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    CA30D Acoustic Amplifier User ’ s Guide[...]

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    CA30D Acoustic Amplifier T able of Contents: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Connecting to the Insert jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 [...]

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    3 CA30D Acoustic Amplifier Intr oduction: T o keep this amplifier looking its best, avoid abrasive cleansers. W ipe the cabinet clean using a slightly dampened cloth. Never use brass cleaners on the hardwar e since they could damage their pro- tective coatings. Congratulations! Y ou are now the pr oud owner of one of Crate’s latest contributions [...]

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    CA30D Acoustic Amplifier 4 The Fr ont Panel: 1: Power . Use this switch to apply power to the amplifier: the amp is on when the top of the switch is depressed, of f when the bottom of the switch is depressed. The switch illuminates when the amp is on. 2: Line Out. Use this jack to connect a high impedance, unbalanced line level signal to a house so[...]

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    5 CA30D Acoustic Amplifier Connecting to the Insert Jack: The Insert jack (#3) allows you to patch external effects into the amplifier just prior to its power amp stage. T o connect the effect to the Insert jack use Crate’ s STP201, STP202, or STP203 stereo-to-mono Y -cord, ar an adapter such as Crate’ s YPP117 and two shielded signal cables te[...]

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    CA30D Acoustic Amplifier 6 The DSP Section: The CA30D features Crate’s DSP Digital Signal Processing. Use the Effects Mode contr ol (#5) to select which type of effect will be applied to the amp’s output signal. Use the Effects Level contr ol (#4) to adjust the level of the effect. The chart below lists the names of the effects as they appear o[...]

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    7 CA30D Acoustic Amplifier System Block Diagram: CH. 2 INPUT LOW LEVEL MODE MID CONTOUR HIGH GAIN CH. 1 INPUT GAIN INSERT LINE OUT POWER AMP WOOFER TWEETER ∑ EFFECTS The T ilt Back Feature: There ar e instances when you may need to tilt the amplifier back to better project its sound towar ds your ears (as a near-field monitor) or towards your aud[...]

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    Specifications and information in this manual are subject to change without notice. Output Power Rating: 30 watts RMS @ 1% distortion High: +/-15dB @ 10kHz Mid: +/-15dB @ 400–1.2kHz (Contour) Low: +/-15dB @ 80Hz Input Impedance: 1.5M ohm Input Sensitivity: 20mV RMS Sens. to Line out: 20mV Max Input Signal: 10v RMS (28v peak to peak) Insert Jack: [...]