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    PROBASS 500 Oper ation Manual For more information on other great Peavey products, go to your local Peavey dealer or online at www .peav ey .com[...]

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    2 Intended to aler t 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. Intended to aler t the user of the presence of impor tant operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the liter ature accompanying th[...]

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    3 I I M M P P O O R R T T A A N N T T S S A A F F E E T T Y Y I I N N S S T T R R U U C C T T I I O O N N S S W W A A R R N N I I N N G G : : When using electrical products, basic cautions should always be followed, including the following: 1. Read these instructions. 2. K eep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follo w all instructions. 5[...]

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    4 P P R R O O B B A A S S S S 5 5 0 0 0 0 ™ ™ Congratulations on your purchase of the PR OBAS S 500 by Peavey . Y ou’ ll find features and tone galore in this 2-rack space bass amplifier . The PROBASS 500 offers a tube front-end (preamp) section for that smooth tube sound combined with a solid-state amplifier for mind-blowing power . The PROB[...]

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    5 F F r r o o n n t t P P a a n n e e l l 2 1 5 7 9 10 25 6 12 13 8 11 14–22 full parametric EQ 14–22 full parametric EQ 3 4 1 mute switch When this switch is depressed the input is muted for silent tuning or break time! 2 mute status LED When the mute switch is enabled the red mute status LED blinks. 3 input jack This mono 1/4" input will[...]

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    6 14–22 3-band par ametric EQ Each band of the parametric EQ section has a control for: cut/boost ; bandwidth (Q) and frequency . This is a full parametric EQ! All three bands of par ametric EQ overlap‚ giving you control over the entire tonal spectrum. 14‚ 1 7‚ 20 cut/boost This control behaves like any other active EQ control where CW (cl[...]

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    7 R R e e a a r r P P a a n n e e l l 27 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 28 29 27 gr ound polarity switch The ground switch is a 3-position‚ rocker -type switch. Under normal operation it should be in the center (zero) position. If hum or noise is present with the ground switch in the center position‚ place the ground polarity switch to [...]

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    8 35 effects send Output for supplying signal to an external low-lev el effects or signal processing unit. 36 effects mix Since the effects loop on the ProBass 500 is a side-chain effects loop‚ the mix between the dry (unaffected) and w et (effects) signal can be adjusted with this control. When the control is fully CCW‚ ther e will be no effec[...]

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    9 S S Y Y S S T T E E M M S S P P E E C C I I F F I I C C A A T T I I O O N N S S M M a a i i n n s s C C i i r r c c u u i i t t B B r r e e a a k k e e r r : : 5 amps M M a a i i n n s s V V o o l l t t a a g g e e : : 120 V AC 60 Hz P P o o w w e e r r C C o o n n s s u u m m p p t t i i o o n n : : 600 W atts H H u u m m a a n n d d N N o o i i[...]

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    10 Pad OUT for passive and IN for active Hi-boost OUT Low-cut OUT Pad OUT for passive and IN for active Hi-boost I N Low-cut OUT lay .it.down A good general setting for just laying down the groove! phunk.101 Add just a little funk to your sound with these settings. SUGG ESTED SE TTI NGS Below are some suggested settings that should give you a star [...]

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    11 Pad OUT for passive and IN for active Hi-boost OUT Low-cut OUT old.timer Great settings for those classic grooves! Pad OUT for passive and IN for active Hi-boost OUT Low-cut IN smash.your .teeth W orking with the dirt—add some grunge! Pad OUT for passive and IN for active Hi-boost OUT Low-cut OUT p.phunk Carve your way through the cosmos and b[...]

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    12 Rear Panel T uner Send Instrument Level Front P anel Input -10 dB pad switch logic Mute Switch -10 dB Pad In/Out Mute LE D buffer buffer Preamp Gain low cut high boost 12AX7 12A X7 buffer 3-band parametric E Q +/- 15 dB +/- 15 dB +/- 15 dB low high +/- 15 dB contour EQ clip Detect buffer hi-pass cut/boost Preamp signal present frequency frequenc[...]

