Samson 100 Owner's Manual - Km100 Keyboard Amplifier

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Setting Up and Using Your Hartke KM60 and 

KM100 Keyboard Amplifier

KM200 Basic Operation

Setting up your Hartke KM60 or Km100 Keyboard amplifier is 

a simple procedure which takes only a few minutes:

1.  Remove all packing materials (save them in case of need 

for future service) and decide where the amplifier is to be 

physically placed.  To avoid potential overheating problems, 

be sure that the rear panel is unobstructed and that there is 

good ventilation around the entire unit.

2.  Connect the 3-pin AC plug into any grounded AC socket.  

Don’t turn the amplifier on just yet, though.

3.  Use standard music instrument cables to connect your 

keyboards  and/or drum machines to the appropriate Input 

jack, or jacks, on the rear panel.  If you want to connect a 

microphone, connect a low impedance mic to the Channel 1 

XLR mic input located on the front panel.

4. Set the main Volume control to “0” (fully counterclockwise 

and set channel volume knobs to “5” (the twelve o’clock posi-

tion).  Then, set the graphic equalizer sliders to the middle  

0dB position.

5.  Press the front panel Power switch in order to turn on the 

amplifier. 

WARNING:  Hartke amplifiers can deliver very high power 

levels.  Driven to full power, they can damage connected 

loudspeakers, regardless of brand, size, or configuration.  

Care should be taken not to strain connected loudspeak-

ers as this can cause permanent damage and will degrade 

the performance of the entire system.  If you see connect-

ed    loudspeakers  moving  excessively,  turn  your  system 

down  immediately  or  use  the  equalization  and/or  com-

pression controls to reduce the amount  of sub harmonic 

(extremely low frequency) signal.

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