Boss Ktn-air User Manual

KATANA-AIR

3 inch x 2 speaker

Transmitter

Owner’s Manual

Guitar Amplier

KATANA-AIR

Owner’s Manual

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For the U.K.

For the USA

WARNING:
IMPORTANT:

As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying

the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows:

The wire which is coloured GREEN-AND-YELLOW must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked by the

letter E or by the safety earth symbol or coloured GREEN or GREEN-AND-YELLOW.

The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK.
The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured RED.

THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED
THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE.
GREEN-AND-YELLOW: EARTH, BLUE: NEUTRAL, BROWN: LIVE

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Compliance Information Statement

Model Name :

Type of Equipment :

Responsible Party :

Address :

Telephone :

This transmitter must not be co-located or operated in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

KTN-AIR
Guitar Amplier
Roland Corporation U.S.
5100 S. Eastern Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90040-2938
[phone]

For the USA

(FCC Part15 Subpart C §15.247, 15.253, 15.255)

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment and meets the FCC radio
frequency (RF) Exposure Guidelines. This equipment has very low levels of RF energy that are deemed to comply without testing of
specic absorption ratio (SAR).

(FCC Part15 Subpart C §15.247, 15.253, 15.255)

For Canada

This device complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSSs. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause interference, and
(2) This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d’Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence.
L’exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes :

1) l’appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage;

2) l’utilisateur de l’appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible d’en
compromettre le fonctionnement.

(RSS-Gen §8.4)

The available scientic evidence does not show that any health problems are associated with using low power wireless devices.
There is no proof, however, that these low power wireless devices are absolutely safe. Low power Wireless devices emit low levels of
radio frequency energy (RF) in the microwave range while being used. Whereas high levels of RF can produce health eects (by
heating tissue), exposure of low-level RF that does not produce heating eects causes no known adverse health eects. Many studies
of low-level RF exposures have not found any biological eects. Some studies have suggested that some biological eects might
occur, but such ndings have not been conrmed by additional research. WL-T has been tested and found to comply with IC
radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment and meets RSS-102 of the IC radio frequency (RF) Exposure rules.

Les connaissances scientiques dont nous disposons n’ont mis en évidence aucun problème de santé associé à l’usage des appareils
sans l à faible puissance. Nous ne sommes cependant pas en mesure de prouver que ces appareils sans l à faible puissance sont
entièrement sans danger. Les appareils sans l à faible puissance émettent une énergie fréquence radioélectrique (RF) très faible
dans le spectre des micro-ondes lorsqu’ils sont utilisés. Alors qu’une dose élevée de RF peut avoir des eets sur la santé (en chauant
les tissus), l’exposition à de faibles RF qui ne produisent pas de chaleur n’a pas de mauvais eets connus sur la santé. De nombreuses
études ont été menées sur les expositions aux RF faibles et n’ont découvert aucun eet biologique. Certaines études ont suggéré
qu’il pouvait y avoir certains eets biologiques, mais ces résultats n’ont pas été conrmés par des recherches supplémentaires. WL-T
a été testé et jugé conforme aux limites d’exposition aux rayonnements IC énoncées pour un environnement non contrôlé et
respecte les règles d’exposition aux fréquences radioélectriques (RF) CNR-102 de l’IC.

(RSS-102 §2.6)

KATANA-AIR

3 inch speaker x 2

Owner’s Manual

Guitar Amplier

KATANA-AIR

An “all-wireless” guitar amp that supports wireless for guitar
as well

The KATANA-AIR is a guitar amp that provides wireless connectivity
for your guitar as well as Bluetooth and battery operation, making
it an “all-wireless” guitar amp that lets you enjoy playing without
connecting any cables to it.

Transmitter

Main Features

5 Wireless transmitter for guitar achieves low latency.

Enjoy cable-free performance.

5 Four original amp types are provided: the edgy

“brown” inherited from the BOSS Waza Head, as well
as clean, crunch, and lead. Additionally provided is
a dedicated acoustic amp that you can also use with
an acoustic guitar.

5 Built-in BOSS eects are easy to operate and

provide high quality (up to three can be used
simultaneously).
If you connect the dedicated app via Bluetooth, you
can select from a total of 58 dierent types of eect.

5 You can use headphones to enjoy sound that’s as

powerful as though you were hearing it from a
speaker.

5 Stereo audio streaming via Bluetooth is also

supported.

5 Two-way power supply allows operation using

either eight AA batteries or an AC adaptor.
Standby/Wakeup-On function lets the batteries last
even longer.

Before using this unit, carefully read “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and
“IMPORTANT NOTES” (the leaet “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and the
Owner’s Manual (p. 11)). After reading, keep the document(s) where it
will be available for immediate reference.

Copyright © 2018 ROLAND CORPORATION

Panel Descriptions

Top Panel

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5 6 7 9

11

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1 AMPLIFIER

[AMP TYPE] knob

Selects the amp type. All provided amp types are original.

Type Explanation

BROWN

LEAD

CRUNCH

CLEAN

ACOUSTIC

[GAIN] knob

Adjusts the gain (amount of distortion).

