17. Digital FX LEVEL control 22.

CD IN jack MG100DFX Rear Panel Features

This controls how much of the chosen effect If you want to jam to your favourite CD or tape,
gets mixed in with your unaffected (dry) guitar merely connect the headphone output of your CD
tone. Want to hear more of the DFX you’ve just or tape player here, adjust the CD/tape player’s
selected? Then simply turn this control up! volume to match that of your guitar and you’ve got
Important Footswitch Note: Using the the perfect ‘play-along’ practice system.
supplied two-way footswitch, you can switch the 23. EMULATED LINE OUT &
selected DFX on/off. HEADPHONES jack
18. REVERB LEVEL control This jack can be used as either an Emulated
This control lets you add a lush Reverb to your Line Out or as a Headphone output. This means
you can use this socket to connect your amp 123456
sound – from a subtle hint to cavernous and all
points in-between. Designed by our in-house directly to your multi-track recording machine and
digital experts, this custom designed Marshall you’ll get a great, speaker emulated guitar sound MG100HDFX Rear Panel Features
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Reverb is highly musical and always sounds direct to disk or tape. Alternatively you can plug
natural – it never gets harsh or ‘fake’ sounding. your headphones in here for a killer, speaker-
emulated sound!
Important Footswitch Note: The supplied
footswitch does NOT switch the Reverb on/off. TIP: How to practise or record in ‘silence’: The
Clean Channel GAIN control (2) and the
19. EFFECTS LOOP MIX control Overdrive Channel VOLUME control (15) will
When using the FX Loop on the rear panel, the control the level of the headphone and line out.
FX Mix allows you to dial in the desired amount of The speaker output can be adjusted
effected signal into your overall sound. Turning independently using the MASTER VOLUME
the control fully clockwise will result in a fully control (20). Setting the MASTER VOLUME 123456
effected sound, i.e. no dry signal and turning the control (20) to zero will allow silent recording or
control fully anticlockwise will result in a fully dry practice. 1. MAINS INPUT Connector 3. FX RETURN
sound.
24. POWER Switch & LED The MG amplifier is provided with a detachable This is where you connect the OUTPUT of the
20. MASTER VOLUME control mains (power) lead which is connected here. effects processor you are using in the effects
The power switch turns your amplifier on and The specific mains input voltage rating that your loop.
As its name suggests, the Master Volume off. The LED will be lit when your amplifier is on
control determines the overall volume of your amplifier requires is clearly indicated on the
and will not be lit when the amplifier is switched back panel. Before connecting to the mains for 4. FX SEND
amplifier. So after setting-up the relative volume off.
of Channels 1 & 2 the overall level can be the first time please make sure that your If you want to use an external effects
adjusted without affecting your all-important Note: Before connecting to the mains electricity amplifier is compatible with your electricity processor in your amp’s built-in Parallel effects
Clean/Overdrive balance. supply, always ensure that your amplifier is supply. loop, this is the jack you connect to the INPUT
compatible with your electricity supply, as detailed of the unit you are using.
21. FDD (Frequency Dependent Damping) on the rear panel. 2. LOUDSPEAKER Output(s)
MG100DFX Combo 5. FX LEVEL Switch
switch Please ensure the amplifier is switched off and
There is one speaker jack socket on the Selects the level to match your external effects
Marshall’s proprietary FDD circuit accurately unplugged from the mains electricity supply units (+4dB for rack units and -10dB for pedals).
mimics the way an all-valve amplifier interacts before being moved. MG100DFX (marked ‘INTERNAL 4Ω’), this is
with the loudspeaker(s) and adds a width and where the MG100DFX power amplifier is 6. FOOTSWITCH
depth to your sound which has been connected to the internal Celestion loudspeaker.
Connect the supplied two-way footswitch here.
unachievable in an affordable solid-state MG100HDFX Head Its left button (marked Channel) enables you to
amplifier... until now! To engage FDD simply The MG100HDFX Head has two speaker change channels and its right button (marked
press this switch in. sockets for connection to either 1 or 2 external DFX) allows you to switch the DFX Section
cabinets. Ensure the total load impedance is on/off.
equal to, or exceeds, 4 ohms.
Important Footswitch Note: The supplied
Always use a non-screened Marshall footswitch does NOT switch the Reverb on/off.
approved speaker lead when connecting an
extension cabinet to these units.

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