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RFX200S
Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier
with Stereo Digital Signal
Processing
User’s Guide
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RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,5 The Bottom Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 The DSP Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Storing Your Own Pre
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RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of the Crate RFX200S three-channel guitar amplifier with Stereo Digital Signal Processing (DSP). This rugged amplifier combines out- standing features with serious clean and distorted sounds. Dual DSP controls provide 15 “Must Have” effects and 15 Delay effects which can be combined for a wide variety of sounds. The Save/Tap button allows you to manually set the tempo of many of the effects and to
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G C R N S H E I WAH O N S O P G A WAH R G L H U PHASE E N P S I OCT- P RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP The Top Panel: HIGH HIGH H HIGH IGH HIGH L LOW OW M MID ID LOW LOW M MID ID LOW MID MUTE STEREO G GAIN AIN L LEVEL EVEL GAIN GAIN LEVEL LEVEL GAIN LEVEL 1 1 2 2 IINPUT INPUT NPUT REVERB SAVE / TAP EFFECTS DELAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1: INPUT: Use this jack to connect your guitar to the amplifier by means of a shielded instrument cable. CHANNEL 1 - Featuring a low
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G C R N S H E I WA AH H O N S O P G A W WA AH H R G L H U P PHAS HASE E E N P S I O OCT CT- P RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP HIGH HIGH H HIGH IGH LOW MID LOW MID L LOW OW M MID ID M MUTE MUTE UTE GAIN LEVEL GAIN LEVEL G GAIN AIN L LEVEL EVEL 3 3 INPUT R REVERB EVERB SA S SA AVE / T VE / T VE / TA A AP P P EFFECTS EFFECTS EFFECTS DELA DELA DELAY Y Y 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20: MUTE: This switch, when depressed, mutes the output signal at the speaker jacks and the effects loop
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RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP The Bottom Panel: SPEAKER OUTPUTS STEREO MONO 100 WATTS @ 4 OHM MINIMUM LOAD EFFECTS LOOP EFFECTS LOOP FOOT RIGHT LEFT (CHORUS DRY) (CHORUS WET) SWITCH RETURN SEND RETURN SEND 29 30 31 32 33 34 27: POWER (not shown): 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. 28: AC LINE CORD (not shown): This grounded power cord is to be plugge
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G C N R S H E I O WA AH H N S O P G A WA WAH H R G L H U P PHASE HASE E N P S I O OCT CT- P RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP The DSP Section: The RFX200S features DSP controls R REVERB EVERB for Effects, Delay and Reverb. Complete information about the Effects and Delay controls is given below. The Effects con- S SA SA AVE / T VE / T VE / TA A AP P P E EFFECTS EFFECTS FFECTS DELA D DELA ELAY Y Y trol selects the “pitch modified” and wah effects. Many of these effects have t
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G G G R R R C C N C N N S S S E E E H H H O O O I I I WAH AH WAH AH WAH AH S S S N N N O O O P P P A G A A G G W WA AH H W WA AH H WA WAH H R R R G G G L L L H H H U U U P PH HA ASE SE P PH HA ASE SE P PHASE HASE E E E N N N P P P S S S I I I - O OCT CT O OCT CT- O OCT CT- P P P RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP Storing Your Own Presets: Each channel of the RFX200S has two factory assigned DSP presets, as shown on pages 10 and 11. No matter what the settings of the DSP contr
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RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP Using the Footswitch: The special Crate four-button footswitch supplied with the RFX200S performs a variety of functions. The footswitch allows remote channel selection, remote Tap/Save for each channel, and allows access to an additional DSP preset for each channel of the amplifier. Use only the supplied Crate four-button momentary footswitch with the RFX200S. A standard 5-wire midi cable (supplied) may be used to connect the footswitch to
