lx35-lx35r manual - 2006 - issue 1

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SA V E T H ESE IN ST R U C T I O N S

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTION S

WARNING: W hen us ing e lec t r i c p r oduc t s , basic cau t ions shou ld a lways be fo l low ed , inc lud ing the fo l low ing .1 . Read al l sa fety and ope r a t ing ins t r uc t io ns be fo r e us ing th is p r oduc t2 . T h e p r o d u c t s h o u l d b e p o w e r e d b y a t h r e e p i n ` gr o u n d e d ( o r e ar t h e d ) p l u g c o n n ec t e d t o a p o w e r s o c k e t w i t h a gr o u n d e d e a r t h o u t l e t .3 . A l l safe ty and ope r a t ing ins t r uc t io ns shou ld be r e ta ined fo r fu tu r e r e fe r ence4 . O bey al l cau t ion s in the O per a t ing ins t r uc t io ns and on the back o f the un i t5 . A l l ope r a t ing ins t r uc t io ns shou ld be fo l low ed6 . Th is p r o duc t shou ld n o t be used nea r wa te r , i .e . a bath t ub , s ink , sw im ming po o l , we t basemen t , e tc .7 . Th is p r od uc t shou ld be loca ted so tha t i t s pos i t ion d oes no t in t e r fe r e w i th i t s p r ope r ven t i lat ion . I t shou ld no t be p laced f la t aga inst a wa l l o r p laced in a bu i lt up enc losu r e tha t

w i l l impede the f low o f coo l ing a i r .8 . Th is p r od uc t shou ld no t be p laced near a sou r ce o f hea t such as sto ve , r ad ia to r , o r ano the r hea t p r od uc ing amp l i f i e r.9 . C o n n e c t o n l y t o a p o w e r s u p p l y o f t h e t y p e m a r k e r o n t h e u n i t a d j ac e n t t o t h e p o w e r s u p p ly c o r d .1 0 . N e v er b r e a k o f f t h e g r o u n d p i n o n a p o w e r s u pp l y c o r d .11 . Power supp ly co r ds shou ld a lways be hand led car e fu l l y. N eve r w a lk o r p lace equ ipmen t on po wer supp ly co r ds . Pe r iod ica l l y check co r ds fo r cu t s o r s igns o f s t r ess , espec ia l ly a t

t h e p l u g an d t h e p o i n t w h e r e t h e c h o r d e x i t s t h e u n i t .1 2 . T h e p o w e r s u p p l y co r d s ho u l d b e u n p l u g ge d w h e n t h e u n i t i s t o b e u n u se d f o r l o n g p e r i o d s o f t i m e .13 . I f th is p r oduc t i s to be moun ted in an equ ipmen t r ack , r ea r suppo r t shou ld be p r ov ided .14 . The use r shou ld a l low easy access to any ma ins p lug, ma ins coup le r and m a ins sw i tch used in con junc t ion w i th th is un i t t hus mak ing i t r ead i l y ope r ab le .15 . Me t a l par t s can be c leaned w i th a damp c lo th . T he v iny l cove r ing used on some un i ts can be c leaned w i th a damp c lo th o r amm on ia based househo ld c leane r i f necessar y .

D isconnec t t he un i t f r om t he pow er supp ly be fo r e c lean ing .16 . Car e shou ld be taken so tha t o b jec ts do no t fa l l and l iqu ids ar e no t sp i l l ed in to the un i t t h r ou gh any ven t i lat ion ho les o r o pen ings. O n no accoun t p lace d r inks on the un i t .17 . A qua l i f i ed se r v ice techn ic ian shou ld check th e un i t i f :

18 . The use r shou ld no t a t t emp t to se r v ice the equ ipm en t . A l l se r v ice wo r k i s done by a qua l i fi ed ser v ice techn ic ian .19 . Expo su r e to ex t r eme ly h igh no ise leve ls may cause a pe r manen t hea r ing g loss . Ind iv idua ls var y cons ide r ab ly in suscep t ib i l i t y to no ise induced hea r ing loss , bu t nea r ly eve r yone

w i l l l ose som e hea r ing if exposed to su f fi c ien t l y in tense no ise fo r a su f f i cien t t im e . The U .S. Go ve r nmen t ' s Occupa t ion a l Sa fety and H ea l th Ad min is t r a t io n ( O SHA ) has spec if iedthe fo l low ing pe r miss ib le no ise leve l exposu r e .

