Hughes & Kettner RED BOX MSD-185007/07 manual

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    1 Bedienungshinweise 1.1 Deutsch MS D-1850 07/07 RedBox_BDA1_1_6,5pt.indd 1 10.08.2007 14:42:52[...]

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    2 RedBox_BDA1_1_6,5pt.indd 2 10.08.2007 14:42:53[...]

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    3 Die Hughes & Kettner Red Box Classic verwandelt Line-Out- und Speaker-Out-Signale von Gitarr en - verstärker n in symmetrierte, fr equenzkorrigierte Signale, und er möglicht so den dir ekten An - schluss an ein Mischpult. Dabei kann eine 4 x 12" Cabinet- oder 2 x 12" Combo-Charakteristik ge - wählt wer den. V or teile • kein Mi[...]

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    4 Betrieb an Röhr enverstärkern, T ransistor verstärkern & Vorstufen Röhr enendstufen sind entscheidend am Sound- ver halten eines Gitarr enverstärkers beteiligt. Bei Einsatz eines Röhr enverstärkers empfiehlt es sich daher , das Lautspr echersigna l (Speaker) zur Soundabnahme zu verwenden. Bei T ransis - torverstärker n ist wegen des [...]

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    5 T r ouble Shooting Di e Red B ox is t ver kab elt , abe r es lieg t kei n Sig nal am Balanced Out an: • Spannungsversorgung für die Red Box ist nicht vor handen. Stellen Sie die Spannungsver - sorgung dur ch das Einsetzen einer 9 V Block batterie oder V erwendung eines entspr echen - den Netzteiles oder Einschalten der Phantom Power am Mischpu[...]

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    6 Das Balanced Out Signal brummt: • Die V ersorgungsspannung für die Red Box ist zu klein. Bitte überprüfen Sie die Batterie bzw. das verwendete Netzteil. • Über die Er dung des angeschlossenen Misch- pults/T apes besteht eine Brummschleife. Betätigen Sie den Gr ound Lift Schalter auf der Unterseite der Redbox, verwenden Sie hierzu einen k[...]

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    7 Line In 6,3 mm Klinkenbuchse: unsymmetrisch Impedanz: 15 k Ω max. Pegel mit 9 V Batterie/Netzteil: +10 dBV 48 V Phantomspeisung: + 24 dBV Str omversorgung E x t e rne s N e t z t e i l : 9 - 1 5 V A C o d e r 9 - 2 4 V D C mind. 10mA Phantomspeisung über Balanced Out-Buchse: 48 V DC Batterie: 9 V Blockbatterie typ. Str omverbrauch: 2 mA/9 V - [...]

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    8 Operating Instr uctions 1.1 English RedBox_BDA1_1_6,5pt.indd 8 10.08.2007 14:42:53[...]

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    9 RedBox_BDA1_1_6,5pt.indd 9 10.08.2007 14:42:53[...]

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    10 The Hughes & Kettner Red Box Classic converts Line Out and Speaker Out signals into balan - ced, fr equency-compensated signals, enabling a dir ect feed to a mixer . The Red Box Classic fea - tur es two voicing options, a 4 x12" cabinet and a 2 x12" combo. Benefits • No mic r equir ed • No sound deviations due to dif fer ent m[...]

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    11 Operating the Red Box with tube amps, solid state amps & pr eamps: The power amp stage in an all-tube amp is instru- mental in shaping your guitar amp‘s tone, which is why we r ecommend you tap the power amp speaker signal (Speaker) when utilizing a tube amp. The pr eamp signal (Line Out) is pr eferable for solid state amps due to lower no[...]

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    12 T r oubleshooting The Red Box is connected, but no signal is r outed to the Balanced Out jack: • The Red Box is not r eceiving power . Insert a 9V block battery, plug in the pr oper adapter , or switch the mixer desk‘s phantom power on. • Y ou ar e using an unbalanced plug adaptor . Its pin assignments do not match the Balanced Out jack‘[...]

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    13 • A c t i v a t e y o u r a m p ‘ s o r t h e m i x e r / re c o rd e r ’ s g ro u n d l i f t s wi tc h , o r u s e a tr a n s f o r m e r t o g a l v a n i - c a l l y s e p a r a t e t h e l i n e c i rc u i t . • T h e c o n n e c t i n g c ab le i s p o o r l y p os it io n e d a n d i s p i c k i n g up i n t e rfe ren c e fro m a [...]

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    14 T echnical Specifications Balanced Out: electr onically balanced XL R j ack 1= GND /2 = +/ 3 = - 600 o h m s Impedance: 600 ohms Damping: Line In/ DI Out: 24 db Speaker In/ DI Out: 54 db Speaker In: 1/4" jack: unbalanced Impedance: 500 K-ohms Max. level with 9 V battery/adaptor: +40 dbV 48 V phantom power: +54 dbV , Line In: 1/4" jack[...]