Amstrad GX4000 User Instructions

The GX4000 User Instructions are Amstrad plc's owner's booklet for the Amstrad GX4000 games console, © 1990, written by Sue Maybee with drawings by Gray J Webber. The cover is printed in four languages (User Instructions / Manual del usuario / Manuale d'uso / Manuel de l'utilisateur) and carries the codes 2630101B and 616Z001-40993. A sticker on the cover reads "Important: connect DC plug into GX4000 console before plugging AC adapter into AC supply." The hosted scan has 22 PDF pages, most of them two-page spreads, and no text layer.

Contents

The English section is printed pages 1 to 7. The Spanish, Italian and French sections that follow repeat the same pages.

• Components and "Looking after your GX4000" – p. 1
• Features (cartridge slot, power/interlock switch, pause button, power LED, rear and side sockets) and monitor connection – p. 2
• TV connection, Peritel and external amplifier – p. 3
• Games paddle connection and other control devices – p. 4
• Operation: start, loading a cartridge, adjusting picture and sound, pause, stop – p. 5
• Problem solving table – p. 6
• Technical information: pinouts of the auxiliary (RJ11), games paddle, monitor (8-pin DIN), Peritel, stereo and analogue joystick sockets – p. 7

What it settles

The booklet is the source for Amstrad's owner instructions on power and cartridges: connect the DC plug before the mains, use only the supplied adaptor or the power lead of an MM12 or CM14 monitor, and switch off with the power/interlock switch before inserting or removing a cartridge. It gives the RF output as about channel 36 and says the rear sound switch is the first thing to change when a television gives no game sound. Its pinout page notes that pin 9 on the second paddle socket is not COM2.

What it does not contain

There are no circuit diagrams, parts lists or adjustment procedures. Those are in the GX4000 section of Amstrad's service manual, at Amstrad GX4000 Service Manual and Amstrad 464 Plus / 6128 Plus / GX4000 Service Manual. Instructions for individual games were printed separately.

Pages that cite this document

• Amstrad GX4000 – connectors and power arrangements
• Amstrad GX4000 Maintenance Guide – care notes, channel, sound switch and pinouts
• Amstrad GX4000 Troubleshooting Guide – Amstrad's problem-solving table and pinouts

Download: Amstrad GX4000 User Instructions.pdf

Source: Internet Archive, GX4000_User_Instructions_1990_Amstrad.