Tecamp Raptor Top User Manual

Raptor Top

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that
no objects with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the appara­tus. The MAINS plug is used as the disconnect device, the disconnect
device shall remain readily operable.
Warning: the user shall not place this apparatus in the area during
the operation so that the mains switch can be easily accessible.

1. Read these instructions before operating this apparatus.

2. Keep these instructions for future reference.

3. Heed all warnings to ensure safe operation.

4. Follow all instructions provided in this document.

5. Do not use this apparatus near water or in locations where con­densation may occur.

6. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not use aerosol or liquid cleaners.
Unplug this apparatus before cleaning.

7. Do not block any of the ventilation openings. Install in accordance
with the manufacturer’s instructions.

8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat
registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that
produce heat.

9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding­type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than
the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third
grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong is provided
for your safety. If the provided plug does not into your outlet,
consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

10. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particu­larly at plug, convenience receptacles, and the point where they
exit from the apparatus.

11. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

12. Use only with a cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified
by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is
used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination
to avoid injury from tipover.

13. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/appara­tus combination to avoid injury from tipover.

14. Unplug this apparatus during lighting storms or when unused for
long periods of time.

15. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is re­quired when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such
as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled
or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been
exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has
been dropped.

CAUTION: Use of controls or adjustments or performance of proce­dures other than those may result in hazardous radiation exposure.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of FIRE or electric shock, do
not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.

CAUTION: RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT

REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an
equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the
presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within
the product’ s enclosure that may be of suficient magni­tude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is
intended to alert the user to the presence of important
operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in
the literature accompanying the appliance.

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Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of a
TECAMP RAPTOR bass amplifier. The new TecAmp
Raptor is a flawless tube amp Made in Germany. By
using high grade components offers the Raptor through
its superior sound quality. By effective Tone controls are
all styles of outstanding transmitted. The Raptor boasts
Four-band EQ, with the simple way a variety of different
sounds can be set. Effects loop, tuner out, line out ever a
pre and a Line Out post and two Speakon

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outputs, Im­pedance selector switch and a DI with ground lift switch
point to the multiple connection options.

Ideal for „Traveling around the World“ shows the Vol­tage selector switch, with between 230 and 115 V can
be switched. The result is a stunning live performance
with an unbeatable sound. The meticulous quality con­trol ensures absolute Reliability. The use of high grade
Components, the professional processing and the unique
concept put the raptor to the top

CE Declaration of Conformit

Raptor Bassamp

We declare under our sole responsibility that this product is
in conformity with the following standards or standardization
documents in attention of operation conditions and installation
arrangements according to operating manual:
EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, EN 55013, EN 55020, EN 55022,
EN 60065 according to the provisions of the regulations
89/336/EWG and 73/23/EWG.

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1 INPUT

Plug in your shielded instrument cable into the input
labelled “Input” when using an instrument with passive
pickups or relatively low output level. Instruments with
active pickups or onboard preamps plugged into this in­put will saturate the preamp stage much earlier.

-10 DB

When using a bass guitar with active pickups or basically
delivering relatively high output levels we advise you to
use the input jack labelled “-10DB”. The input signal will
be attenuated by 10 dB. Attenuation allows the “GAIN”
control (#3) to be used in a more subtle way by somehow
altering the taper of the pot – the “GAIN” control can be
brought up to a higher position now.

3 GAIN

This control, along with the “Input” or “-10DB” inputs,
adjusts the basic signal level in the valve preamp and
thus determines it’s sensitivity and overall tonal charac­teristics. Turning the Gain clockwise will make the valve
preamp slightly compress the signal and eventually ove
drive it in a moderate way. Therefore the circuit can do
without a CLIP LED since a slightly overdriven bass sound
rich in second order harmonics is always welcome.

Do not leave the “VOLUME” control on your instru­ment set too low, since noise picked up along the
cable will become more prominent and thus lower
the – otherwise excellent – signal-to noise ratio
of the amp.

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INPUT -10 DB

GAIN

BASS LOMID

HIMID TREBLE MASTER

1 3 4 52

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4-7 Tone Controls

The circuit design of the all-valve tone controls.This four­band equalizer allows for a detailed tailoring of the fre­quencies with an extraordinary frequency response and
excellent signal-to-noise ratio.

4 Bass

The „BASS“ knob controls the raising or lowering of the
frequencies around 30 Hz He brings the powerful bass
pressure, of this clarity, only a tube preamp can be pro­duced.

5 LO MID

The operating point of the „LO MID“ pot is 200 Hz. At this
frequency, the low-mid may to each be raised or lowered

15dB. This controller generates when turning up the right
Kick to the bass sound in the band structure further come
forward to leave.

