Vox AD100VT-XL manual

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Buen manual de instrucciones

Las leyes obligan al vendedor a entregarle al comprador, junto con el producto, el manual de instrucciones Vox AD100VT-XL. La falta del manual o facilitar información incorrecta al consumidor constituyen una base de reclamación por no estar de acuerdo el producto con el contrato. Según la ley, está permitido adjuntar un manual de otra forma que no sea en papel, lo cual últimamente es bastante común y los fabricantes nos facilitan un manual gráfico, su versión electrónica Vox AD100VT-XL o vídeos de instrucciones para usuarios. La condición es que tenga una forma legible y entendible.

¿Qué es un manual de instrucciones?

El nombre proviene de la palabra latina “instructio”, es decir, ordenar. Por lo tanto, en un manual Vox AD100VT-XL se puede encontrar la descripción de las etapas de actuación. El propósito de un manual es enseñar, facilitar el encendido o el uso de un dispositivo o la realización de acciones concretas. Un manual de instrucciones también es una fuente de información acerca de un objeto o un servicio, es una pista.

Desafortunadamente pocos usuarios destinan su tiempo a leer manuales Vox AD100VT-XL, sin embargo, un buen manual nos permite, no solo conocer una cantidad de funcionalidades adicionales del dispositivo comprado, sino también evitar la mayoría de fallos.

Entonces, ¿qué debe contener el manual de instrucciones perfecto?

Sobre todo, un manual de instrucciones Vox AD100VT-XL debe contener:
- información acerca de las especificaciones técnicas del dispositivo Vox AD100VT-XL
- nombre de fabricante y año de fabricación del dispositivo Vox AD100VT-XL
- condiciones de uso, configuración y mantenimiento del dispositivo Vox AD100VT-XL
- marcas de seguridad y certificados que confirmen su concordancia con determinadas normativas

¿Por qué no leemos los manuales de instrucciones?

Normalmente es por la falta de tiempo y seguridad acerca de las funcionalidades determinadas de los dispositivos comprados. Desafortunadamente la conexión y el encendido de Vox AD100VT-XL no es suficiente. El manual de instrucciones siempre contiene una serie de indicaciones acerca de determinadas funcionalidades, normas de seguridad, consejos de mantenimiento (incluso qué productos usar), fallos eventuales de Vox AD100VT-XL y maneras de solucionar los problemas que puedan ocurrir durante su uso. Al final, en un manual se pueden encontrar los detalles de servicio técnico Vox en caso de que las soluciones propuestas no hayan funcionado. Actualmente gozan de éxito manuales de instrucciones en forma de animaciones interesantes o vídeo manuales que llegan al usuario mucho mejor que en forma de un folleto. Este tipo de manual ayuda a que el usuario vea el vídeo entero sin saltarse las especificaciones y las descripciones técnicas complicadas de Vox AD100VT-XL, como se suele hacer teniendo una versión en papel.

¿Por qué vale la pena leer los manuales de instrucciones?

Sobre todo es en ellos donde encontraremos las respuestas acerca de la construcción, las posibilidades del dispositivo Vox AD100VT-XL, el uso de determinados accesorios y una serie de informaciones que permiten aprovechar completamente sus funciones y comodidades.

Tras una compra exitosa de un equipo o un dispositivo, vale la pena dedicar un momento para familiarizarse con cada parte del manual Vox AD100VT-XL. Actualmente se preparan y traducen con dedicación, para que no solo sean comprensibles para los usuarios, sino que también cumplan su función básica de información y ayuda.

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    E 1 AD50VT -XL AD15VT -XL AD30VT -XL AD100VT -XL[...]

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    IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS • Read these instructions. •K eep these instructions. • Heed all warnings. •F ollow all instructions. • Do not use this apparatus near water . • Mains powered appar atus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as v ases, shall be placed on the apparatus[...]

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    3 Ta b le of Contents Introduction ....................................................................................... 4 Welcome aboard! ............................................................................ 4 Main features ................................................................................... 4 Signal path ..................[...]

