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Connect the output of the POD 

 to the input of your system. Ideally, you want 

to connect both right and left outputs to your gear and run stereo. Make sure the 
A.I.R. switch 

 is set to 

DIRECT

, plug your guitar into 

 the guitar input, and 

away you go. Set your POD 

Output Level

so that you’re getting plenty of 

signal feeding into your gear, but not so loud that it’s overdriving your system and 
distorting. Try turning the 

Amp Model

 knob 

 to POD Clean, set POD’s 

Drive

 to the 9 or 10 o’clock position, and 

Chan Vol

 to Max. Now play 

with the POD 

Output Level

 knob and any input volume control on your system 

so you can get the maximum sound level out of your POD without going so far 
that you overdrive the input and cause unwanted distortion. If you’ve got some 
headphones handy, you can plug them into the POD headphone output to make 
sure that it sounds the same as what you hear through your system. Before you 
strap the phones on your ears, be careful that the headphones aren’t too loud, 
since their level is set by the 

Output Level

, too.

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