User manual TASCAM GA-100CD

[. . . ] » GA-100CD Instrument Amplifier OWNER'S MANUAL D00907100A IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. This appliance has a serial number located on the rear panel. [. . . ] Never use a disc that has had a stabilizer mounted to it. The residual adhesive may cause the disc to stick to the turntable of the GA-100CD. If it sticks to the turntable, you will need a technician to get it out. Beware of condensation Iftheunit(oracompactdisc)ismovedfromacoldtoa warmplace, orusedafterasuddentemperaturechange, thereisadangerofcondensation;vaporintheaircould condenseontheinternalmechanism, makingcorrect operationimpossible. Topreventthis, orifthisoccurs, lettheplayersitforoneortwohoursatthenewroom temperaturebeforeusing. Precautions for placement and use Donotplacetheunitinthefollowingtypesofplaces. Placementinsuchlocationsmaycausemalfunctionor reducesoundquality. · · · · · Adjustthedistanceandanglebetweenthedevicesif thisoccurs. OperationoftheGA-100CDnearatelevisionorradio maycausecolordistortiononthetelevisionscreen ornoiseintheradiosignal. Ifthisoccurs, movethe GA-100CDfartheraway. Useofmobilephonesandotherwirelessdevicesnear theGA-100CDmaycausetheamptoproducenoise duringuseorwhencallsaremadeorreceived. Ifthis occurs, turnoffthedeviceormoveitawayfromthe GA-100CD. TASCAM GA-100CD Unstableplacesorplaceswithfrequentvibrations Nearwindowsorindirectsunlight Nearheatingdevicesorotherextremelyhotplaces Extremelycoldplaces Damporpoorlyventilatedplaces Placingthisampnearanotherpoweramplifieror anotherdevicewithalargetransformercancausehum. 2 ­ Part names and functions Top panel CD TRAINER SECTION GUITAR AMP SECTION EFFECTS SECTION Guitar amp INPUT SECTION CLEAN CHANNEL SECTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Input section Plugyourguitarinhere. Mostguitarsarehigh impedance, butsomeguitarswithbuilt-inbatteriesare lowimpedance. 1HIGH 3GAIN knob Changetheamountofdistortionbyadjustingthe inputgain. Whenconnectingguitarswithsinglecoil pickups, startaround4andgraduallyraisethegain toincreasethedistortion. 4VOLUME knob Connectguitarswithhighoutputimpedancetothis highinputimpedance(6. 8M)inputjack. 2LOW Usethisknobtoadjustthevolumewithoutchanging thesoundcharacter. 5BASS knob Connectguitarswithlowoutputimpedancetothis low input impedance (68k ) input jack. Adjustlowfrequencies. 6MIDDLE knob Clean channel section ThesepreampcontrolsfunctionwhenthegreenCLEAN lightintheCLEAN/OVERDRIVEkeysectionison. Adjustmid-rangefrequencies. 7TREBLE knob Adjusthighfrequencies. TASCAM GA-100CD 2 ­ Part names and functions CLEAN/OVERDRIVE KEY SECTION OVERDRIVE SECTION MASTER SECTION 8 9 Clean/overdrive key section 8CLEAN/OVERDRIVE key 0 q w e r t qBASS knob Adjustlowfrequencies. wMIDDLE knob Selectthecleanoroverdrivechannel. TheCLEAN(green)lightortheOVERDRIVE(red) lightislitaccordingtoyourselection. Thiskeyalso determinestheeffectbank. (See"Usingeffects"on page16. ) Adjustmid-rangefrequencies. eTREBLE knob Adjusthighfrequencies. Overdrive channel section ThepreampOVERDRIVE CHANNELcontrolsfunction whentheredOVERDRIVEindicatorislitinthe CLEAN/OVERDRIVE keysection. Master section rMAIN MASTER VOLUME 9GAIN knob Changetheamountofdistortionbyadjustingthe inputgain. Thischannelprovidesalargeamountof distortionevenatlowGAINlevels. 