D ur at io n Per D ay In H ou r s So u nd Level d B A , slo w resp o nse8 9 06 9 24 9 53 9 7

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A cco r d ing to O SH A, any exposu r e in excess o f the above pe r m issib le l im i t s cou ld r esu l t i n som e hea r ing loss . Ea r p lugs o r p r o tec to r s in the ea r canals o r ove r t he ea r s mu s t bewo r n w hen ope r a t ing th is amp l i f ica t ion system in o r de r to p r even t a pe r m anen t hea r ing loss if exposu r e exceeds the l im i ts se t fo r t h above . To ensu r e agains t po ten t ia ll y dange r ousexpo su r e to h igh sound p r essu r e leve ls i t i s r ecomm ended t ha t a l l pe r sons exposed t o equ ipm en t capab le o f p r o duc ing h igh sound p r essu r e leve ls such as th is amp l i f ica t ion sys tembe p r o tec ted by hea r ing p r o tec to r s wh i le th is un i t i s in ope r a t ion .

The power co r d has been damagedAny t h ing has fal len o r sp i l l ed in to t he un i tT h e u n i t d o e s n o t a p p ea r t o o p e r a t e c o r r e c t l yThe un i t has been d r opped o r the enc losu r e damaged .

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BEFORE SW ITCH ING ON

A f te r unpack ing you r ampl i f i e r check tha t i t i s f ac to r y fi t t ed w i th a t h r ee p in 'gro unded ' (o r ear th ed) p lug. Befor e p lugg ing in to t he pow er supp ly

e n su re yo u a re co n n e c t i n g t o a gro u n d e d e a r t h o u t l e t .

I f you shou ld w ish to change the fac to r y f it t ed p lug your se lf , ensure tha t t he w i r ing convent ion app l i cab le t o t he coun t r y w here th e ampl i fi e r i s t o be usedi s s t r i c t l y co n f o r m e d t o . A s an e xa m p l e i n t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m t h e ca b le co l o u r co d e f o r co n n e c t i o n s are a s f o l lo w s .

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Th is m anual has been w r i t t en fo r easy access o f i n fo r mat io n . Th e f ron t and rear pane ls are g raph ica l ly i l lus t ra ted , w i t h each cont ro l and fea turenum bered. For a descr ip t io n o f t he funct io n o f each cont ro l fea ture , s im p ly check the number w i th t he exp lanat ions ad jacent t o each pane l .

You r Laney am pl i fi e r h as under gone a tho ro ugh tw o s tage, p re-d e l i ver y inspect ion , i nvo lv ing actua l p lay t es t ing .

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P lease re ta in your o r igina l car to n and packag ing so in t he un l i ke ly event t ha t som e t ime in t he fu tu re you r am pl i fi e r shou ld r equ i re serv i c ing youw i ll b e ab l e t o r e t u rn i t t o yo u r d e al e r se cu re l y p a cke d .

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INTRODUCTION

T he LX 35 and LX 35R p ro duc ts are o pen back sp l i t channe l gu i ta r com bo s loaded w i th 10 i nch l oudspeakers . They have a sp li tchanne l p reamp layou t , w h ich g ives you separa te c lean and d r i ve l eve l con t r o l s th r ou gh a sha red m aste r EQ w i th bass, m id and t r eb le .T hey featu r e a headphone socke t f o r p r i vate l i sten ing ; a C D /L ine in socke t shou ld you need t o p lay a lon g to a CD /M P3, and aheadphone socke t f o r som e p r i va te t ime w i tho u t w ak ing the ne ighbour s . A dd i t i o na ll y t he LX 35R fea tu res a bu i l t i n sp r ing l i ne reve rbw i t h m a st e r l ev e l c o n t r o l ,

A n exp lana t ion o f t hese fea tu res fo l l ow s on pages 6 -8 .


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D ear Player ,

T h a n k y o u v e r y m u c h f o r p u r c h as in g yo u r n e w L an e y p r o d u c t an d b e c o m i n g p a r t o f t h e

w or ldw ide Laney fami l y. Each and eve ry Laney un i t i s des igned and bu i l t w i th t he u t m os ta t ten t i o n to care and de ta i l , so I t r u s t you r s w i l l gi ve you m any years o f en joym en t .