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    4 Intr oduction W ELCOME ABOARD ! hanks f or choosing the V O X AD15VT -XL, AD30VT -XL, AD50VT -XL or AD100VT -XL V alv etronix amp. T o ensure a long and troub le-free relationship with your ne w amp, please read this manual carefully , use the amp as directed and keep the manual f or future ref erence. M AIN FEATURES • The XL-series uses V alve[...]

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    5 S IGNAL PATH Y our guitar sound passes through the follo wing sections. (Y ou can refer to “The Guitar ist’ s Guided P anel T our” while you read the e xplanation that f ollows .) V ALVE R EACTOR T ECHNOLOGY T HE P OWER ( AMP ) AND THE G LORY ! alv e Reactor technology was first used on the V O X AD60VT & AD120VT V al- v etronix amps. [...]

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    6 Apar t from the vital valv e tone this ingenious power amp design provides , it also allows us to replicate v ar ious “circuit characteristics” that are unique to the all-v alv e pow er stages of the amps we’v e modelled. These “characteristics” include: Class A or Class AB operation, Presence and Resonance (lo w end) control circuitr y[...]

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    7 C HECKING OUT THE PRESET PROGRAMS 1. Press the top panel PRESET button. The PRESET LED will light (this means you’ re in Preset mode). 2. T urn the AMP selector to select an amp type . F or each amp type you select, a preset containing a typical sound f or that type will be selected; i.e., the GAIN, V OLUME, TREBLE, MIDDLE, BASS , and eff ect s[...]

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    8 The Guitarist’ s Guided P anel T our In this chapter we’ re going to take a look at the top and rear panels of y our V alvetronix amp . A. T op P anel 1. I NPUT SECTION This is where you plug in y our guitar . 2. A MP SECTION Here’ s where you mak e y our settings. AMP selector switc h This selects one of the amp type models. As mentioned e[...]

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    9 TREBLE, MIDDLE, and B ASS This trio of knobs allow you to dial in the e xact amount of high, mid, and low fre- quencies. Also, as y ou’ d e xpect (and hope!), the exact manner in which each one of these controls behav es and also interacts with the others is dependant on the amp model selected. T ur n to the “Amp models and eff ects” sectio[...]

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    10 T AP (EDIT 2) and LED This button enab les you to set the speed of a modulation-type eff ect (such as CHOR US or FLANGER) the delay time REVERB length; simply press the b utton twice at the desired inter val. The LED blinks at the specified speed or time . HINT : To set the time to exactly match the tempo of a song, press the T AP button se v- [...]

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    11 WRITE button Use this button to sa ve a ne w program into CH1 or CH2. Refer to “Stor ing your program” (page 17). 5. P OWER SWITCH When the power is on, the indicator located abov e the switch will be lit. B. Rear P anel AC power This is where you connect the included po wer cord. FOO T SW Y ou can connect the optional VFS2 dual foot s witch[...]

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    12 This control lets you get that highly desir able , fat, w ar m sound of the V alv etronix pow er stage being driven hard (a common trait of all g reat v alve po wer amps), at va r ious lev els. This will enable y ou to play comf or tably in a small room or compro- mising your all-important tone. LINE/PHONE Use this jac k if you’ re plugging di[...]

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    13 About the three operating modes he XL-series contains elev en “preset progr ams. ” T o select one of these, enter Pre- set mode (which simply means, press the PRESET b utton) and tur n the AMP selector . There are also two re writable “channel programs” which you can select by press- ing the CH button or b y using the optional VFS2 f oot[...]

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    14 S WITCHING CHANNELS With either the CH1 or CH2 LED lit, press the CH s witch. The channel will change each time you press the b utton, and the program stored in each channel will be recalled. (The ph ysical settings of the top panel selector knobs and control knobs are ignored at this time.) HINT : If the optional VFS2 dual foot s witch is conne[...]

