HARMAN BP8
User Guide

BP-8 Valve

Section - 3 Basic Operations

After selecting a Parameter, you can scroll through its values with the Value <UP> and <DOWN> buttons. When changing Parameter values, a decimal point will flash in the display when the value is not the stored value for the program. The Store LED will light at this time as well. If you return to the original value, the decimal point will stop flashing and the Store LED will go off. If you exit Edit mode after changing the Parameters and then return to Edit mode, the last viewed parameter will be displayed.

STORE/COPY MODE
Once you have modified the Parameters and Effects, you can store them to a User Program location. When you change an Effect or Parameter in a Program, the Store LED will light, indicating that you have changed a Parameter and need to store the changes. Press the <STORE> button once and the first seven segment LED in the Display window will flash U. Select the User Bank and Program location you want to store your changes to using the Value <UP> and <DOWN>buttons, then press the <STORE> button again to save the changes. Use the same procedure, less the editing, to copy a program to a new User location.

BYPASS MODE
Bypass mode globally bypasses the compressor, preamp and all effects. Enter this mode by pressing footswitches <3 & 4> simultaneously. BYP will appear in the display window to indicate you are in Bypass mode. Exit this mode by pressing any of the footswitches. When you exit this mode, the BP-8 Valve will default to the last mode you used. Bypass does not affect the Notch Filter nor the Hi/Low crossover frequency settings.

TUNER MODE
Allows you to tune your bass. Enter Tuner mode by pressing footswitches <1 & 2> simultaneously. tune will appear briefly in the display window followed by --- to indicate that you are in Tuner mode. To begin tuning play a note on your bass (a harmonic at the 12th fret will work best). The display window will show the note being played and the horizontal Parameter Matrix LEDs just under the tuning bar will light.

Once the green LED directly under the IN TUNE of the tuning bar is lit, the note will be in tune. If the note is not in tune, 1 or 2 of the LEDs left or right of the IN TUNE LED will be lit. If they are to the left, the note is flat and should be tuned up. If the LEDs are to the right, the note is sharp and should tuned down. You can change your tuning preference by using the value <UP> and <DOWN> buttons. The default factory setting is : A=440 Hz. The tuning reference control ranges from 427 Hz to 453 Hz, which is the equivalent of ± 50 cents (1/2 semitone) in either direction form 440 Hz. When you scroll down from 427 Hz, you will also find alternate dropped tunings. Alternate tunings are A = Ab (415), A = G (392), and A = Gb (370). The display window will briefly flash the currently selected tuning preference. Exit this mode by pressing any of the footswitches. When you exit this mode, the BP-8 Valve will default to the last mode you used.

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