Crate Amplifiers CPB150 manual

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    User ’ s Guide CPB1 50 1 50 W att Stereo Guitar Amplifier[...]

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    CPB150 PowerBlock 150 Watt Stereo Guitar Amplifier IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • READ, FOLLOW , HEED, AND KEEP ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND W ARNINGS. • DO NOT OPERA TE NEAR ANY HEA T SOURCE AND DO NOT BLOCK ANY VENTILA TION OPENINGS ON THIS APP ARA TUS. FOR PROPER OPERA TION, THIS UNIT REQUIRES 3” (75mm) OF WELL VENTILA TED SP ACE AROUND HEA TSIN[...]

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    CPB150 PowerBlock 150 Watt Stereo Guitar Amplifier Congratulations and thank you for choosing another Crate first in guitar amplification: the Crate CPB150 PowerBlock TM 150 watt stereo guitar amplifier . The PowerBlock packs a lot of power and patching options into an amazingly compact and light weight package: 75 watts per channel @ 4 ohms, or 15[...]

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    CPB150 PowerBlock 150 Watt Stereo Guitar Amplifier 4 1 2 3 8 4 5 6 7 The Front Panel: 1. INPUT : Use this 1/4” jack to connect your instrument to the amplifier by means of a shielded instrument cable. 2. GAIN: Use this control to adjust the signal level at the Input jack (#1). As you rotate this control clockwise, overdrive distortion is added to[...]

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    5 13 11 10 9 12 14 15 16 The Rear Panel: 9. SPEAKER OUTPUTS: Use these jacks to connect the amplifier to your speaker cabi- nets. Observe the wattage and impedance rat- ings adjacent to each jack. The Mono output is to be used when the Bridge Mono switch (#10) is depressed. The Right and Left jacks are to be used when running the amplifier in the s[...]

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    CPB150 PowerBlock 150 Watt Stereo Guitar Amplifier The Effects Loop Snd/Rtn jack allows for virtually noise free connection of external effects. Y ou will need a stereo-to-dual-mono 1/4” adapter as described in the illustrations below . This T/R/S jack is wired as follows: tip = return, ring = send, sleeve = ground. 6 Using the Ef fects Loop Jack[...]

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    7 CPB150 PowerBlock 150 Watt Stereo Guitar Amplifier System Block Diagram: CD INPUT BRIDGE MONO SPEAKER OUTPUTS LEFT MON O RIGH T LEFT RIGHT INPUT GAIN HIGH MID LOW LEVEL PREAMP LINE IN LEFT/MONO EFFECTS LOOP SND/RTN LINE OUT LEVEL LINE OUT LINE IN RIGHT SPEAKER SIM LEFT SPEAKER SIM RIGHT + + – Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer ’ s Name: S[...]

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    CPB150 TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS: Output Power Rating Mono 150W RMS @ 10% THD @ 8 ohms Stereo 75W RMS @ 10% THD per side @ 4 ohms Input Impedance Instrument 700k ohm CD 22k ohm Line In 22k ohm T otal System Gain (all controls @10) Instrument 91dB CD 33dB Line 34dB Maximum Input Signal Accepted 8 volts peak to peak T one Controls Low 20dB range @ 1 [...]