Owner's Manual

Appendix A: Line 6 Monkey

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appendiX a: line 6 mOnkey™

Line 6 Monkey™ is the free, intelligent updater software that can be used to

keep your POD® HD500, as well as related Line 6 products, up to date. Line

6 Monkey is installed automatically on your Mac® or Windows® computer

along with the POD HD500 USB device drivers. If you have not yet installed

the USB device drivers, you’ll need to do so now to utilize POD HD500

with your computer - please see “USB Audio” on page 9•1. It’s highly

recommended to run Line 6 Monkey periodically to check for and install the

latest updates.

Attention Line 6 Variax® Owners: It is highly recommended that you also use Line 6

Monkey to also get the latest updates for your Variax instrument! Please see “Line 6 Variax

Updates” on page A•3

for instructions.

Launch Line 6 Monkey

Connect POD HD500 to your computer’s USB 2.0 port and power On your device. To

launch Line 6 Monkey:

• On Mac®, go to /Applications/Line 6/Line 6 Monkey.

• On Windows®, go to Start menu\Programs\Line 6\Tools\Line 6 Monkey.

The following instructions are the same on Mac® or Windows®, unless otherwise noted.

You’ll need to Login so that Line 6 Monkey can communicate with Line 6 and provide you

with exactly what you need. It’s just a few clicks, and it’s free! If you have not yet created

an account, click the New User button and you’ll be walked right through the steps.