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THR HD_H Utility

Operation Manual

Special Notices

• ThesoftwareandthisOperationManualaretheexclusivecopyrightsofYamahaCorporation.

• CopyingofthesoftwareorreproductionofthisOperationManualinwholeorinpartbyanymeansisexpressly

forbiddenwithoutthewrittenconsentofthemanufacturer.

• Yamahamakesnorepresentationsorwarrantieswithregardtotheuseofthesoftwareanddocumentationandcan-

notbeheldresponsiblefortheresultsoftheuseofthisOperationManualandthesoftware.

• ForinformationaboutthelatestinformationofTHRHD_HUtility,checkthewebsitebelow.

http://download.yamaha.com/

• ThescreendisplaysasillustratedinthisOperationManualareforinstructionalpurposes,andmayappearsomewhat

differentfromthescreenswhichappearonyourcomputer.

• CopyingofthecommerciallyavailablemusicaldataincludingbutnotlimitedtoMIDIdataand/oraudiodataisstrictly

prohibitedexceptforyourpersonaluse.

• WindowsisaregisteredtrademarkofMicrosoft®CorporationintheUnitedStatesandothercountries.

• Apple,MacandMacintosharetrademarksofAppleInc.,registeredintheU.S.andothercountries.

• ThecompanynamesandproductnamesinthisUpdateManualarethetrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheir

respectivecompanies.

• Futureupgradesofapplicationandsystemsoftware(e.g.,firmwareoftheproducts)andanychangesinspecifica-

tionsandfunctionswillbeannouncedatthefollowingwebsite.

http://download.yamaha.com/

ThisInstallationGuideassumesthatyouarealreadyfamiliarwithbasicWindows/Macintoshoperations.Ifyou

arenot,pleaserefertotheowner’smanualwhichcamewithyourWindows/MacOSsoftwarebeforeusingthe

THRHD_HUtility.

Forinformationonsoftwareandhardwarerequirementsandtheinterconnectionofdevicesthatarerequiredto

usetheTHRHD_HUtility,pleaserefertotheOwner’sManualthatcamewithyourTHR100HD/THR100H.

ThescreenillustrationsinthismanualaremainlytakenfromWindows(withtheTHR100HDconnected).Differ-

encesthatexistintheMacintoshversionaredulyshownandexplained.

What is the THR HD_H Utility?

TheTHRHD_HUtilityisasoftwareapplicationthatletsyoufreelyadjustonacomputerthefollowing

settings,whicharenotavailableascontrollersorswitchesonthecontrolpaneloftheTHR100HDor

THR100Hamplifier.Theamplifier’sinternalsettingscanbeoverwrittenwiththesettingsspecifiedonthe

computer,allowingtheamplifiertobesetupwithcustomspecifications.

• Internalboostertype(3types)

• Serial/parallelconnectionforeffectloop

• Internalreverbtype(4types)

• Noisegatesetting

• Speakersimulationsetting

• Switchthesignalpath(Separate/Mixed)oftheEFFECTLOOPSEND/RETURN.

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What is speaker simulation using impulse response?

ImpulseResponse,or“IR,”isastate-of-the-artspeakersimulationtechnologythatimprovesonprevious,

lessrealisticsimulationsthatreliedonfairlysimplerecreationsoftheEQfrequencycurvesofspecific

speakers.Atheart,IRisarecordingandanalysisofasystem’soutputwhenaveryshortinputsignal

calledanimpulseisreleasedintoacabinet.Thiscreatesadigitalpictureofthecabinet’slinearcharac-

teristicssuchasfrequencyandphaseresponse,phasecancellationbetweenmultiplespeakers,edge

reflectionsandotheraudiblesignaturesofthecabinet’sconstruction.IRtechnologyissoaccuratethat

itispossibletodistinguishbetweenspecificcabinetmodels,themicrophonesusedtocapturetheIR

image,andevendifferentroomtypeswiththesamemicrophone/cabinetsetup.Additionally,IRdoesnot

introducenon-lineardistortionorcompressioncharacteristics.

