Crate Amplifiers POWER BLOCK CPB150 user manual

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CPB150
150 Watt Stereo Guitar Amplifier
User’s Guide

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CPB150 PowerBlock 150 Watt Stereo Guitar Amplifier TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 The Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Using the Effects Loop Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 System Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CPB150 PowerBlock 150 Watt Stereo Guitar Amplifier Congratulations and thank you for choosing another Crate first in guitar amplification: TM the Crate CPB150 PowerBlock 150 watt stereo guitar amplifier. The PowerBlock packs a lot of power and patching options into an amazingly compact and light weight package: 75 watts per channel @ 4 ohms, or 150 watts (mono) @ 8 ohms. With its switch-mode power supply and Class D power section, the PowerBlock offers lots of power, flexibility and tone, along

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CPB150 PowerBlock 150 Watt Stereo Guitar Amplifier The Front Panel: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. INPUT: Use this 1/4” jack to connect your 5. LOW: Use this control to adjust the low fre- instrument to the amplifier by means of a quency output of the amplifier. shielded instrument cable. 6. LEVEL: Use this control to adjust the over- 2. GAIN: Use this control to adjust the signal all output level of the amplifier. level at the Input jack (#1). As you rotate this 7. : The PowerBlock is great for private con

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CPB150 PowerBlock 150 Watt Stereo Guitar Amplifier The Rear Panel: 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9. SPEAKER OUTPUTS: Use these jacks to 13. CD INPUT: Use these RCA jacks to con- connect the amplifier to your speaker cabi- nect the outputs of a CD (or MP3) player to the nets. Observe the wattage and impedance rat- amplifier. The level of the signal into these ings adjacent to each jack. The Mono output is jacks must be controlled by the source. to be used when the Bridge Mono switch (#10) 14. LINE IN RI

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RING TIP RING TIP CPB150 PowerBlock 150 Watt Stereo Guitar Amplifier Using the Effects Loop Jack: The Effects Loop Snd/Rtn jack allows for virtually noise free connection of external effects. You will need a stereo-to-dual-mono 1/4” adapter as described in the illustrations below. This T/R/S jack is wired as follows: tip = return, ring = send, sleeve = ground. Stereo-to-mono Y-cord: Y-adapter and 2 cables: TIP RETURN TIP to Insert to Insert RING SEND RING jack jack SLEEVE GROUND SLEEVE (STP201,

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CPB150 PowerBlock 150 Watt Stereo Guitar Amplifier System Block Diagram: INPUT PREAMP + LINE OUT LEVEL – + GAIN HIGH MID LOW LINE OUT LEVEL EFFECTS LOOP SND/RTN SPEAKER SIM LEFT LINE IN CD LEFT/MONO INPUT SPEAKER SIM LEFT SPEAKER RIGHT OUTPUTS LEFT RIGHT LINE IN RIGHT MONO BRIDGE MONO RIGHT * *Please refer to Item 9, Speaker Outputs (page 5) Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer’s Name: SLM Electronics Corporate Headquarters: 1901 Congressional Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63146 Primary Product

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CPB150 PowerBlock 150 Watt Stereo Guitar Amplifier CPB150 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Output Power Rating Mono 150W RMS @ 10% THD @ 8 ohms Stereo 75W RMS @ 10% THD per side @ 4 ohms Input Impedance Instrument 700k ohm CD 22k ohm Line In 22k ohm Total System Gain (all controls @10) Instrument 91dB CD 33dB Line 34dB Maximum Input Signal Accepted 8 volts peak to peak Tone Controls Low 20dB range @ 110Hz Mid 15dB range @ 1kHz High 20dB range @ 10kHz Power Requirements 120 VAC, 60Hz, 35VA 100/115VAC,