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  • Page 1

    F XT120 F XT1 20 Guitar Amplifier with Digital Signal Processing and Channel T racking User ’ s Guide[...]

  • Page 2

    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 PROVISIONS IN THE CABINET . ?[...]

  • Page 3

    The Digital Signal Processor: 3 F XT120 Guitar Amp with DSP & Channel T racking The FXT120’s Digital Signal Processor provides 16 exciting digital ef fects. Use the DSP Selector con- trol to choose the desired effect, then use the DSP Level control to mix in the desired amount of effect. The effects are described below: FLNG 1 slow deep flang[...]

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    The Front Panel: 1 2 4 6 7 8 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 17 18 9 5 3 19 1: INPUT : Use this jack to connect your guitar to the amplifier by means of a shielded instrument cable. OVERDRIVE CHANNEL: A high gain channel giving you sounds from a slight edge to serious overdrive. 2: GAIN 1: Use this control to adjust the amount of light disto[...]

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    18: POWER: Use this switch to turn the amplifier on (top of the switch depressed) and off (bottom of the switch depressed). The switch illuminates when the power is on. 19: ELECTRONIC TUNER (top panel): The electronic tuner is active whenever the amplifier is truned on, pro- viding constant, “real time” tuning. The bottom row of LEDs indicate w[...]

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    Suggested Settings: Sweet 'n Clean: Just a 'Lil Nasty: Politely Gritty: Octave Down 'n Dirty: Wah Full House: Mean & Obscene: OUT OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN IN 6 F XT120 Guitar Amp with DSP & Channel T racking[...]

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    System Block Diagram: 7 INPUT CHANNEL SELECT FLEX WAVE STAGE LOW VOL MID HIGH LOW SHAPE HIGH LEVEL LEVEL MODE GAIN GAIN SHAPE ACTIVE BUFFER MIX AMP INSERT CLEAN CHANNEL DSP OVERDRIVE CHANNEL POWER AMP SPEAKERS EQ EQ TUNER A BC D EF G DAMPING CIRCUIT EXT. SPEAKER F XT120 Guitar Amp with DSP & Channel T racking[...]

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    FXT120 TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS: Output Power Rating 120W RMS @ 5% THD, 4 Ω , 120 V AC Speaker Size and Rating (2) Custom Design 12”, 8 Ω Input Impedance 470k Ω T otal System Gain Solo Ch 1 10dB, all controls @10 Overdrive Ch 88dB, all controls @10 Clean Ch 58dB, all controls @10 CD Input 29dB Maximum Input Signal Accepted 7 volts peak-to-[...]