The benefits of using IR

Thistechnologyoffersawealthofbenefitsovertraditionalcabinetmic-ingandprevioussimulationtech-

niques,givingplayersaccesstoawealthofoptionstocrafttheiridealsoundwithgearandacoustic

spacecharacteristicsthatmightotherwisebeunavailabletothem.Theabilitytorunincompletesilence

meansthatyoucanuseIRwithheadphonesinyourhomeinsteadofarecordingstudiotorecordguitars

thatsoundliketheyhavebeenpassedthroughspeakercabinetsathighvolume.IRalsooffersimmense

benefitsinalivesetupbecausetherigisfeedingdirectlyintothesoundsystem,effectivelyeliminating

feedbackfromotherinstrumentsormicrophones,whilegivingyoumorecontrolofyouroveralltone.It

alsoreducestime-consumingmicrophoneplacementandsetuptime,ultimatelyallowingyoutorepro-

duceyoursoundwithgreaterprecisionateachnewvenue.Additionally,theabilitytoplugdirectlyintoa

mixerallowsclearersoundtobesenttomonitorspeakersandin-earmonitors,providingabettermoni-

toringenvironmentonstage.

OwnHammerisathirdpartyimpulseresponsedeveloperthatprovidespremiumIRcontentin.wav

fileformat.Thelibrariesofferedcoveralargerangeofvintageandmoderncabinetandspeaker

combinations,sampledwiththebestoutboardgear,usingthemostmodernsamplingtechniques,

andincludetime-testedmicrophoneandmicrophonecombinationstaplesusedtheworldoverby

highprofileengineersandproducersandhomeusersalikeforbothlivesoundandstudiorecord-

ing.Theselibrariesoffermultiplespeakertypespercabinet,individualmicsinmultipleplacement

positions,aswellaspre-mademulti-micandmulti-speakermixesbuiltaroundtechniquesusedon

internationallyacclaimedrecordsinvariousmusicstyles.Thewidearrayofcabinets,speakers,

mics,andmixesavailableenableincredibleamountsoftonalpossibilities,flexibility,customization,

individuality,andreplicationofguitartonehistory’sclassicsounds.Formoreinformationandprod-

uctlistings,pleaseseetheOwnHammerwebsiteatwww.ownhammer.com/free/cab-irs,whereyou

cantryafullyfeaturedFREElibrarytostartyourjourneyincreatingthesoundthatmovesyou.

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Installing the THR HD_H Utility

1. Downloadthelatestversionofthe“YamahaSteinbergUSBDriver”fromthefollowingwebsite,and

theninstallitonyourcomputer.

http://download.yamaha.com/

* Version1.9.3orlateriscompatiblewiththeTHR100HD/THR100H.

2. Downloadthe“THRHD_HUtility”fromthefollowingwebsite,andthenunzipthecompressedZIPfile.

http://download.yamaha.com/

3. ConnectacommerciallyavailableUSBcabletotheUSBjacksoftheTHR100HD/THR100Handthe

computer.

Precautions in regard to using the USB jack

Makesureyoufollowthepointsbelowwhenconnectingacomputertothe

THRUSBjack.FailingtodosomayresultinthecomputerortheTHRfreezing

orshuttingdown,aswellascorruptionorevenlossofdata.Ifthedeviceor

computerdoesfreeze,restarttheapplicationorcomputer.

CAUTION

• UseonlyanABtypeUSBcablelessthanthree(3)metersinlength.USB3.0

cablesarenotcompatible.

• WithoutusingaUSBhub,directlyconnectthecomputerandTHR100HD/THR100H.

• Besuretowakethecomputerfromsuspended/sleep/standbymodebefore

connectingacomputertotheUSBjack.

• Alwaysquitallapplicationsthatarerunningonthecomputerbeforeconnecting

ordisconnectingtheUSBcable.

• Waitatleast6secondsbetweenconnectingordisconnectingtheUSBcable.

• Connectingtheampliertoacomputermayblockthecomputer’ssoundinput/

output.Switchtoanotherdeviceasneeded.

