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Thanks, as a last resort, that'll work. I'm hoping someone from L6 would be able to track down the translations, not just for me, but for everyone.

Not the new amps, been that way forever. Thanks anyhow.

Many of the presets on customtone have 6 digit numbers in place of amp names. Anybody know what they mean? is there a translation list somewhere?

The way 4cm and the fx loop work is like this. In a physical amp setup, you usually want wah and distortion before the preamp (stompboxes/pedalboard), time based fx like delay and reverb between the preamp and power amp (rack fx). With the pod, you put the guitar into the pod's input, place your wah/compression/distortion fx blocks, follow this with an fx loop block, followed by phaser/delay/reverb blocks. The pod's FX LOOP BLOCK takes the signal out the pod's FX SEND JACK to the amp's input. The signal passes through the amp's preamp section, then out the amp's FX LOOP SEND to the pod's FX RETURN JACK and FX LOOP BLOCK. The signal then passes through the phaser/delay/reverb blocks to the pod's OUTPUT JACK, which takes it to the amp's FX RETURN, from which it enters the power amp and on to the speaker. In other words, all the pod's fx blocks which come before the FX LOOP BLOCK are before the amp (your physical pedalboard/stompbox equivalent), the amp's preamp is in the pod's fx loop, and everything after the FX LOOP BLOCK is in the amp's fx loop (your rack fx equivalent). GUITAR-->POD INPUT-->WAH/COMP/DIST BLOCKS-->FX LOOP BLOCK-->POD FX LOOP SEND-->AMP INPUT/PREAMP SECTION-->AMP FX LOOP SEND-->POD FX LOOP RETURN-->-->FX LOOP BLOCK-->PHASE/DELAY/REVERB BLOCKS-->POD OUTPUT-->AMP FX LOOP RETURN-->POWER AMP SECTION-->SPEAKER Without the FX LOOP BLOCK, the signal goes from the pod's input, through whatever fx (including pod amps), and out the pod's output to the amp's power amp section, thus bypassing the amp's preamp section and all the amp's volume and tone controls.

4cm only works when there's an fx loop in the preset, otherwise you're just running out of the pod into the amp's power amp section, which is why the amp's controls don't work.

Other than trouble with setlist names, my upgrade to 2.60 with model packs was easy. Now I see 2.61 and 2.62. Is there any major reason for me to install these? Can I just do 2.62 and skip 2.61? Is there someplace where L6 posts Version History details?

Thanks, Realzap. I couldn't get it to work with f2, but figured out that it works the same way as renaming a preset - click pause click again, type name, press enter. When I made this bundle (my first), I'd used a lot of presets from customtone, saving and naming the set lists from the FILE Menu as I went, then bundling them. When I got the new amps I wanted to start fresh, so I tried to figure out how to "Clear" the set lists I didn't want. I wound up writing over all the presets in a set list with "New Tone", saved (from FILE Menu) the set list as BLANK SETLIST, then opened it in each of the set lists I wanted to clear. I saved it with a new bundle name, then loaded the new bundle. The save/bundle process renamed all the cleared set lists Set List 1, Set List 2, etc.(maybe it truncated the BLANK from the name and added a number?), which was OK by me. But when I sent it to the POD, although the presets sent fine, none of the set list names overwrote the names from the upgrade. No idea why that happened, but when I changed the names manually in Edit, they changed on the POD and were saved, no send process required. Anyhow, it's all good now, thanks for your help!

Realzap - sounds like you're taking about renaming a setlist in edit. How do you even do that? Anyway, irrelevant, as I'm loading a bundle with already named setlists.

Updated to 1.4/2.6. Did a system reset. Did a pedal recalibration. Opened edit. Loaded my bundle. Sent it to the 500x. All presets sent, but the set list names won't change. Did it (reset, recal, send bundle) twice, Set list names remain the same. Yes, I know it can be done manually from the unit. PITA! Especially if you've got multiple bundles with different set list names! Anybody know what's happening here and how to fix it?

You can find help with the FCB at the FCB1010 User Group on Yahoo. If you get the UNO chip it's FCB1010_UNO.

Rapco SC100i Isolated Signal Combiner. Out of production (I think) but still show up on ebay from time to time. Here's one for $40.00. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rapco-SC-100i-balanced-Isolated-Signal-Combiner-/251739622944?pt=US_Pro_Audio_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3a9cd9ce20

Using an HT-5C, 4cm, no noise problems. Using the HD's pre-only amps straight to the HT-5C power amp sounds like crap, harsh, hissy. Using the full amps, with or without (HD) cab sims sounds great. Using the Blackstar's pre's with 4cm and effects only also sounds great. Using any of the HD's overdrives with the Blackstar's OD channel more than barely cracked sounds terrible, but might be I just need to spend some more time dialing it in. All the HD's OD's sound good on the clean channel. So far, I prefer the studio direct setting to the combo setting, but that might be the setting I need to make the pre-only HD amps sound right. Not enough hours in the day for all the possibilities, I wind up getting distracted by playing the guitar....

You didn't specify if you were using a PC or a Mac. On a PC, go to Control Panel, Sound, and select the POD HD500 as your default speakers. That works for me, should work for you!