6 HI MID

The „HI MID“ knob controls - such as the „LO MID“ also
– Control (# 5) – broadband as the „BASS“ control (# 4).
He determines the raising or lowering of the upper middle
Frequency band of the bass guitar. This band works at 800
Hz with plus minus 15 dB slope. Turning the »HI MID“ con­trol back, we obtain the popular low-middle funk-sound
of first quality.

7 TREBLE

The „treble“ control adjusts the frequencies from 8 kHz.

5

HIMID TREBLE MASTER

BREAK ON

6 7 8 9 10

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this Filter is designed as shelving filter and attenuated
or boosts all frequencies above 8 kHz.

8 MASTER

This is the overall volume control of the RAPTOR. It de­termines the level at the “SPEAKER OUTPUTS” (#20) as
well as the Level of the „LINE OUT POST“ (#17b) and the
„DI OUT“ (#18) on the rear panel.

9 BREAK

Before turning on the RAPTOR with the “POWER
SWITCH” (#10) please make sure that this “BREAK”
switch is in the “up” position. When the amp is in
“BREAK” mode the heater is working already in order
to heat up the vacuum tubes to the necessary tempera-

ture. It is a good idea to wait at least 30 seconds before
turning on the “BREAK” switch as this time lessens the
shock on cold tubes, thus pro-longing their life substan­tially.
With the “BREAK” switch in the upward position no au­dio signal will be processed and heard at the outputs
except the “TUNER” (#16). That way you do not have to
turn the volume down for silent tuning or when changing
instruments – you do without the nasty cling which you
usually hear when you unplug the jack. Whenever you
do so flip the “BREAK” switch upwards for silent tuning
or changeover and then turn it on again. The “BREAK”
switch interrupts the signal path at the balanced “DI
OUT” (#18) as well. During breaks the amp should be set
to standby mode rather than switched off completely.

6

INPUT -10 DB

GAIN

BASS LOMID

HIMID TREBLE MASTER

1 3 4 52

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10 ON

At the risk of stating the obvious, this heavy-duty rocker
switch is used to turn the RAPTOR on and off. Before

you turn the amp on do make sure that the “BREAK”
switch is in the “off” position (up). Activating the PO-

WER SWITCH will illuminate the TecAmp logo (#11) on
the front panel.

7

HIMID TREBLE MASTER

BREAK ON

6 7 8 9 10

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HIGH VOLTAGE! CAUTION: TO PREVENT THE RISK OF FIRE AND SHOCK HAZARD
DON’T EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO MOISTURE OR RAIN.
DO NOT OPEN CASE. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

115

230

2A/ SB

HI TENSION

FUSE

VOLTAGE

SELECTOR

LINE OUT

LINE OUT

USE ONLY WITH A 250V FUSE

TUNER

FUSE

230 V T 6,3 A (SB)
115 V T 12 A (SB)

SEND

SERIAL FX LOOP

RETURN

12 12a 13 14 15a 15b 16 17a

12 POWER RECEPTACLE

Connect the supplied AC power cord to the POWER CON­NECTOR (#12). Make sure the Euro plug is firmly inserted
in the socket. The other end of the cable should be con­nected to any standard grounded AC outlet or into a power
strip of proper voltage (before you plug in do make sure
that the voltage is correct). Just in case you lose the cord
provided, the jack accepts a standard 3-prong IEC cord like
those found on most professional gear and computers –
you can get at any electronics, music or computer store.

Never (!) remove or otherwise attempt to defeat the
ground pin of the power cord in order to get rid of a
hum induced by a ground loop.

13 VOLTAGE SELECTOR

The RAPTOR features a “VOLTAGE SELECTOR” allowing
you to use your amplifi er anywhere in the world just by
the flick of a switch. The unit is set to 230 V when we

ship to a country in Europe. Should you wish to use your
Raptor in the USA set the “VOLTAGE SELECTOR” to “115 V”.

ATTENTION: Don’t forget to set it back to “230 V”
when you return home! TecAmp cannot be made
responsible for damages to the unit caused by
improper voltage selection. Therefore it is a good
idea to always check the “VOLTAGE SELECTOR”
before powering up the unit.

14 HI TENSION FUSE

This fuse provides protection against overvoltage the pre­cursor of the Raptor. The value of the fuse is 2 A/slowblow.

15 SERIAL FX LOOP

These two 1/4” jacks are the serial patch points for
external signal processing effects. Connect the Jack
„SEND“ (# 15a) to the input and the jack „RETURN“ (#
15b) with the output of your effects device.