4. Double-clickthe“THRHD_HUtility”installericontostartit.

Thenamesoftheinstallersforeachoperatingsystemarelistedbelow.

• EnglishversionofWindowsinstaller .......... THR_HD_H_Utility_setup.exe

• JapaneseversionofWindowsinstaller ...... THR_HD_H_Utility_setupJ.exe

• Macinstaller(JapaneseandEnglish) ......... THR-HD-H-Utility.pkg

5. Followtheon-screeninstructionstoinstallthe“THRHD_HUtility”.

The“THRHD_HUtility”isinstalledatthefollowinglocationforeachoperatingsystem.

• ForWindows(32-bit) .........C:\ProgramFiles\Yamaha\THRHD_HUtility.exe

• ForWindows(64-bit) .........C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Yamaha\THRHD_HUtility.exe

• ForMac .............................../Applications/THR HD_H Utility.app

 TheincludedIRdata,installedatthesametimeasthe“THRHD_HUtility”,isinstalledatthefollow-

inglocation.

• ForWindows ......................C:\Users\<User account name>\Music\THR

• ForMac ...............................Users/<User account name>/Music/THR

Thiscompletestheinstallation.

AfterturningontheTHR100HD/THR100H,startthe“THRHD_HUtility”.

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THR HD_H Utility Settings screens

WhentheTHRHD_HUtilitystarts,theconnectedamplifier(THR100HDorTHR100H)isautomatically

detected,andthenasettingsscreenforthecorrespondingampappears.

TheTHRHD_HUtilityhastwosettingsscreens(EffectSettingsandSpeakerSimulation),andthereis

onesettingsscreenforeachamplifierchannel(IandII)withtheTHR100HD.

Selectthedesiredsettingsscreenbyclickingthecorrespondingtabatthetopofthewindow.

lEffectSettingsscreen

 •THR100HD:EffectSettingsI/II

 •THR100H:EffectSettingsI

l Speaker Simulation settings screen

 •THR100HD:SpeakerSimulationI/II

 •THR100H:SpeakerSimulationI

n THR HD_H Utility Operations

• Clickaswitchinthewindowtoswitchthesettingonoroff(theindicatorlightswhen

switchedon).

• Eachcontrolknobcanbeadjustedbyclickingtheknobinthewindow,thenmovingthe

pointer.Youcanalsosettheknobbyclickingthedesiredpositionoftheknob.

• WhensettingsarechangedintheTHRHD_HUtility,thatinformationissentinreal-timeto

theTHR100HD/THR100HthroughtheUSBcableandreflectedontheamplifier.Likewise,

setting changes made with the THR100HD/THR100H control knobs are reflected in the THR

HD_H Utility window.

• SettingschangedintheTHRHD_HUtilityaresavedintheTHR100HD/THR100H,evenafter

quitting the THR HD_H Utility or turning off the THR100HD/THR100H.

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EffectSettingsscreen

qAMPI/IIchanneldisplay(THR100HDonly)

Displaystheamplifierchannel(I/II)whosesettingsaretobechanged.Selectthedesiredchannelby

clickingthecorrespondingtab(EffectSettingsI/EffectSettingsII)atthetopofthewindow.

wBOOSTERswitches

Clickoneoftheswitchesinthescreentoselectoneofthethreeboostertypesthatcanbespecified

withtheBOOSTERswitches/knobsinthecontrolpaneloftheTHR100HD/THR100H.Theindicator

fortheselectedtypelights,andthetypenameappears.

WhiteDrive: Basedonanoverdrivepedalthatprovidescleanboost,maintainingtheoriginaltone

characteristics.

GreenDrive: Basedonanoverdrivepedalknownforitsdistinctivemid-rangeboost.

AmberDrive: Basedonanoverdrivepedalthatrespondstopickingdynamicsandtouchsensitivity.

eFXLOOPswitch

SwitchesbetweenSERIALandPARALLELforconnectionoftheexternaleffectorbetweenthe

EFFECTLOOPSENDandRETURNjacksontherearpaneloftheTHR100HD/THR100H.

