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If you haven’t already done so, turn to the inside back cover of this manual and 
notice that it folds out. Ooh, pretty pictures! The idea is to have this essential 
pictorial reference always opened out while you’re thumbing through the manual. 
And if you photocopy the back of it, you’ll have a handy template for making a 
note of your favorite settings. The boxed numbers that pop up throughout the 
manual correspond to the numbers on the foldout’s illustrations.

  Power Switch - 

Right edge of POD. Flip this to bring your POD to life.

 Input - 

Bottom right side of POD illustration. Plug your guitar in here. (You 

techies will want to know this is a mono, unbalanced connection).

Phones - 

Bottom left side of POD illustration. Plug in your headphones here 

for silent practicing. Volume’s set by the Output Level knob. The headphone 
amplifier is designed to provide hot signals for a variety of headphones. As a result, 
you can get very loud output from this connector. Be sure to set levels carefully so 
you don’t blow your head off when listening to your POD through your phones.

Output Level - 

Far left knob on the POD illustration. Controls the 

overall output level of POD. Also sets the headphone level. This setting is not 
saved when you store settings into one of the POD’s memory locations. Changing 
the Output Level does not change your tone. So you can get the tone you want at 
any volume level.

POD will give the best signal-to-noise ratio performance when you have the 
Output Level control at max. With the Output Level control turned down low, you 
may get extra hiss that obviously ain’t what you want. In order to allow you to set 
the Output Level as high as possible with recording, mixing, and other studio gear, 

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