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    13 P P R R O O B B A A S S S S 5 5 0 0 0 0 ™ ™ Felicidades en tu compra del PROBASS500 de Peavey . Encontrarás un festival de tonos y características en este amplificador de bajo de 2 unidades de rack. El PROBA SS500 ofrece un preamplificador en la parte frontal para ese sonido suave de bulbos combinado con un amplificador solid-state para vo[...]

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    14 F F r r o o n n t t P P a a n n e e l l 2 1 5 7 9 10 25 6 12 13 8 11 14–22 full parametric EQ 14–22 full parametric EQ 3 4 23 24 26 14 15 16 19 22 18 21 17 20 1. interruptor de mute Cuando este interruptor es oprimido la entrada es muteada para afinación silenciosa o práctica sin sonido . 2. L ED de estatus del mute Cuando el interruptor d[...]

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    15 12. L ED de estatus de señal (verde) Se ilumina cuando hay señal presente. 13. Indicador de saturación de señal (rojo) Este LED indica (cuando encendido) que el preamp y circuitos están saturando (distorsionando). Reducir la post ganancia hasta que el LED se apague solucionará el problema. 14-22 EQ paramétrico de 3 bandas Cada banda de la[...]

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    16 27. interruptor de cambio de polaridad de tierra Este es un interruptor de tres posiciones. Durante operación normal debe estar en la posición central (cero). Si se escucha hum o ruido con este interruptor en la posición central, cámbiese a la posición negativa o positiva (+ o -) para minimizar el ruido. Si el problema continua, consulta a [...]

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    17 34. r etorno de efectos Entrada para r egresar señales de una unidad de efectos de bajo nivel o procesador de señal. 35 envío de efectos Salida para enviar señales a una unidad de efectos de bajo nivel o procesador de señal. 36. mezcla de efectos Y a que el circuito de efectos en el ProBass 500 es un circuito encadenado, la mezcla entre la [...]

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    18 S S Y Y S S T T E E M M S S P P E E C C I I F F I I C C A A T T I I O O N N S S M M a a i i n n s s C C i i r r c c u u i i t t B B r r e e a a k k e e r r : : 5 amps M M a a i i n n s s V V o o l l t t a a g g e e : : 120 V AC 60 Hz P P o o w w e e r r C C o o n n s s u u m m p p t t i i o o n n : : 600 W atts H H u u m m a a n n d d N N o o i [...]

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    19 P P R R O O B B A A S S S S 5 5 0 0 0 0 ™ ™ Félicitations pour avoir choisi le PROBASS500 de Peavey , la nouv elle ré férence pour l’amplification de guitare basse. Dans un chassis compact 2-unités rack, le PROBASS500 offre des possibilités qui en font l’outil de travail idéal aussi bien pour le débutant que le joueur confirmé . [...]

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    20 F F r r o o n n t t P P a a n n e e l l 2 1 5 7 9 10 25 6 12 13 8 11 14–22 full parametric EQ 14–22 full parametric EQ 3 4 23 24 26 14 15 16 19 22 18 21 17 20 1.Interrupetur de mode silencieux (mute) Quand cet interrupteur est en position ‘sortie’, l’entrée est ‘ silencieuse’, très utile pour s’accorder ou juste pour une pause![...]

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    21 12 L ed de signal (V er te) S’illumine pour indiquer la présence d’un signal. 13 L ed de niv eau de seuil maximum (clip – Rouge) S’illumine pour indiquer la présence d’un signal dont le niveau, tr op é levé, ne permet pas à votr e unité de fonctionner correctement. Ré duire le Post G ain vous permettra de résoudre cette situati[...]

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    22 R R e e a a r r P P a a n n e e l l 29. Interrupteur de polarité Ce sélecteur vous permet de varier la polarité par rapport à votre source d’alimentation. Ce sélecteur n ’est pas actif sur les unités 220/240V . 28 Interrupteur de réinitialisation du coupe circuit Utilisez cet interrupteur pour réinitialiser votr e unité après que l[...]