16 TUNER

This jack is provided for connection to an electronic
tuner and is always “live”, even when the Raptor is in
“BREAK” (#9) mode. This allows for silent tuning as well
as providing a monitor feed which stays hot even when
the house mix is muted.

17 LINE OUT

This „LINE OUT PRE MASTER“ jack (#17a) provides a line
level signal for connection to a separate power amp, PA
mixing console or recording equipment. The volume of
the signal is not controlled by the “MASTER” control
(#8). Note that the output is muted when the “BREAK”
function (#9) is engaged. The „LINE OUT POST MASTER“
jack (# 17b) can connect to an additional power amplifier.
The volume of the signal is controlled by the “MASTER”
control (#8). Note that the output is muted when the
“BREAK” function (#9) is engaged.

18 DI OUT

The RAPTOR supplies a transformer balanced line output
signal for connecting to a house mixing board, recording
console or external amplifier(s) with balanced inputs. The
need for an additional DI box is obsolete. Due to the ad­vanced valve amp circuit design and the use of only the
best components available the high sound quality of the
DI output makes it the amp of choice in any recording
studio. Connect a shielded 3-core mic cable with XLR
plugs to the male XLR output (#18). The volume of the
signal is controlled by the“MASTER” control (#8). Note
that the output is muted when the “BREAK” function
(#9) is engaged.

19 GROUND

The RAPTOR provides a ground lift switch for the “DI
OUT” (#18), to isolate ground loops in multiple ground­ing. If you disconnect the wiring to hum with the PA

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GROUNDPOST MASTERPOST MASTER

DI OUT

GRD LIFT

LINE OUT

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N

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SPEAKER OUTPUT

IMPEDANCE

2

4

8

17b 18 19 20

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comes, the „GROUND LIFT“ switch (# 19) should be set
into the “GRD LIFT” position.

20 SPEAKER OUTPUT

RAPTOR sports two Neutrik Speakon-Combo connectors
type NLJ 2 MD-V that also handle ¼” Jacks. The wiring
of the pins is as follows: 1+ = hot, 1- = ground Attention:

Please note that It is essential in the operation of the
RAPTOR required a load (speaker) at least one of the
two Speakon

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sockets to connect! This also applies
in case that the RAPTOR only for the use of the DI
OUT (# 18) is operated.

21 IMPEDANCE

With the impedance selector switch, the impedance va­lues adapted to the connected speakers to the Raptor
are. Note: When using two 8 ohm speakers must set the
impedance selector to 4 ohms.

When using two 4 ohm cabs, the impedance selector
mus set to 2 Ohms. If you use four 8 ohm the impedance
selector mus set to 2 Ohms.

Attention! The Raptor has six measurement points
and two adjustment controls for bias adjustment
for the power tubes. Work on these adjustment
knobs should with extreme caution and only by
Personnel are made. The value for the bias setting
is 50mA per tube.

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HIGH VOLTAGE! CAUTION: TO PREVENT THE RISK OF FIRE AND SHOCK HAZARD
DON’T EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO MOISTURE OR RAIN.
DO NOT OPEN CASE. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

115

230

2A/ SB

HI TENSION

FUSE

VOLTAGE

SELECTOR

LINE OUT

LINE OUT

USE ONLY WITH A 250V FUSE

TUNER

FUSE

230 V T 6,3 A (SB)
115 V T 12 A (SB)

SEND

SERIAL FX LOOP

RETURN

12 12a 13 14 15a 15b 16 17a

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GROUNDPOST MASTERPOST MASTER

DI OUT

GRD LIFT

LINE OUT

N

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T

R

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K

N

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T

R

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SPEAKER OUTPUT

IMPEDANCE

2

4

8

17b 18 19 20

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

input impedance: Input: 1 mOhm

-10DB: 120kOhm
sensivity: Input: max -26 dBu

-10 DB: max -20 dBu
impedance EFFFECTS LOOP
EFFECT SEND: 2 kOhm
EFFECT RETURN/LINE IN: 100 kOhm
nominal output: 0 dBu
impedance LINE OUT: 600 Ohm
Nennpegel LINE OUT: +6 db
impedance DI: 600 Ohm
nominal output DI: +6 dBu

TONE CONTROL SECTION:
LO: 30Hz/+-15dB
LO MID: 200Hz/+-15dB
HI MID: 800Hz/+-15dB
HI: 8k/+-15dB
Output power: 300 Watt RMS
Fuse:
230V/AC 6,3 A/T (Slow Blow)
115V/AC 12 A/T (Slow Blow)
Bias: 50mA/tube
dimensions (W x H x D): 60 cm x 26 cm x 31 cm

23.7“ x 10.3“ x 12.2“
weight: 25 kg / 55.12 lbs

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