*Whenthisswitchissetto“PARALLEL,”onlythewetsoundfromtheexternaleffectisreturnedto

theEFFECTLOOPRETURNjack.

*Whenthisswitchissetto“SERIAL,”nosoundisproducedfromtheamplifierwhentheFXLOOPon

thefootswitchisturnedonandnoexternaleffectisconnectedbetweentheEFFECTLOOPSEND

andRETURNjacks.Inthiscase,setthisswitchto“PARALLEL”orconnectanexternaleffect.

rREVERBswitches

Clickoneoftheswitchesinthescreentoselectoneofthefourreverbtypes(Spring,Plate,Room

andHall)thatcanbespecifiedwiththeREVERBknobinthecontrolpaneloftheTHR100HD/

THR100H.Theindicatorfortheselectedtypelights,andthetypenameappears.

tNOISEGATEswitch

ThiseffectcannotbeeditedfromthecontrolpaneloftheTHR100HD/THR100H.Itremovesnoiseby

cuttingthesignalatandbelowthespecifiedlevel.Thehigherthenumber,thehigherthethresholdlevel

(thegreaterthesignalleveliscut).Whensetto“OFF”,thenoisegatefunctionisturnedoff(indicatoroff).

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Speaker Simulation Settings screen

Thisfunctionrecreatesthecharacterandairinessofsoundasrecordedfromaspeakercabinetwitha

microphoneandoutputsitfromtheLINEOUTandPHONESjacks.

BywritingIRdata(speakerresponsecharacteristics)totheamplifier,variousspeakercabinetand

microphonecombinationscanberecreated.

qthroughrshowIRdatasettingsfortheamplifier.

qAMPI/IIchanneldisplay(THR100HDonly)

Displaystheamplifierchannel(I/II)whosesettingsaretobechanged.Switchthechannelby

clickingthecorrespondingtab(SpeakerSimulationI/SpeakerSimulationII)atthetopofthewindow.

wAMPTYPEdisplay

Displaysthetypeselectedfortheamplifier.

*IftheamptypeischangedwhiletheBYPASSswitch!0isturnedon(indicatorlit),theBYPASSswitch

!0willbeturnedoff(indicatoroff).

e IR name display

DisplaysthenameoftheIRdatacorrespondingwiththeamptypew.TheIRnamecanbechanged

byclickingthetext.(maximum63characters)

* Single-byte alphanumeric characters can be used in IR names.

*IftheIRnamecontainscharactersthatcannotbeused,thosecharacterswillappearas“?”.

r IR gain display

DisplaystheIRgain(dB)correspondingtotheamptypew.

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tthrough!1showinformationonthespeakersimulation.WritethespecifiedIRdatatotheamplifier.

tFOLDERbutton o Gain display

yFolderdisplay !0BYPASSswitch

uFilelist !1 INSTALL button

i GAIN knob

1. ClicktheFOLDERbuttont,andthenfromthedialogboxthatappears,selectthefoldercontaining

theIRdatafile.Thefoldernameappearsiny,andtheIRfilesinthefolderarelistedinu.

*OnlyIRfileshavingtheextensions".aif,"".aiff"and".wav"canberecognized.

Supported formats Bitdepth 16-bit,24-bit,32-bit

No.ofchannels Monauralorstereo

Samplingrate 44.1kHz

IRlength 2048samples

*Double-click[..]tomoveuponefolderlevel.

*Double-click[foldername]tomovetothatfolder.

* Single-byte alphanumeric characters can be used in file names and folder names.

*

Ifthefilenameorfoldernamecontainscharactersthatcannotbeused,thosecharacterswillappearas

questionmarks("?").

2. WiththeampselectorontheTHR100HD/THR100H,selecttheamptypetobeset.

3. ClickanIRfilefromthefilelistutoplayasoundusingthatspeakersimulation.

4. IftheBYPASSswitch!0isturnedon(indicatorlights),youcancomparethenewsoundwiththeone

withoutspeakersimulation.

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5. WhentheBYPASSswitchisturnedonoroff,adjusttheGAINknobisothatthevolumeremains

thesame.

