Rocktron RT80 User Manual

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PHONE (HEADPHONE) jack
Plugging your headphones into this jack disconnects the sound going to the speakers and allows you
to practice in private.

CHROMATIC TUNER section
This built-in Chromatic tuner allows you to tune your guitar without unplugging from your amplifier.
Please see “Built-in Chromatic Tuner Functions” for a more detailed description on how to operate
the tuner.

POWER switch & LED
Turns the amp ON and OFF. When the LED is lit, the amp is on.

REV/CH FTSW (Footswitch) Jack
To control CHANNEL selection, plug a single footswitch* into this jack. To control REVERB ON/
OFF and CHANNEL selection, us a double footswitch* with a stereo 1/4” jack.

EFFECTS RETURN / SEND Jack
1/4” jacks allow you to connect to an effects processor. Plug a shielded guitar cable into the SEND
jack of the RT80 into the INPUT of the “loop” section on the effects processor. Use another shielded
guitar cable from the OUTPUT of the “loop” section of the effects processor to the RETURN jack
on the RT80.

OUTPUTS -PREAMP
1/4” jacks allow you to connect two seperate powered speaker cabinets or directly into a stereo
power amp - like the Rocktron Velocity 100 and from the power amp into two 4x12s, a stereo 4x12
or a stereo 2x12 cabinet. The preamp output is controlled by the master volume control.

OUTPUT - LINE OUT
The 1/4” jack allow you to connect to a speaker simulator and into a PA system or recording device.
You may also run the signal out to a power amp with volume controls and from there into a speaker
cabinet. The line output is not controlled by the master volume control.

* Rocktron Rampage single (RFS1) and double (RFS2) footswitches are available and sold
separately.