Laney p rodu c ts have a he r i t age w h ich s t re t ches back to 1967 w hen I f i r s t began bu i l d ingva lve amp l i f ie rs i n m y pa ren t s ga rage . Since then w e have m oved on f rom s t reng th t ost ren gth d evelop ing an ex ten s ive r ange of gu i tar , bass, pub l ic address and k eybo ardamp l i f icat i o n p r od uc ts a long w i th a l i st o f Laney endo rsees tha t i nc ludes som e o f t hew or ld s m os t f amo us and respec ted m us ic ians . A t t he same t im e w e be l ieve we have no tl os t s igh t o f t he r eason Laney w as founded in the f i r s t p lace - a ded ica t i on t o b u i l d ingg reat sou nd ing am p l i fi cat i o n fo r w or k ing mus ic ians .

W ar m R e gar d s ,

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T h is socke t shou ld be used fo r connec t i ng you r i nst r um en t t o t he amp l i fi e r . O n ly use a goo d qua l it y sc reened cab le .

C on t ro l s the vo lum e leve l o f t he c lean channe l .

Sw i t c h i n t o a c t iv at e t h e o ve r d r i ve C r u n c h c h an n e l . W h e n ac t i ve , c o n t r o l t h e am o u n t o f d i st o r t i o n w i t h an d t h e o v er a l lv o lu m e w i t h

Ind icates that the dr ive channel is act ive.

C on t ro l s the c r unch channe l ga in , l ow do w n fo r c lassi c ro ck and b lues , h ighe r up fo r ha rd r ock and m eta l ... . t he h ighe r yo u got h e m o r e Ex t r e m e i t ge t s . U se in c o n j u n ct i o n w i t h t o g e t t h e o v e r a ll l ev e l b al an c e d h o w y o u w a n t i t .

C on t ro l s the o ve ra l l l eve l on the d r i ve channe l. U se w i th

eX t r eme Tone Shap ing . T h is app l i es a scoo ped m id to ne shape to the d r i ve channe l and bo os ts ce r t a in key f requenc ies fo r aun ique sound .

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C o n t r o l s t h e am o u n t o f b ass o r b o t t o m e n d p r e s e n t in y o u r s o u n d .

C o n t r o l s t h e am o u n t o f m i d p r e se n t i n yo u s o u n d .

C o n t r o l s t h e am o u n t o f t r e b l e p r e s en t i n yo u r so u n d .

C on t ro l s the amo un t o f reve rb app l i ed to the s igna l. (LX 35R on ly )

Fancy p lay ing a lon g w i th a back ing t r ack? C on nec t you r C D /M P3 p laye r he r e .

C onn ec t a Laney FS2 foo tsw i t ch he re to enab le rem ot e sw i t ch ing fo r t he channe l and reve rb /FX . N o t e : D r i ve channe l mus tbe enab led fo r channe l sw i t ch ing v ia foo tsw i t ch to func t i on .

Fancy p lay ing w i th the b ig boys? C on nec t an ex te r na l lou dspeaker cab ine t he re . T he in te r na l lou dspeaker i s au tom at i cal lyd i sab led . T he imped ance o f t h e ex t e rna l cab ine t m us t no t be l ess than 4 O hm s. C on nec t ing cab ine ts tha t have a l ow erimped ance than 4 O hm s w i l l r esu l t i n t he am p l i fi e r o ve rhea t ing. C on t inua l use in th i s manner m ay cause pe rm anen t damage .

D on t w an t t o w ake your n e ighbo ur s? C onn ec t you r headpho nes he re . Th e in te r na l l oudspeaker i s au tom at i cal ly sw i t ched o f f .

W h e n o n I n d ic at e s t h at p o w e r i s c o n n e c t e d t o t h e u n i t a n d i t i s r e a d y t o g o .(A lways swit ch off and disconnect t he power cord when not in use)

M ai n p o w e r sw i t c h fo r t h e u n i t .