* While an IR file is being selected or data is being transferred to the THR100HD/THR100H after the

BYPASSswitchisoperated,theswitchesandbuttonsinthewindowwillhavenoeffect.Atthistime,

do not operate the amp type selector on the THR100HD/THR100H.

*SincetheIRdatahasnotyetbeenwrittentotheamplifieratthispoint,changingtheamptypereverts

the IR data to that prior to changing the settings.

*IfastereoIRfilewasselected,adialogboxforselectingtheLchorRchmayappear,dependingon

your Utility settings.

6. ClicktheINSTALLbutton!1towritetheeditedsettingstotheTHR100HD/THR100H.TheIRname

displayeandIRgaindisplayrchangetothefilenameandgainsettingfortheeditedIRfile.

*IftheBYPASSswitch!0isturnedon(indicatorlights),datathatdoesnotusethespeakersimulation

is written.

About included IR data

ThefilenamesofincludedIRdataareconfiguredasshownbelow.

lExample:For“100_American412_57on_Standard”

Element Details

Serialnumber 100

Cabinettype American,4speakers,12inches

Microphonetype 57

OnMic/OffMic on

Microphoneposition Standard

l Cabinet type

Cabinets:American,British,Brown,F100,THRC212_Dual,THRC212_Single

No.ofspeakers:4,2,1

Speakersize(inches):12

l Microphone type

57 ShureSM57

87 NeumannU87

l On Mic/Off Mic

on Recreatesthedirectspeakersoundasifpickedupfroma

microphoneplacednearthespeaker.

off Recreatesthespeakersoundandairinessoftheroomasif

pickedupfromamicrophoneplacedfarawayfromthespeaker.

l Microphone position

Standard Recreatesthesoundofamixofmultiplemicrophones.

Center Recreatesthesoundatthecenterofthespeakerunit.

Edge Recreatesthesoundattheedgeofthespeakerunit.

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Menu bars and dialogs

Windows version

nFile

Exit:QuitstheTHRHD_HUtilityapplication.

nEdit

Exceptfor“Properties”,themenucommandsareonlyforeditingtheIRnameintheSpeakerSimulationscreens.

Properties: Clickingthisopensthesettingsdialogboxshownbelow.

FXLOOPSENDConnection(THR100HDonly)

SelectshowLandRsignalsonFXLOOPSENDconnectionare

routed.

•Separate...........ThissendsthePreampIsignaltotheSEND

LchannelandthePreampIIsignaltothe

SENDRchannel.

•Mixed................ThismixesthePreampIandPreampII

signalsandsendsthemtotheSENDL

channelformonooutput.

FXLOOPRETURNConnection(THR100HDonly)

SelectswhethertheL/Rchannelsignalsreceivedfromthe

FXLOOP’sRETURNjackaresenttoPowerAmpI/IIcircuits

independently(Separate)oronlytheLchannelsignalissentto

both(Mixed).

•Separate...........ThissendstheRETURNLsignaltothe

PowerAmpIcircuit,andtheRETURNRto

thePowerAmpIIcircuit.

* To use Power Amp I and II for each of the L

andRsignalsfromastereo-outtypeeffect,

choose Separate.

•Mixed................ThissendsonlytheRETURNLsignaltoboth

thePowerAmpIandPowerAmpIIcircuits.

* WerecommendsettingtheSENDconnection

to Mixed as well when using the Mixed setting

withtheFXLOOPRETURNconnection.

Signal Flow

External Effector(s)

Pre Amplifier I

Pre Amplifier II

Power Amplifier I

Power Amplifier II

L ch

R ch

L ch

R ch

Separate

Mixed

Separate

Mixed

Separate

Mixed

Separate

Mixed

Parallel

Serial

Parallel

Serial

FX LOOP RETURN

Connection

FX LOOP SEND

Connection

* FXLOOPSENDandFXLOOP

RETURNsettingsareavailablein

ampfirmwareV1.10andlater.