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    23 36 effects mix V u que la boucle d’effet est de type latéral, ce contrôle rotatif vous permet de sélectionner la part des signaux d’effets/directs dans votr e signal de sortie. En position contre-hor aire (Dr y), seul le signal direct sera présent dans votre signal de sor tie. En position horaire (Wet), seul le signal traité par le proc[...]

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    24 S S Y Y S S T T E E M M S S P P E E C C I I F F I I C C A A T T I I O O N N S S M M a a i i n n s s C C i i r r c c u u i i t t B B r r e e a a k k e e r r : : 5 amps M M a a i i n n s s V V o o l l t t a a g g e e : : 120 V AC 60 Hz P P o o w w e e r r C C o o n n s s u u m m p p t t i i o o n n : : 600 W atts H H u u m m a a n n d d N N o o i [...]

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    25 P P R R O O B B A A S S S S 5 5 0 0 0 0 ™ ™ Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum K auf Ihr es PR OBAS S500 von Peavey . Dieser nur zwei Rack-Höhen messende Bassv erstärker bietet Ihnen unzählige F unktionen und Sounds. Der PROBASS500 ist mit einer Röhreneingangsstufe (V or verstärkerstufe), die den gewünschten runden Röhrensound liefert, sowie[...]

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    26 F F r r o o n n t t P P a a n n e e l l 2 1 5 7 9 10 25 6 12 13 8 11 14–22 full parametric EQ 14–22 full parametric EQ 3 4 23 24 26 14 15 16 19 22 18 21 17 20 1. Mute-Schalter Durch Drücken dieses Schalters wird der Eingang stummgeschaltet, so dass ein geräuschloses Stimmen möglich ist – oder auch mal eine Pause gemacht werden kann! 2 M[...]

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    27 11 Contour -Regler Wird dieser R egler im Uhrzeigersinn gedreht, ist ein EQ mit speziellem V oicing möglich. Wird der R egler vollständig im umgekehrten Uhrzeigersinn gedreht (auf 0), wird kein V oicing hinzugefügt. (Dieser R egler ä hnelt den alten passiven Röhren-EQs mit angehobenen Tiefen und Höhen und abgesenkten Mitten.) 12 Signalstat[...]

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    28 25 Po wer LED/DDT -Anzeige Steht dieser Schalter auf der Position “ON”, leuchtet die LED grün auf. Während des Normalbetriebs fungier t diese LED zudem als DDT/Clip-Anzeige. Die LED leuchtet rot auf , wenn der DDT -Lautsprecherschutz greift oder wenn Clipping am V erstärker vorliegt (bei deaktivier ter DDT -F unktion). 26 Po wer -Schalter[...]

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    29 31 Po wer Amp Input Hiermit werden Line-P egelsignale an den V erstärker angeschlossen (z.B. ein externer V or verstärker). W ird diese Klinke verwendet, so wird der interne Vorverstärker abgetrennt. 32 Preamp out Der V or verstärkerausgang kann eingesetzt werden, um das verstärkte Signal an ein Mischpult, ein T onbandgerät oder ein andere[...]

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    30 S S Y Y S S T T E E M M S S P P E E C C I I F F I I C C A A T T I I O O N N S S M M a a i i n n s s C C i i r r c c u u i i t t B B r r e e a a k k e e r r : : 5 amps M M a a i i n n s s V V o o l l t t a a g g e e : : 120 V AC 60 Hz P P o o w w e e r r C C o o n n s s u u m m p p t t i i o o n n : : 600 W atts H H u u m m a a n n d d N N o o i [...]

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    31 PEA VEY ELECTR ON ICS CO RPORA TION LIM ITED WARRA NTY Effective Date: July 1, 1998 W W h h a a t t T T h h i i s s W W a a r r r r a a n n t t y y C C o o v v e e r r s s Y our Peav ey Warr anty covers defects in material and workmanship in Peav ey products purchased and serviced in the U.S.A. and Canada. W W h h a a t t T T h h i i s s W W a a[...]

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    Featur es and specifications subject to change without notice. Peav ey Electr onics Corporation • 711 A Str eet • Meridian • MS • 39301 (601) 483-5365 • F A X (601) 486-1278 • www .peavey .com ©2002 Printed in the U.S.A. 7/02 80304909[...]