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Hughes Kettner Red Box MK II Manual 472986

The RED BOX enables guitar players to connect their amplifier directly to a mixing console without needing to mic the amplifier cabinet. It uses cabinet simulator circuitry to authentically recreate the sound of a miked guitar cabinet. Key advantages are avoiding phase cancellation issues with open mics, reducing extraneous noise pickup, and providing a cleaner stage setup without extra mics and stands. Users must carefully follow instructions to avoid potential damage, including turning the amplifier off before connecting and ensuring a speaker load is connected when using with a tube amplifier.

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Hughes Kettner Red Box MK II Manual 472986

The RED BOX enables guitar players to connect their amplifier directly to a mixing console without needing to mic the amplifier cabinet. It uses cabinet simulator circuitry to authentically recreate the sound of a miked guitar cabinet. Key advantages are avoiding phase cancellation issues with open mics, reducing extraneous noise pickup, and providing a cleaner stage setup without extra mics and stands. Users must carefully follow instructions to avoid potential damage, including turning the amplifier off before connecting and ensuring a speaker load is connected when using with a tube amplifier.

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HUGHES & KETTNER RED BOX

The RED BOX enables you to connect your uitar amplifier directly to a sta e or studio mixing
consolewithout the problems of miking. The 2abinetulator circuitry of the RE B BOX authentically
recreates the sound of a miked-up guitar cabinet loaded with four 12” loudspeakers.
Advantages: - No phase cqnceiiation through interaction with other open microphones.
- None of the extraneous noises a microphone would pick up
(stage rumble. bleed-through from other instruments).
- No need to lug and position an extra mike and mike stand on stage,
uncluttered stage appearance.
- Reduced set-up time, consistent sound.

Instructions: VERY IMPORTANT: Turn off power to the amp before making any connections to
the RED BOX. Failure to do so can result in non-warranty damage to the RED BOX.
Also VERY IMPORTANT: If you connect a tube amp to the SPEAKER IN jack, you
must also connect a speaker (or at least a dummy load) to the RED BOX
SPEAKER THRU jack. Failure to do so may damage the amp. (Just like revving an
engine in neutral without a load at maximum RPM’s can damage an engine).
First, install a 9-volt battery Power from this battery is automatically turned on
by the insertion of a standard 1/4" plug into either the LINE IN or SPEAKER IN,
and is turned back off simply by removing the plug.
A tube output stage plays a major role in the creation of an amplifier’s tone.
With tube amps it is therefore recommended that the RED BOX be connected
to the amplifier’s loudspeaker output (and the RED BOX SPEAKER THRU be
connected to the speaker). With transistor amplifiers, however, for the sake of
the best dynamics and signal-to-noise ratio, the preamp signal (LINE OUT) is
preferred.
Connections:

Transistor amp
Channd IN

Tube amp

Technical specifications:
Operational voltage : 9 volts DC
Power consumption : 1 mA
LINE IN : maximum 2.3 volts, impedance 20 Kohms
LINE OUT: balanced, impedance 200 ohms
Gain : OdB
Adapter (optional) : Ring = +, Tip = -.9 to 20 volts DC

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