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G G G C C C R R R N N N S S S H H H E E E I I I WAH AH WAH AH WAH AH O O O N N N S S S O O O P P P G G G A A A WA WAH H W WA AH H WA WAH H R R R G G G L L L H H H U U U PHASE PHASE PH PHA ASE SE P PH HASE ASE E E E N N N P P P S S S I I I - O OCT CT - O OCT CT - OCT OCT P P P RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP DSP Factory Presets: The RFX200S Factory Presets for the DSP section are as follows: Factory Preset 1: Clean w/Chorus, Delay, Reverb REVERB REVERB SA SA SAV VE / T VE /
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G G G C C C R R R N N N S S S H H H E E E I I I WA AH H WA AH H WA AH H O O O N N N S S S O O O P P P G G G A A A WA WAH H W WA AH H WA WAH H R R R G G G L L L H H H U U U PHASE PHASE PHASE PHASE P PHAS HASE E E E E N N N P P P S S S I I I - O OCT CT - O OCT CT OCT OCT- P P P RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP DSP Factory Presets: The RFX200S Factory Presets for the DSP section are as follows: Factory Preset 4: Clean w/Reverb REVERB REVERB SA S SA AVE / T VE / T VE / TA A AP
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G G G G G G R R R R R R N N N N C N C N C C C C S S S S S S E E E E E E H H H H H H O O O O O O I I I I I I WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH S S S S S S N N N N N N O O O O O O P P P P P P A G A G A G A G A G A G WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH R R R R R R G G G G G G L L L L L L H H H H H H U U U U U U PHASE PHASE PHASE PHASE PHASE PHASE E E E E E E N N N N N N P P P P P P S S S S S S I I I I I I - OCT OCT- - OCT OCT- OCT- - OCT P P P P P P RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP Suggested Settin
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G G G G G G R R R R R R N N N N C N C N C C C C S S S S S S E E E E E E H H H H H H O O O O O O I I I I I I WA AH H WA AH H WA AH H WAH AH WA AH H WA AH H S S S S S S N N N N N N O O O O O O P P P P P P A G A G A G A G A G A G W WA AH H W WA AH H W WA AH H W WA AH H W WA AH H W WA AH H R R R R R R G G G G G G L L L L L L H H H H H H U U U U U U P PHASE HASE P PHA HAS SE E P PH HA AS SE E P PH HA AS SE E P PH HA AS SE E P PHA HAS SE E E E E E E E N N N N N N P P P P P P S S S S S S I I I I I I -
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G G G C C C R R R N N N S S S H H H E E E I I I WA AH H WAH AH WA AH H O O O N N N S S S O O O P P P G G G A A A W WA AH H W WA AH H WA WAH H R R R G G G L L L H H H U U U PHASE PHASE PH PHA ASE SE P PH HASE ASE E E E N N N P P P S S S I I I - O OCT CT - O OCT CT - OCT OCT P P P RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP DSP “Fill in the Blanks” (User Settings): Copy this page to fill in your own DSP Presets! User Preset: R REVERB EVERB SA S SA AV VE / T VE / T E / TA A AP P P EFFECT
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RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP System Block Diagram: TUNER A BC D EF G CHANNEL 1 FLEX INPUT WAVE BUFFER LEVEL (LOW INPUT GAIN) GAIN HIGH MID LOW CHANNEL 2 FLEX WAVE LEVEL (MEDIUM GAIN) GAIN HIGH MID LOW CHANNEL 3 FLEX FOOTSWITCH WAVE 1 2 3 4 LEVEL (HIGH GAIN) GAIN HIGH MID LOW MUTE SWITCH CONTROLLER MONO EFFECTS LOOP RETURN SEND DSP TAP/ POWER A/B SEND RETURN SAVE AMP 2 DSP SPEAKER OUTPUTS RIGHT (CHORUS STEREO EFFECTS LOOP DRY) DAMPING REVERB DELAY EFFE
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RFX200S Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP RFX200S TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Output Power Rating 70W per channel @5% THD, 8 ohm load 100W per channel @5% THD, 4 ohm load Speaker Size and Rating (2) Celestion Seventy 80W 12” 8 ohm Input Impedance 470kΩ Total System Gain Ch 1 74dB, all controls @10 Ch 2 88dB, all controls @10 Ch 3 103dB, all controls @10 Maximum Input Signal Accepted 5 volts peak-to-peak Channel 1 Low Control 26dB range @ 70Hz Mid Control 10dB range @ 900Hz High Contro
