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1. Turn the 505 II over and open

the cover of the battery
compartment on the bottom.

Press the latch to release it and
then raise the cover.

2. Insert four fresh IEC R6

(size AA) batteries into the
battery compartment.

3. Close the cover of the battery compartment.

Close the cover of the battery compartment.

Push the cover in until the latch audibly snaps into place.

Battery
compartment cover

Tab

Four IEC R6
(size AA) batteries

Insert all batteries with
the same orientation.

Rear of 505 II

ZOOM 505 II

GUITAR

ZOOM 505 II

GUITAR

Using the unit on batteries

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batteries

Use four IEC R6 (size AA) batteries.
When the batteries are getting low, a dot (.) in the bottom section of the
display starts to flash.

NOTE

While not using the 505 II, you should disconnect the cable plugged
into the INPUT jack, to prevent draining the batteries.

Play mode/edit mode

The internal status of the 505 II is referred to as the operation mode. The
two major modes are play mode, in which you can select patches and use
them for playing your instrument, and edit mode, in which you can modify
the effects. The [PLAY/EDIT] selector serves for switching between the
play mode and edit mode.

This section explains some important terms that are used throughout the
505 II documentation.

Effect module

As shown in the illustration below, the 505 II can be thought of as a
combination of several single effects. Each such effect is referred to as an
effect module. In addition to modules comprising compressor effects
(COMP) or distortion effects (DIST), the 505 II also provides a module for
ZNR (ZOOM Noise Reduction) and a guitar amp simulator. Parameters
such as effect intensity can be adjusted for each module individually, and
modules can be switched on and off as desired.

Effect type

Within each effect module, there are several different effects which are
referred to as effect types. For example, the modulation effect module
(MOD) comprises chorus, flanger, pitch shifter, and other effect types. Only
one of these can be selected at a time. An effect type is also often simply
referred to as an effect.

Effect parameter

All effect modules have various parameters that can be adjusted. When
likening an effect module to a compact effect device, the parameters can be
thought of as the control knobs on the device. Changing the parameter
settings will result in changes to items such as effect intensity and tonal
characteristics.

Patch

In the 505 II, effect module combinations are stored and called up in units
referred to as patches. A patch comprises information about the on/off
status of each effect module, about the effect type used in each module, and
about effect parameter settings. The memory of the 505 II can store up to
36 patches.

Bank

A group of six patches is called a bank. The 505 II manages a total of six
banks, labelled A through F. The patches within each bank are numbered 1
through 6. To specify a patch, the 505 II uses the following format: "A1".
This means that patch number 1 from bank A is selected. Therefore "b6"
would refer to patch 6 from bank b.

BANK A

PATCH 1
PATCH 2
PATCH 3
PATCH 4
PATCH 5
PATCH 6

BANK b

BANK C

BANK d

BANK E

BANK F

PATCH 1
PATCH 2
PATCH 3
PATCH 4
PATCH 5
PATCH 6