Connecting the equipment

Name of jack, port or connector

Explanation

INPUT

Connect your guitar here.

OUTPUT L/MONO, R

Connect these to your guitar amp, mixer or other external audio equipment. If using a mono connection, use only the L/MONO jack.

PHONES

Connect your headphones here.

SEND/RETURN

Connect an external effect processor here.

You can connect an external effects processor between the SEND jack and RETURN jack, and use it as one of the GX-100’s effects processors.

The sound that is input to SEND/RETURN within the effect chain will be output to the SEND jack. The sound that is input via the RETURN jack will be input to SEND/RETURN within the effect chain.

MEMO

[GND LIFT] switch

This should normally be set to OFF. Noise may occur due to a ground loop when you connect an amp to the EXT LOOP (SEND/RETURN) jack. The noise may be eliminated if you switch to LIFT.

AMP CTL 1, 2

By connecting this to the channel switching jack of your guitar amp, you can switch channels from the GX-100.

CTL3, 4/EXP2

You can control various parameters by connecting an expression pedal (Roland EV-5, BOSS EV-30: sold separately) or a footswitch (FS-5U, FS-6, FS-7: sold separately).

  • Use only the specified expression pedal. Connecting expression pedals made by third-party manufacturers may cause this unit to malfunction.
  • Refer to “Connecting external pedals” for the footswitch (FS-5U, FS-6 or FS-7, sold separately) settings.

MIDI IN/OUT

Connect an external MIDI device here.

Bluetooth® ADAPTOR

Connect the Bluetooth® Audio MIDI Dual Adaptor (part number BT-DUAL, sold separately) to wirelessly play back music from your mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet (hereafter “mobile device”), or to edit the effects using an app on your mobile device.

Use the volume control on your audio player to adjust the volume of signal output received from the OUTPUT L/MONO, R jacks and PHONES jack.

Ø“Wireless connection with a mobile device”

ă (USB COMPUTER)

Use a USB cable to connect to a computer and exchange audio/MIDI data between the GX-100 and the computer.

DC IN

Connect the included AC adaptor here.

  • Use the cord hook to secure the cord of the AC adaptor as shown in the illustration.

Ground terminal

Connect this to an external earth or ground. This should be connected when necessary.