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Gener al Not esAm plifier connection: I n o r d e r t o av o i d d a m a ge , i t i s a d v i sa b l e t o e s t a b l i sh a n d f o l l o w a p a t t e r n f o r t u r n i n g o n a n d o f f y o u re q u i p m e n t . W i t h a l l s y st e m p a r t s c o n n e c t e d , t u r n o n s o u r c e e q u i p m e n t , t a p e d e c k s , c d p l ay e r s , m i x e r s , e f fe c t s p r o c e s so r s e t c .B E FO R E t u r n i n g o n y o u r g u i t a r am p l i f ie r . M a n y p r o d u c t s h a ve l ar g e t r a n si e n t s u r g e s a t t u r n o n a n d o f f w h i c h c an c a u se d a m a g e t oy o u r s p e ak e r s . B y t u r n i n g o n y o u r g u it a r a m p l i f ie r L A ST a n d m a k i n g su r e i t s V o l u m e c o n t r o l s ar e s e t t o m i n i m u m a ny t r a n si e n t sf r o m o t h e r e q u i p m e n t w i l l n o t r e a c h y o u r l o u d s p e ak e r s . W a i t u n t i l al l s y st e m p a r t s h a ve st a b i l i se d ; u su a l ly a c o u p l e o f se c o n d s .Si m i l ar l y w h e n t u r n i n g o f f y o u r s y st e m a lw ay s t u r n d o w n t h e V o l u m e c o n t r o l s o n y o u r g u it a r a m p l i fi e r a n d t h e n t u r n o f f it s p o w e r

b e f o r e t u r n i n g o f f o t h e r e q u i p m e n t .Cables: n e v e r u s e sh i e l d e d o r m i c r o p h o n e c a b le f o r a n y sp e a k e r c o n n e c t i o n s as t h i s w i l l n o t b e s u b st a n t i al e n o u g h t o h a n d l e t h ea m p l i f i e r l o a d a n d c o u l d c a u se d a m a ge t o y o u r a m p l i f ie r s y st e m .Caution:T h e s e p r o f e ss io n a l l o u d s p e ak e r s y st e m s ar e c a p a b l e o f g e n e r a t i n g v e r y h i g h so u n d p r e s s u r e l e v e l s. U s e c ar e w i t hp l a c e m e n t a n d o p e r a t i o n t o a vo i d e x p o s u r e t o e x c e s s iv e le v e l s t h a t c a n c au s e p e r m a n e n t h e a r i n g d am a ge . ( R e fe r t o g u i d e l i n e s o npage 2 )Ser vicing: T h e u s e r sh o u l d n o t a t t e m p t t o s e r v i c e t h e s e p r o d u c t s . R e f e r a ll s e r v i c i n g t o q u a l i fi e d se r v i c e p e r s o n n e l .

BLOCK DIAGRAM

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LOUDSPEAKER

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EQ SECTION POWER

AMP

CD INHEADPHONES

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EFFECTS

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SPECIFICATIONS

Su p p ly Vo lt age ~ 1 0 0V, ~ 12 0 V, ~ 2 2 0 V, ~ 2 3 0 V, ~ 2 4 0 V 5 0 /60 H z Fact o r y O pt io nM ain s Fu se ~ 2 2 0V > ~ 24 0 V = T 2 50 m A L . ~ 1 00 V > ~ 12 0 V = T 50 0 m A L

Po w er C o n su m pt io n 50 WO u t p u t Po w er Rat in g 30 WLo ud sp eaker 10 C u st o m D esign ed D r iverFeat u r es Ru gged co n st r u ct io n

TEC Tube Emu lat i ng Techno lo gyH e ad p h o n e so c k e tC D I n (1 0 K In p u t im p ed an ce) (N o m in al 3 0 0m V In pu t leve l)X T S eX t r em e Ton e Shap ing (D r i ve channe l on l y )Ex ter nal Lo ud sp eaker so cke t (4 O h m s m in im um )

Sp r in gl in e Rever b LX 3 5 R o n lyEQ Passive Bass, M idd le an d Tr eb leInp u t Im p ed an ce 1M O h m /47 p FSize 38 9 * 4 0 9* 2 2 9 (H * W * D )U n it W eigh t 10 .0 K gPack in g W eigh t 11 .5 K g

T h i s p r o d u c t c o n f o r m s t o :Euro pean EM C d i rec t i ve (2004 /108 /EC) , Low Vo l tage D i rec t i ve (72 /23 /EEC ) and C E m ark D i rec t i ve (93 /68 /EEC)

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In the interest of continued product development, Laney Reserves the right t o amend product specificat ion without prior notification.

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