Behringer Firebird GX108 manual

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    FIREBIRD ® GX108 User´s Manual ENGLISH Version 1.0 May 2001[...]

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    2 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS DET AILED SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS: All the safety and operation instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. Retain Instructions: The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. Heed W arnings: All warnings on the appliance and in the operating instructions should be adhered to. Foll[...]

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    3 1. INTRODUCTION 1. INTRODUCTION With the FIREBIRD you purchased a retro-style guitar amp that offers you lots of practical uses in a really cool design. When developing the GX108, our top-priority goal was to perfect the sound of vintage analog guitar amps and combine it with a set of useful connection and expansion options. With the FIREBIRD GX1[...]

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    4 1. INTRODUCTION 1.2 Control elements 1.2.1 Front panel Fig. 1.1: Front panel control elements 1 INPUT is the GX108 ’ s 1/4" jack input for your guitar. Use a commercial 1/4" jack mono cable with good mechanical and electrical shielding. 2 The GAIN control governs the degree of distortion produced by your GX108. + As high gain settings[...]

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    5 2. INST ALLA TION 8 FUSE HOLDER / VOLTAGE SELECTOR . Please make sure that your local voltage matches the voltage indicated on the unit, before you attempt to connect and operate the GX108. Blown fuses may only be replaced by fuses of the same type and rating. Some models allow for inserting the fuse holder in two different positions, in order to[...]

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    6 3. SPECIFICA TIONS Fig. 2.1: Wiring of mono and PHONES jacks 3. SPECIFICATIONS AUDIO INPUTS Guitar input 1/4" mono jack, approx. 1 M Ω unbalanced T ape input Cinch connector , approx. 25 k Ω unbalanced AUDIO OUTPUTS Phones output 1/4" stereo jack T ape output Cinch connector , approx. 1k Ω unbalanced SYSTEM SPECIFICA TIONS Power a[...]

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    7 4 . WARRANTY § 1 WARRANTY CARD/ONLINE REGISTRATION To be protected by the extended warranty, the buyer must complete and return the enclosed warranty card within 14 days of the date of purchase to BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH, in accordance with the conditions stipulated in § 3. Failure to return the card in due time (date as per post[...]