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    15 Creating and storing y our o wn pr ogram here are two w a ys you can do this; b y tweaking an e xisting preset program that’ s close to what you ha ve in mind, or b y star ting from scratch. C REATING YOUR OWN PROGRAM Let’ s star t from scratch. 1. Choose any pr ogram in Preset or Channel Select mode , or select Manual mode. HINT : Since we?[...]

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    16 HINT : F or details on the effects , ref er to “Amp models and eff ects” (page 20). 8. When y ou’ve come up with a sound y ou like , store the program. NO TE: In Preset or Channel Select mode, the changes y ou made will be lost if you s witch to a diff erent program or Man ual mode or tur n off the pow er without storing the program first[...]

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    17 S TORING YOUR PROGRAM When you’v e come up with a sound you lik e, y ou should store (wr ite) the program. 1. Press the WRITE button. The CH1 or CH2 LED will blink. 2. Press the CH button to select the c hannel in which y ou want to store your program. The program will be stored in the channel whose indicator is blink- ing. HINT : If , during [...]

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    18 R ESTORING THE FACTORY SETTINGS Here’ s how y ou can restore the f actor y settings. NO TE: If you do this , the programs y ou saved in the channels will be completely er ased, and will be reset to the f actor y settings. NO TE: Eff ect and noise reduction settings made in the Manual mode will also be erased. 1. T urn the power off. 2. While h[...]

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    19 Using the VFS2 dual f oot switc h f the optional VFS2 dual foot s witch (sold separately) is connected to the rear panel FOO T SW jack, you can use it to s witch programs or turn effect b ypass on/off. S WITCHING THE CHANNEL PROGRAM ( SWITCH 1) Each time you press the VFS2’ s left s witch (switch 1), y ou’ll alter nate between CH1 and CH2. N[...]

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    20 Amp models and effects In this section we’ re going to talk about the ele v en amp models and eff ects. XL A MP MODELS F or the XL range of amplifiers , we w anted to design an amp with a selection of sounds that would span the entire range of hea vy music. We already had a truckload of great amp models from the acclaimed "VT" or &q[...]

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    21 T UBE T ALK Us Brits call ’em valv es while our US cousins call ’em tubes ... as the saying goes: England and America are merely two countries divided by a common language! Anyw a y , call ’em what you will, these w ondrous glass bottles lie at the tonal hear t of each of our 11 models. As all the amps we’ve modeled hail from one of the [...]

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    22 GLASS F or this amp type, w e modeled the Clean channel of a v er y rare, v er y expensiv e and respected 100 Watt head named the Ov erdr iv e Special. We auditioned se v- eral top-shelf boutique amps f or this model but this amp was the clear winner . Its beautifully rounded low-end, delightfully tr ansient mid-range attac k and s weet tre- ble[...]

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    23 Original’ s valve compliment: 5 x ECC83s & 1 x ECC82 in preamp , 1 x GZ34 rectifier , 4 x EL84s in power amp . THRASHED This is modeled on a 1983, all tube, single channel 100 W att head that boasts a Master V olume control - a wonderful feature that allo ws the user to dial in a great crunch tone without having to max out the amp’ s vo[...]

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    24 FLUID If f ast, legato licks and thic k saturated chunking is your thing, look no fur ther . Again, we star ted with our "UK Moder n" model which is modeled on the High Gain channel of a moder n, all-tube 100 W atter . But this time we modded the mid-range EQ to emphasize the almost v ocal-like midrange f av ored by certain legato styl[...]

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    25 E FFECTS The XL-series provides ele v en of the most popular eff ects (some eff ects actually com- bine two eff ects). you can adjust the SPEED parameter of modulation eff ects or the TIME parameter of dela y/rev erb effects simply b y pressing the T AP s witch twice. In addition to using the EDIT 1 knob to adjust the most impor tant parameters,[...]

