Using just headphones, the only effects i am able to use are 88-99. do i need a line in from an ipod for the rest to work?

Bypass the Effects by jumpering the EFX loop send/return jacks. Mine had a bad effects processor converter chip, that was random and lost main bus signal intermittently.


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It is likely the contacts on the headphone jack are sticking. If you're lucky, spraying some contact cleaner into the input will loosen it. Be careful not to get the spray onto the rest of the cabinet o the keys. If that doesn't work, you will need to take the unit apart so you cab get to the part to clean it.

Line 6 connected to AC power and LED showing power to unit. Guitar into effect input, effect output to guitar amp. Does guitar make sound through amp in bypass mode? No then check cables...yes then use foot switch to turn Line 6 effects unit on. Adjust control knobs for desired effect levels/settings.

If pedal provides no effects...off/on switch defective or internal electronics in need of repair.

You would NOT connect an audio signal to the "send" jacks... those are OUTPUTS... In doing so you are driving signal backward enough to get to the headphones. Sends and returns are NORMALLY used on a mixer for external effects. You should either be using a LINE input jack or one for "tape input".

This is likely a problem with the FX in the unit or the power to it. Does the FX display act correctly? Check that the headphone source "Main Mix" is the ONLY button down for the headphones. If not, make it so. If the clicking is still there, try the headphones in the aux send jacks... see if EITHER left or right can hear the clicking. Back in the phone jack, scan across the SOLO channel buttons down one at a time. Is there clicking? If not, the problem involves the mixing buss or further down the line. Make sure the SOLO buttons at the FX Aux sends are up.
What effect does the MODE button have in SOLO and in PFL? Is the SOLO LED off? Is the number in the FX window SOLIDLY on and not flashing?

I have a 250 gfx, and I have had the same problem intermittently, I have concluded that the digital fx section is to blame, as it is also responsible for the speaker modelling for the line/headphone jack, and I have also had problems with my fx section.
If you have anything in the effects loop that boosts signal volume remove it, a small boost in the loop gives the power amp in these a nice glassy sound, but seems to be (in my case at least) responsible for the failure of the fx/ emulated line out.
Also check all your leads and headphones cord, try some different headphones if you have them.

This is how it is designed to operate - the aux input is for practice use only and is only routed to the headphones socket and not the speaker. Your only options are to use a different amp for your IPOD or drum machine or to use a mini-mixer to input the combined signals of guitar and IPOD through the single input socket on the BG500

Contrary to what's posted above, the Marshall MG series does not pass the speaker power output through the headphone jack, and inserting the headphones into the jack does not disable the speaker. The headphone amp is a separate circuit and it's input is taken before the master volume. So Jan's post is exactly right. Turn off the master volume and turn up all the other gain/volumes as high as they will go. The other issue is that the headphone jack's output does not drive low efficiency headphones well, so you need some headphones similar to Sony's MDR-V700s to hear it well. Earbuds just don't cut it.

Try running it in your FX loop ( out of the mixer into the Kaos, out of the kaos back into the mixxer or out of the mixer into the kaos and out of the kaos into your amp.

Probably the easiest way would be to use a stereo receiver. You can run the headphone output of your ipod into a tape or cd input. The only thing to deal with will be adapting a stereo 1/8" (3.5mm) headphone type jack to 2 RCA type input jacks. You should be able to get this cord at radio shack. You might also be able to purchase a receiver that has a 1/8" input jack specifically for connecting things like an ipod. A receiver, by definition, has a tuner built into it. The alternative would be a tuner and an 'integrated amplifier' which has power amps to drive speakers as well as a pre-amp and input selection switching.