on for solos (or vice-versa). See the Rocktron website for more information regarding the RFS1 - www. rocktron. com EXTENSION SPEAKER Jack This 1/4" jack allows you to connect the amplifier to an extension speaker cabinet. HEADPHONE Jack This 1/4" jack is used to connect to headphones. Plugging into this automatically mutes the speaker. POWER CABLE Connection Using the included power cable connect the amplifier to a standard wall outlet. See "Fuse Replacement" section for details on how to replace the fuse 2 3 4 DSP Effects Section The RA30DSP is equipped with 256 different digital effects presets. Here is a list of the effects available: Delay Chorus Reverb Tremolo Flanger EQ Types and combinations of the above The DSP Effect section is fairly simple to operate. Please see the diagram below and follow the instructions: 1 EFFECTS SELECT Control - This control knob is a 16 position selector that allows you to select the desired effects as shown on the front panel of the amplifier. [. . . ] All presets were written with the EFFECTS LEVEL Control set at the midway point or LEVEL 5. 2 3 Here is a list of each effect and each variation (Clockwise) Fuse Replacement We recommend that you use an authorized repair person to change the fuse in this unit. To access the fuse, first power down the unit and unplug the cable from the wall outlet and the amplifier. Using a small screw driver, open the fuse tray by prying open the small tab as shown in the drawing above. [. . . ]