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    26 COMP W ant to play a clean passage that needs to be nice , smooth, and e v en? Need a bit more sustain on a lead line? Then look no fur ther ; COMP is the eff ect f or y ou. It’ s modeled on a compressor pedal that is hugely popular due to the percussiv e clean sound it can pro- duce — making it perf ect f or ’80s and ’90s pop and funk r[...]

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    27 FLANGER A model of a truly classic flanger that “unchained” a highly influential moder n guitarist who many hail as the “godfather of tw o-handed tapping. ” TREMOLO This eff ect is based on the highly acclaimed tremolo circuit f ound in an amplifier modeled f or one of our amp models, “FUNKED . ” ROTARY This models a rotar y speak[...]

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    28 DELAY This is a model of one of the most respected analogue tape echo machines e v er made. In the original the “echo” is produced by a pla yback head and the e xact “dela y time” is set by var ying the motor speed. Many prof essionals prefer these “lo-fi” units because of the war m, dark echoes they produce . HINT : In the CHOR US+[...]

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    29 Tr oub leshooting 1.The amp isn’t powering up when the PO WER switc h is ON. ➢ Is the pow er cable plugged into the A C power connector on the rear panel of the amp? ➢ Is the pow er cable plugged into an A C outlet? ➢ Is the A C outlet s witched on and actually working? ➢ Does the pow er cable w ork? 2. There’ s no sound coming from [...]

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    30 ➢ Check the settings of the GAIN, V OLUME, TREBLE, MIDDLE, and BASS con- trols. On cer tain amp types, if the TREBLE, MIDDLE, and BASS controls are all tur ned down, there will be little or no sound coming from the amp due to the w a y the circuit of the original works. ➢ If you’ re in Manual mode (the MANU AL LED lit), turn the follo wing[...]

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    31 Specifications * Appearance and specifications of this product are subject to change without notice. URL = http://www .vo xamps.co .uk Number of amp types: 11 Number of effects: 11 Noise reduction: 1 Number of programs: 11 preset, 2 channel Input/output jacks T op panel: 1 x INPUT Rear panel: 1 x FOO T SW jack, 1 x LINE/PHONE jac k (AD50VT -XL[...]

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    32 Pr ogrammer’ s Cheat Sheet W anna remember how you set up y our fa v ourite programs? Well this is the place to do it! Simply do as f ollows: 1. Indicate where all the knobs are set by dr awing a line in the empty circles . 2. Indicate which MODULA TION, DELA Y & REVERB effects are being used b y colouring in the relev ant LED 3. Don'[...]

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    33 PROGRAM NAME: NO TE: NR ( NOISE REDUCTION ): POWER LEVEL EDIT2[T AP+EDIT 1]: /T AP EDIT3[BYP ASS+EDIT 1]: PROGRAM NAME: NO TE: NR ( NOISE REDUCTION ): POWER LEVEL EDIT2[T AP+EDIT 1]: /T AP EDIT3[BYP ASS+EDIT 1]: PROGRAM NAME: NO TE: NR ( NOISE REDUCTION ): POWER LEVEL EDIT2[T AP+EDIT 1]: /T AP EDIT3[BYP ASS+EDIT 1]:[...]

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    34 PROGRAM NAME: NO TE: NR ( NOISE REDUCTION ): POWER LEVEL EDIT2[T AP+EDIT 1]: /T AP EDIT3[BYP ASS+EDIT 1]: PROGRAM NAME: NO TE: NR ( NOISE REDUCTION ): POWER LEVEL EDIT2[T AP+EDIT 1]: /T AP EDIT3[BYP ASS+EDIT 1]: PROGRAM NAME: NO TE: NR ( NOISE REDUCTION ): POWER LEVEL EDIT2[T AP+EDIT 1]: /T AP EDIT3[BYP ASS+EDIT 1]:[...]

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    1 E 7 IMPORT ANT NO TICE T O CONSUMERS This product has been manuf actured according to strict specifications and voltage requirements that are applicab le in the countr y in which it is intended that this product should be used. If you ha ve purchased this product via the internet, through mail order, and/or via a telephone sale , you m ust v erif[...]