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Example of Connection 1

Share Mono in/Mono out effects with AMP I and AMP II

Intheexamplebelow,theFXLOOPSENDissettoMixed,anditsRETURNisalsosettoMixedallowing

theAMPIIsignaltobeprocessedthroughtheexternaleffectorloop.

•WhentheAmpSelectSwitchissettoAMPII

AMP I

Pre Amp

AMP II

Pre Amp

AMP I

Power Amp

AMP II

Power Amp

FX LOOP

SEND

Separate

Mixed

FX LOOP

RETURN

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Mixed

External

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•WhentheAmpSelectSwitchissettoDual(AMPI+AMPII)

AMP I

Pre Amp

AMP II

Pre Amp

AMP I

Power Amp

AMP II

Power Amp

FX LOOP

SEND

Separate

Mixed

FX LOOP

RETURN

Separate

Mixed

External

Effector

Mono

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Mono

out

Example of Connection 2

When using a Mono in/Stereo out effector with AMP I and AMP II

AMP I

Pre Amp

AMP II

Pre Amp

AMP I

Power Amp

AMP II

Power Amp

FX LOOP

SEND

Separate

Mixed

FX LOOP

RETURN

Separate

Mixed

External

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DefaultChanneloftheStereoIRFile

DetermineswhetherthedatafortheLorRchannelisused

whenastereoIRfileisselected.

•Lch..................UsesLchanneldata.

•Rch..................UsesRchanneldata.

•AskeachFile....Witheachfile,displaysadialogbox

requestingconfirmationofthechanneltobe

used.

Reset IR Data

Clicking[Reset]opensthe“ResetIRData”dialogbox.

ClicktheOKbuttoninthatdialogboxtoreverttheIRdataforall

amptypestothefactorydefaults.

•FactorydefaultIRdatasettings

Amp type

IR data

IR gain

MODERN 100_American412_57on_Standard -13dB

LEAD 200_British412_57on_Standard -12dB

CRUNCH 300_British212_57on_Standard -11dB

CLEAN 400_American112_57on_Standard -10dB

SOLID

500_THRC212_Single_57on_Standard

-11dB

n Help

About : Displaysinformationsuchasthesoftwareversion.

Macintosh version

n THR HD_H Utility

About THR HD_H Utility: Displaysinformationsuchasthesoftwareversion.

Preferences...: Clickingopensadialogboxwithcontentthatisthesameaswith“Properties”inthe

Windowsversion.

Quit: QuitstheTHRHD_HUtilityapplication.

nEdit

AllmenucommandsareonlyforeditingtheIRnameintheSpeakerSimulationscreens.

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Troubleshooting

Ifyouexperienceproblems,suchasnosoundorabnormaloperation,firstmakesurethatthe

THR100HD/THR100Hisproperlyconnectedtothecomputer.Iftheproblempersists,pleasecheckthe

followingitems.

lTheswitchesandbuttonsinthewindowhavenoeffect.

• Isthelatestversionofthe“YamahaSteinbergUSBDriver”installed?

• Alternately,tryreplacingtheUSBcable.

l An error message appears.

•

QuittheUtility,turnofftheTHR100HD/THR100H,andthenperformtheoperationfromthebeginning.

lAphasereffectcanbeheardwhentheFXLOOPswitchissetto“PARALLEL”.

• WhentheFXLOOPswitchissetto“PARALLEL”,returnonlywetsoundfromtheexternaleffector

totheRETURNjack.

lThereisnosoundwhentheFXLOOPswitchissetto“SERIAL”.

• Checktheconnectionsoftheexternaleffector.

lWhentheamptypeischanged,thespeakersimulationsettingsreverttothoseprior

to changing the settings.

• BesuretoclicktheINSTALLbuttonbeforechangingtheamptype.

l The speaker simulation sound is low. Crackling is produced.

• AdjusttheGAINknobappropriately.

lThespeakersimulationdoesnotaffecttheSPEAKEROUTjacks.

• ThespeakersimulationaffectsonlytheoutputfromtheLINEOUTandPHONESjacks.

Manual Development Group

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Published 07/2016 PO-A0