ZOOM 505 "HOW TO"

The Basics

1.Plug the unit in: Power, or a battery go into their respective holes. Batteries are not a good idea since an alcaline ("Heavy Duty") battery
will only last 40 minutes (or less). Get a 9V, 300mA adapter. I got mine from Canadian Tire - Since I'm Canadian, Eh?.
2.Plug the Guitar cable into the input jack, (Right side), and use another cable to connect to your amp CLEAN CHANNEL or High
Level input jack.
3.You can also use the system in the effects loop. On my amp I didnt like the tone, but one of my email correspondents is using that to
good effect. He has a Marshall, I have a Fender. Your mileage may vary. I personally don't think the 505 was designed for the effect
loop.
4.When you plug in a power adapter, the unit should flash some lights, then clear them and show "A1" on the main LED at the centre top.
5.If no A1, then your power adapter is wrong polarity.
6.Hit a chord. You should hear a hard rock distortion tone. If you don't, check your cables.
7.Selecting Patches: The lower right foot pedal select next patch: IE if you are on A1 it changes to A2.
8.Previous Patch: Lower Left pedal.

Editing Patches

1.In normal mode, select the patch you want to edit with the foot pedals.
2.Hit the edit button. (Left hand side, lower button)
3.Lights flash, shows Ed then IT in the LED.
4.You can select each of the 7 patch parameters by using the foot pedals to select the parameter you wish to edit, and the + and - keys
(Right side) to change the setting of the parameters.
5.Parameter definitions:
COMP:C1-C9= Compression , L1 - L9 = Limiting , A1 - A9 = Auto Wah, P1 - P9 Pedal Wah (with the optional FP-01 pedal)
DIST: Ac = Acoustic Guitar Simulator, rY = Rhythm Guitar, Od = OverDrive, Dt = Distortion, bL = Blues, Fu = Fuzz, Ld =
Lead, Mt = Metal
ZNR/Amp 1-9 = Noise Gate, A1-A9, Amp Simulation + Noise Gate
EQ 25 is flat, above 25 accentuates the high end in different ways, below 25 accentuates the low end in various ways.
MOD C1-C9 = Chorus, F1-F6 = Flange, F7-F9 = Flange + Chorus, d1-d6 = Doubling,d7-d9 = Doubling+Chorus, S1-S9 =
Step Effect (Zoom Exclusive Effect), P1-P9= Various Harmonies, Pd=Pedal Pitch Bend Down (Whammy Pedal), Pu=Pedal
pitch Bend Up.
DLY/REV D1-D9=Various Delays up to 370 mS, H1-H9=Hall Reverb, r1-r9=Room Reverb
LEVEL 0-30 Overall Patch volume. When your patch has no pedal based controls, the Fp01 acts as a volume pedal.