[VOLUME] knob

Adjusts the volume.

A lead sound with an edge inherited from the
BOSS WAZA brown sound.

Dierent gain settings allow this sound to cover
a wide range from crunch to high-gain.

A fat crunch sound that faithfully responds to
the nuances of your picking.

A clean and natural sound. In conjunction with
BST (BOOSTER), it can be used for solo or lead.

A dedicated acoustic guitar amp that supports
connection of an acoustic guitar.

2 EQUALIZER

[BASS] knob

Adjusts the sound level of the low-frequency range.

[MIDDLE] knob

2 3

3 EFFECTS

4 [MASTER] knob

5 [Bluetooth] button/indicator

8 10

Here you can make settings for the built-in eects. For details on
the eect types and settings for each knob, refer to “Using the
Eects” (p. 6).

[BST/MOD] button/knob

Controls distortion-type eects and modulation eects.

[DELAY/FX] button/knob

Controls eects such as delay, wah, tremolo, and octave.

[TAP] button

Sets the delay time. When you press this button two or more
times, the delay time is set to the interval between presses.

[REVERB] button/knob

Controls the reverb.

Adjusts the overall volume.

Registers a Bluetooth Device (p. 8). And indicates the Bluetooth
connection status.

Indicator Explanation
Lit Connected
Blinking Pairing mode
Unlit Not connected

Adjusts the sound level of middle-frequency range.

[TREBLE] knob

Adjusts the sound level of the high-frequency range.

2

L

6 [

] (POWER) button/indicator

Turn the power on/o. This also indicates the state of the power
supply.

Indicator Explanation

On
To enter standby mode, long-press the

Lit green

Lit orange

Unlit O

[L] button.
To turn the unit o, enter standby mode

and then long-press the [L] button.
Standby mode
To turn the unit on, press the [L] button.
To turn the unit o, long-press the [L]

button.

Panel Descriptions

MEMO

When the power is on, and a certain length of time
elapses since the unit was last played or operated, the unit
automatically enters standby mode. You can use a dedicated
app (subsequently referred to as BOSS Tone Studio) to
change the time after which the unit enters standby mode
(p. 7).

In standby mode, the power automatically turns on if the
transmitter plugged into the guitar detects vibration (p. 5).

7 (Guitar Wireless) indicator

Indicates the status of the connection with the transmitter.

Indicator Explanation

Connected with the transmitter

Lit white

Unlit

* If the guitar is connected to the INPUT jack, the sound of the

INPUT jack takes priority.

When you play the guitar, the sound is
heard from the speaker.

Not connected with the transmitter
Alternatively, the guitar is connected to the

INPUT jack

8 TONE SETTING

[CH A], [CH B] buttons

Each of these buttons stores three sets of settings for all top panel
knobs (except the [MASTER] knob) and buttons (p. 6). Each time
you press a button, the color alternates between green, red, and
orange, and the settings change accordingly. If you hold down
a button for one second, the settings of the sound that you’re
currently hearing are overwritten onto the previously-stored
settings.

* You can make the settings back to the factory state by turning

the power on while holding down the [PANEL] button (p. 9).

[PANEL] button

9 (PHONES)/REC OUT jack

Connect headphones here. You can obtain powerful guitar sounds
just as if you were playing through the speaker. By using BOSS
Tone Studio you can obtain the sound of dierent micing (LINE
OUT AIR FEEL, p. 7). To adjust the volume, use the [VOLUME] knob
along with the [MASTER] knob.

* If a plug is inserted in this jack, no sound will be output from

the KATANA’s own speaker. This is convenient if you don’t want
loud sound to be produced from the speaker, such as when
you’re practicing at night.

10 INPUT jack

You can directly connect your electric guitar here.
* To prevent malfunction and equipment failure, always turn

down the volume, and turn o all the units before making any
connections.

11 TRANSMITTER IN jack

You can insert the included transmitter (p. 4) here to charge it.
The rst time that you use the unit, power-on the KATANA-AIR and

insert the transmitter here to charge it.

NOTE

5 Do not insert anything other than a transmitter made by

BOSS.
If you connect headphones, high-volume sound might be

emitted, or the headphones might be damaged.

5 Ambient temperature range during charging: 5°C–35°C

However, in order to take full advantage of the rechargeable
lithium-ion battery’s performance, we recommend that you
charge it in a temperature range of 10°C–30°C.

If the temperature is outside the appropriate range, a
charging error might occur (the BATTERY indicator blinks
red) and the battery fail to charge (p. 10).

Makes the unit sound using the current settings of the panel
knobs.

Rear Panel

12 13 14

12

AUX IN jack

Here you can connect a CD player, audio player, electronic musical
instrument, or similar audio source, and listen to it while you play
your guitar.

13 DC IN jack

Connect the included AC adaptor (p. 5).
* Use only the AC adaptor that was included with the unit.

O

14

(USB) port

You can use a commercially available USB 2.0 cable to record the
sound of the KATANA-AIR into your computer.

You must install the USB driver when connecting the unit to
your computer.

Download the USB driver from the Roland website. For details,
refer to Readme.htm which is included in the download.

https://www.boss.info/

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