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Appendices

Index

AAB REPEAT .....................................9, 15, 41
AC.PROCESSOR................................25, 27
ALL DELETE .......................................21, 38
AMP ................................20, 22, 23, 24, 34
Audio Interface .......................................33
AUDIO ROUTING ....................................34
BBacking Up ...............................................36
BEST 30 ...........................................9, 10, 11
CCapacity ....................................................35
CAPTURE ...............................................9, 16
Card Locked! ............................................40
Card Read Error! .....................................40
Card Write Error! .....................................40
CD IMPORT ...............................................19
CD RIPPING ..............................................19
Center Cancel ..........................................15
CHORUS ....................................................30
COMP ....................................25, 27, 34, 39
Connecting ..............................................18
CONVERT .......................................9, 15, 38
Cursor Button .............................................5
DData Too Long! ........................................40
Data Too Short! .......................................40
DAW ............................................................34
DELAY....................................22, 29, 30, 32
Dial .................................................................5
Digital Audio Workstation ..................34
EE ect Parameters ...................................20
E ects ........12, 13, 20, 22, 36, 37, 38, 44
ENTER Button .............................................5
EQ ..................................................22, 26, 28
ERASE ............................................................9
Error ............................................................40
EXCHANGE ........................................12, 21
EXIT Button .................................................5
EXPORT...........................................9, 38, 41
EZ CHARACTER .......................................30
FFACTORY RESET ......................................39
FLANGER .....................................25, 27, 30
footswitch ...........................25, 29, 32, 39
FX ...........................................22, 25, 32, 34
GGuitar Level .................................................8
IIMPORT ...........................................9, 17, 19
Importing Songs ......................16, 17, 19
INITIALIZE ..........................................12, 21
INPUT GAIN ................................31, 41, 44
Input Sensitivity .....................................31
JJS-8 Song .........................3, 10, 11, 18, 35
LLCD .............................................................39
LIMITER ...............................................25, 27
Lock ............................................................35
M
MENU button ...............................9, 11, 12
MENU Button .............................................5
Metronome ..............................................14
MP3 ..........3, 9, 15, 18, 19, 23, 35, 38, 41
NNo Card! ....................................................40
No File! .......................................................40
NOISE SUPPRESSOR ..............................28
OOCTAVE...............................................25, 27
OD/DS .................................................25, 26
PPAN ...............................................25, 28, 29
PATCH BACKUP ......................... 36, 37, 39
PATCH NAME ...........................................21
PEDAL ...................................25, 26, 32, 39
PEDAL SETTING ......................................32
PHASER........................................25, 27, 30
Play .....3, 5, 8, 14, 15, 16, 25, 32, 33, 34,
...............................................................40, 44
Playing ...................................................8, 33
Play Mode ....................................................5
Power Button ...............................5, 41, 43
Protect ..................................35, 38, 40, 42
Protected! .................................................40
RRe-Amp .....................................................34
REC ................................5, 9, 27, 32, 34, 37
Recording .............................2, 3, 9, 35, 43
Recording Time ......................................35
REMAIN ........................................................5
REMOVE ....................................................11
REVERB ...............................................22, 30
RHYTHM .............................................11, 23
ROTARY ........................................ 25, 28, 32
Routing.........................................................2
SSaving E ects ...................................13, 20
SD Card .............................3, 35, 36, 37, 43
SD CARD .....................................11, 35, 39
SD card Write/Protect Function ........ 35
SEARCH ............................9, 10, 11, 16, 19
Selecting Songs .....................................10
SET PATCH .........................................31, 38
SOLO ............................................12, 24, 32
Song Information ...........................19, 38
Song List Editor .................10, 11, 18, 19
Song Name .......................................19, 38
SPEAKER SW ............................................31
SPEED ......................14, 15, 25, 28, 30, 32
Stop .................................................8, 32, 33
Switching E ects ................................... 12
SYSTEM SETTING ............................31, 39
TTempo ........................................................15
Too Many Songs! .................................... 40
Top Screen ..................................................5
TREMOLO ...........................................25, 27
Troubleshooting ....................................41
Tuner ..........................................................14
UUnformatted! ..........................................40
UNI-V ...................................................25, 28
Unsupported Card! ...............................40
Unsupported Format! ..........................40
USB Audio Interfaces............................33
USB (COMPUTER) ............................34, 39
USB Driver ................................................33
USB MEMORY ...................................11, 39
W
WAH ..............................................25, 26, 32
WAV ................3, 9, 18, 19, 27, 28, 35, 41
WRITE ....................................12, 13, 20, 21

Speci cations

JS-8: Audio Player with Guitar Effects
(eBand)
AD Conversion 24-bit + AF method (GUITAR/
MIC IN)
24-bit (AUX IN)
DA Conversion 24-bit
Sampling
Frequency
44.1 kHz
Effect Patches Preset: 130
User: 100
Nominal Input
Level
GUITAR/MIC IN: -20 dBu
( INPUT GAIN=GUITAR)
GUITAR/MIC IN: -32 dBu
( INPUT GAIN=MIC)
AUX IN: -15 dBu
Input Impedance GUITAR/MIC IN: 1 Mohm
AUX IN: 22 kohms
Nominal Output
Level
PHONES: -10 dBu
LINE OUT: -10 dBu
Output Impedance PHONES: 44 ohms
LINE OUT: 1 kohm
Connectors GUITAR/MIC IN (1/4 inch
phone type)
AUX IN (Stereo miniature
phone type)
PHONES (Stereo miniature
phone type)
LINE OUT (RCA phono type)
CTL1,2/EXP (1/4 inch TRS
phone type)
USB ( Type A)
USB ( Type B)
DC IN
Current Draw 400 mA
Dimensions 264 ( W) x 166 (D) x 201 (H)
mm
10-7/16 ( W) x 6-9/16 (D) x
7-15/16 (H) inch
Weight 1.7 kg
3 lbs 12 oz
(excluding AC adaptor)
Accessories AC adaptor (PSB-1U)
SD card (1 Gbyte)
Owner’s Manual
Roland Service (Information
Sheet)
Options Footswitch (BOSS FS-5U)
Dual Footswitch (B0SS FS-6)
Expression Pedal (Roland EV-
5, BOSS FV-500L, BOSS FV-
500H)
Footswitch Cable (Roland
PCS-31L)
0 dBu = 0.775 Vrms
In the interest of product improvement, the specifications
and/or appearance of this unit are subject to change
without prior notice.
AF method (Adaptive Focus method)
This is a proprietary method from Roland & BOSS
that vastly improves the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio
of the A/D and D/A converters.