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C Congratulations, and thank you for your purchase of the Digitech XP-100. The XP-100 offers not one,
not two, but numerous effects in one compact heavy duty pedal chassis design. With the XP-100, you get
classic Wah effects, Pitch shifting, Whammy effects, along with a Volume controller and a Chromatic tuner.
To keep things quiet, the XP-100 even comes equipped with an adjustable Noise gate.
This ownerÕs guide is provided to get you up and going with the XP-100 and use it to its full potential.
Front and Rear Panel Controls and Functions
1. Signal LED - Indicates that signal is entering the XP-100.
2. Clip LED - Indicates that signal is clipping in the XP-100.
3. Status Display - The Status Display window shows the current information including: bypass, current
effect program number, and Chromatic Tuner information. When the XP-100 is in Program mode
(Factory or User), the display will either read:
01-29 (Factory) or U1-U6 (User).
*Note-A complete listing of all Factory programs is located on the bottom panel of the XP-100.
4. Program UP/(Hold)DOWN Switch - Lets you select programs. Pressing once will move up through the
program menu. Press and hold and the XP-100 will move down through the program menu.
5. BYPASS/(Hold)TUNER Switch - Puts the unit into Bypass by pressing the footswitch once. To select the
Tuner, press and hold the footswitch until the display reads:
tu, indicating that you are in Tuner mode.
6. Expression Pedal - Controls the selected effect or volume.
7. Input Level Control - Sets the amount of signal being sent into the unit. The ideal setting for the input
control of the XP-100 is to set the input level at a point where the Clip LED indicator occassionally
lights.
8. Input Jack - Connect instrument here using 1/4Ó guitar cord.
9. Effect Output- The Effect output sends only
the effected signal out.
10. Dr y Output- The Dry output of the XP-100 sends only
the un-efffected signal out.
11. Mode/(Hold)Program-Gate Calibration- This button is used to put the XP-100 in and out of User
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mode. The beauty of the the User mode is, that the XP-100 will give you the opportunity to store up to 6
of your favorite factory programs in the same area. This will save you the toe-tap dancing ritual of
accessing programs. This button is also used to calibrate the noise gate threshold of the XP-100. To put
the XP-100 in User mode, simply press the button.
To store a Factor y program as a User program, the procedure is as follows:
First, select the Program to be stored. Press and hold the button.
The display will flash:
U1. From here, use the footswitch to select which
user location. Now just press the button to save. The display will
read:
SA to confirm, then return to Program mode.
To calibrate the Noise Gate threshold, press and hold the button while
applying power to the XP-100 until the display reads
th. Use the expression pedal to set the
threshold. Rocking the pedal forward=higher threshold, pedal back=lower threshold. When the
pedal is brought all of the way back, the gate is bypassed. The display will show the threshold
range from 0-99. When the threshold is set to the desired value, press the button to save. The display will read:
SA to confirm, then return to Program mode.
12. AC Line Input- Connect the power adpater here. Use only the enclosed PS 750 power supply.
Tuner Mode
To access the Tuner mode, press and hold the footswitch until tu appears in the
display.
The currently played note is displayed in the left character of the status display window, while the
intonation is displayed in the RIGHT character of the window.
When the input note is in tune, the display will read:
When the note is flat, the intonation character will rotate counter clockwise as shown:
When the note is sharp, the intonation character will rotate clockwise as shown:
The faster the character spins (either clockwise or counter clockwise), the more out of tune the note is.
Bypass Mode
To place the XP-100 in bypass mode, press the footswitch once.
When the XP is in Bypass mode, the Expression pedal is inactive, but programs can still be selected using
the footswitch while the unit is in bypass. The new program is loaded once Bypass
mode is exited. When the XP is in bypass mode, the display will read:
