Owner's Manual

GETTING SET UP: SCENARIO TWO – POD PLAYS LIVE

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POD Takes Over

If your POD is running into a power amp or speakers, or into the front end of a

guitar ampliﬁer, you generally want to switch the

A.I.R. switch to the AMP

position. This disables the part of the digital signal processing which is simulating

a speaker, moving air, and microphone – which you probably don’t want, because

you’ve got a real physical speaker right there in the guitar amp which is doing its

part to shape the tone of your POD. (Of course, we have sometimes found that

small open-back combos sound better with the A.I.R. switch in the DIRECT

position; you may want to experiment with both for your set up). If you don’t want

the A.I.R., DON’T connect headphones to POD, as they will override the

A.I.R. switch and turn the extra processing on so things sound right in the

headphones (and wrong on the amp). Connect a standard guitar cable from the

POD left output (POD’s mono output) to the input of the guitar ampliﬁer (or plug

in both Left and Right if you have a stereo setup).

Cabinet Tuning Mode

Your POD can be tuned for optimal performance with a variety of systems when the

A.I.R. switch is set to its AMP position. By default, your POD expects be plugged

in before an open-backed cabinet. If you want to plug into something else, you’ll

want to change the Cabinet Tuning Mode. To do this, hold the Save button while

powering up your POD. The POD’s display will show a letter for one of the Cabinet

Tuning Modes; press the Up and Down arrows to pick the mode, then press Save.

Use Mode... when POD is... & your speaker cabs are...

feeding power amp closed back (ideal for 4x12 cab)

feeding power amp open back (ideal for 1x12 cab)

C (default)

in front of combo/head open back (ideal for 1x12 or 2x12 cab)

in front of combo/head closed back (ideal for 4x12 cab)