Crate Amplifiers KXB100 manual

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  • Page 1

    KXB100 Keyboard Amplifier User ’ s Guide[...]

  • Page 2

    KXB100 Keyboard 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 TSINKS AND OTHER AIR FLOW PROV[...]

  • Page 3

    3 Congratulations! Y ou are now the proud owner of the Crate KXB100 keyboard amplifier . This ver- satile and great sounding amp features a 15” Crate Custom woofer and two LeSon dome tweeters housed in a ported tuned enclosure. Each of the four discreet chan- nels has its own level and reverb/effect control. Channel 1 also has separate low and hi[...]

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    3 7 5 4 3 5 4 8 6 2 1 9 3 5 4 9 3 5 4 10 9 17 1. MIC IN: Use this balanced XLR jack to connect a low impedance balanced microphone signal to Channel 1 of the amplifier by means of a shielded microphone cable. 2. LINE IN: Use this balanced1/4” jack to connect a high impedance microphone or other line level signal to Channel 1 of the amplifier by m[...]

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    9. INPUT : Use this 1/4” jack to connect a keyboard or other line level signal to the corresponding channel by means of a shielded instrument cable. 10. EQUALIZA TION: Use this five-band graphic equalizer to shape the output of the amplifier to best suit your tastes and to compensate for room acoustics. 1 1. REVERB RETURN: Use this control to adj[...]

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    KXB100 Keyboard Amplifier 19. PRE AMP OUT : Use this jack to send a high impedance unbalanced signal from the amplifier to another amplifier or recording device by means of a shielded signal cable. 20. POWER AMP IN: Use this jack to connect a line level signal directly into the internal power amp circuit. When a connector is inserted into this jack[...]

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    KXB100 Keyboard Amplifier 7 LOW HIGH PAT C H B AY REV/ EFF REV/ EFF REV/ EFF REV/ EFF TON ES PEAK SEND PRE AMP OUT PWR AMP IN CHANNEL 1 LINE IN INPUT MIC IN LEVEL REVERB RETURN CROSSOVER POWER AMP W / LIMITER WOOFER TWEETERS CHANNEL 3 RETURN EFFECT RETURN CHANNEL 4 EQUALIZA TION BAL. LINE OUT (HEAD PHONES) LEVEL INPUT INPUT CHANNEL 2 LEVEL LEVEL BA[...]

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    KXB100 Keyboard Amplifier KXB100 TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS: Maximum Signal Accepted Ch. 1 High Z: 10 volts peak to peak; Low Z: 15 volts peak to peak Ch.’s 2, 3 and 4: 10 volts peak to peak Input Power Requirements 1 15 V AC, 60Hz, 1 10V A 100/1 10V AC, 50/60Hz, 1 10V A 230V AC, 50/60Hz, 1 10V A Nominal Input Impedance Ch. 1 High Z: 10k ohms; Low[...]