0VOLUME knob Adjustthevolumeofthetotaloutputsignalsentto themainspeaker(12-inch). Inadditiontotheguitar preampoutput, theeffectsoutputcanalsobesentto themainspeaker. tSUB MASTER VOLUME Usethisknobtoadjustthevolumewithoutchanging thesoundcharacter. Adjustthevolumeofthetotaloutputsignalsentto the2sub-speakers(5-inch). InadditiontotheCD Trainer, theeffectsoutputcanalsobesenttothe sub-speakers. Effects p a s d y Effects section Usetosetthebuilt-ineffects. yEffect selection keys(§, ¶) u i o f g uBANK display Showsthecurrentlyselectedbanknumber. i Bank selection keys(§, ¶) Usethesetoselectoneoftheeffects­delay, panningdelay, flanger, phaser, chorus, tremolo, auto-wahorpitchshifter. Theindicatorlightsnextto theselectedeffect. Selectfromtheeffectspresetbanks. (See"Changing banks"onpage16. ) TASCAM GA-100CD 2 ­ Part names and functions oOUTPUT key Reverb section Usetosetthebuilt-inreverb. dREVERB knob Pressthiskeytoselecttheeffectssignaloutput­ themainspeaker, thesub-speakerpairorallthree speakers. Eachtimeyoupressthiskey, theoutput destinationsettingchangesandoneorbothofthe indicators(MAIN, SUB)lights. pEffect Knob 1 Adjustthereverbsignaloutputlevel. fSOURCE key Adjustthefirstparameteroftheselectedeffect. The panelshowseacheffect'sadjustableparameters. (See"Usingeffects"onpage16. ) aEffect Knob 2 Selectthereverbinputsignal. ChooseDIRECTtoapplyreverbtotheguitarsignal asitcomesintheINPUT jack. SelectEFFECTto applyreverbtotheeffectsoutputsignal. Youcan alsoselectbothtoapplyreverbtothedryguitar signalandtheeffectoutput. gOUTPUT key Adjustthesecondparameteroftheselectedeffect. Thepanelshowseacheffect'sadjustableparameters. (See"Usingeffects"onpage16. ) sEffect Knob 3 Adjustthethirdparameteroftheselectedeffect. Thepanelshowseacheffect'sadjustableparameters. (See"Usingeffects"onpage16. ) PressOUTPUTtochoosethereverbsignaloutput destination­themainspeaker, thesub-speakerpair orallthreespeakers. Oneorbothoftheindicators (MAIN, SUB)lightstoreflecttheselection. CD Trainer h jkl z c ;x vbn m InadditiontostandardCDplayerfunctions, theCD Traineralsohasatuner, ametronome, anoscillatorand otherfeatures. hCD player cover lLOOP I/Okey , . Useforloopplayback. PressthiskeytosettheloopINpoint(starting point)forthecurrentlyplayingorpausedCD. Press thiskeyagaintosettheOUTpoint(endingpoint) andstartloopplaybackautomatically. WhenINandOUTpointsareset, pressandhold thiskeytoturnloopplaybackbetweentheINand OUTpointsONandOFF. WhenINandOUTpointsarenotset, pressandhold thiskeytoturnsingletrackoralltrackrepeatON andOFF. (See"Repeatplaybackofaselectedloop" and"Alltrackorsingletrackrepeatplayback"on page18. ) Lightlypresstheø mark atthefrontofthecoverto opentheplayer. jCD Trainer LCD ShowstheCDTrainerstatus. kTIME/ESC key Whenatimeisdisplayed, pressthiskeytochange thetimedisplaymode. Whenusingamenu, pressthiskeytoreturntothe timedisplay. 10 TASCAM GA-100CD 2 ­ Part names and functions ;GUITAR CANCEL key vTEMPO key PressthiskeytoturnGuitarCancelONandOFF. PressandholdthiskeytoopentheGuitarCancel settingmenu. Inthismenu, pressthiskeytocycle throughsettingitems. (See"Cancelingguitar sounds"onpage19. ) zTUNER/SETUP key PressthiskeytoturntempocontrolONandOFF. [. . . ] More dots light as the string goes further out of tune. 4 When finished tuning, press TIME/ESC to return to the time display. Flat In tune Sharp Tuning in guitar mode 1 Connect a guitar and press TUNER. TUNERappears on the LCD along with the tuning meter. 6E appears on the right side of the LCD, indicating that it is set to tune the 6th string. 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