Behringer BX1800 - Manual (Page 4)

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ULTRABASS BX1800
1. INTRODUCTION
With the BX1800 you have acquired a state-of-the-art Bass
Workstation that sets new standards in bass amp engineering.
Right from the start, our goal has been to design a revolutionary
amp that stands out from the herd of “ordinary” bass amplifiers.
And indeed, the BX1800 gives you plenty of functionality and a
broad range of connection and expansion options. In short: you’ll
be fascinated to find that the BX1800 is a Workstation with a
character.
VTC Virtual Tube Circuitry
The VTC Virtual Tube Circuitry was specially developed to lend
the bass sound the unique character of classic tube amps.
Jam it up!
With its CD player input, your BX1800 is the ultimate practice
amp, because it couldn’t be easier to play along to your favorite
music. If you don’t want anybody listening to what you’re playing,
or simply wish to avoid disturbing the neighbors, just use your
headphones. The BEHRINGER HPS3000 is ideal just for that.
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Please read the manual carefully and keep it around
for future reference.
ATTENTION!
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High volume levels can damage your hearing or your
headphones. Please turn down the VOLUME control
to zero (all the way to the left) before you power up
the amp. Always make sure you use appropriate
volume levels.
FOREWORD
Dear Customer,
Welcome to the team of
ULTRABASS users and
thank you very much for
expressing your confi-
dence in BEHRINGER
products by purchasing
the BEHRINGER BX1800.
It is one of my most
pleasant tasks to write
this letter to you,
because it is the cul-
mination of many months
of hard work delivered
by our engineering team
to reach a very ambitious
goal: to present you with
an outstanding bass
workstation that gives
you maximum flexibility
and performance with
its unique sound character and broad range of functions.
The task to design the new ULTRABASS certainly meant a great
deal of responsibility, which we assumed by focusing on you,
the discerning user and musician. It also meant a lot of work and
night shifts to accomplish this goal. But it was fun, too. Developing
a product usually brings a lot of people together, and what a
great feeling it is when everybody who participated in such a
project can be proud of what we’ve achieved.
It is our philosophy to share our joy with you, because you are
the most important member of the BEHRINGER team. With your
highly competent suggestions for new products you’ve greatly
contributed to shaping our company and making it successful. In
return, we guarantee you uncompromising quality as well as
excellent technical and audio properties at an extremely
favorable price. All of this will enable you to fully unfold your
creativity without being hampered by budget constraints.
We are often asked how we can produce such high-grade
devices at such unbelievably low prices. The answer is quite
simple: it’s you, our customers! Many satisfied customers means
large sales volumes enabling us to get better conditions of
purchase for components, etc. Isn’t it only fair to pass this benefit
back to you? Because we know that your success is our
success, too!
I would like to thank all people whose help on “Project
ULTRABASS” has made it all possible. Everybody has made
very personal contributions, starting from the designers of the
unit to the many staff members in our company and finally to you,
the users of BEHRINGER products.
My friends, it’s been worth the trouble!
Thank you very much,
Uli Behringer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 4
1.1 Before you get started ................................................. 5
1.1.1 Shipment ............................................................. 5
1.1.2 Initial operation .................................................... 5
1.1.3 Online registration .............................................. 5
2. WIRING TIPS .............................................................. 5
3. CONTROL ELEMENTS ............................................... 6
4. AUDIO CONNECTIONS ............................................... 7
5. SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................... 7
6. WARRANTY ................................................................ 8
1. INTRODUCTION