JL Audio 500/1v2 manual

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    Th ank you for p urcha sing a J L Au dio a mplif ier for your autom otive s ound syst em . Y our amplif ie r h as be en d es igne d an d m anufac ture d to ex ac ting stan dard s i n orde r t o en su re yea rs o f mu sic al e njoy ment in your vehicl e. For m ax imum per fo rm ance and ex ten ded war ranty cove rage, we highly recom mend that you h[...]

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    2 | JL Audio - 500/1 v2 Owner ’ s Manual 3 Cooling Ef ficienc y Considerati ons: Y our JL A udio amp lif ier em pl oys an adv anc ed t y pe of heat ma na gement, ca l led RealSin k ™. This feature takes advantage of conv ec tion and radiation effects to re mov e heat f rom t he ampl i fi er c irc uit r y . For opt imu m cooling performance, the[...]

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    4 | JL Audio - 500/1 v2 Owner ’ s Manual 5 POWER CONNECTIONS Bef or e installing the amp l ifier , disconnect the negative (ground ) wire from the vehicl e’ s battery . Th is wil l pr even t acciden t al da mage to the system, the v ehicle a nd you r p erson du ri ng i ns ta l lat ion. +12VDC Ground Remote Preamp Output Section Infrasonic Filte[...]

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    6 | JL Audio - 500/1 v2 Owner ’ s Manual 7 IMPOR T ANT ! Y ou can not use t he turn- on ou tput to tur n on processors t hat are in t he signal path before t he 50 0/ 1 v 2. (Signa l wi ll not pass t hrough most processors when t hey are not pow ered up, mean ing that t he amplif ier wil l not turn on unt il t hat pro ce ssor is a ct ive) . AMP L[...]

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    8 | JL Audio - 500/1 v2 Owner ’ s Manual 9 2) Preci se Fr equenc y S ele ct ion: The filte r f requenc y ma rk ing s on the f ront pa nel of the amplif ier are for refe ren ce purposes and a re gener a l ly ac cu rat e to w ith i n 1/3 o ct ave or b et ter. I f you woul d l ik e to sele ct t he f i lter f requenc y wit h a h ig her l evel of pre [...]

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    10 | JL Audio - 500/1 v2 Owner ’ s Manual 11 2) Para met ric Ba ss E qua l iz er: The para metric equ a li zer a l lows t he us er to sel ect t he c enter frequen cy of the boost band as w ell as t he ba ndw idth (“ Q ”) of th e bo ost ba nd. T he “ Q " con trol sel ects t he bandwidth of the boost around the cen ter frequ ency . Lower[...]

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    12 | JL Audio - 500/1 v2 Owner ’ s Manual 13 IMPOR T ANT ! Spea ker loads below 1 .5Ω nomi nal a re not recommended and may cause t he amplif ier outpu t to distort exces sively . Spe a ker c onne ct ions to the 50 0/1 v 2 a re stra ightforward and take place at the far right of the front panel. Y ou wi ll notice that there are two “ + ” pos[...]

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    14 | JL Audio - 500/1 v2 Owner ’ s Manual 15 APPEN DIX B : 500/1v2 Specifications General Specificat ions: Recommended F use V alue: 5 0A Recommended F use T ype: AF S, A GU or MaxiF use ™ Input Section: Inp ut T y pe: D if ferenti al-b alance d with R CA jac k input s Input Range: S witcha ble fro m 200 mV - 2V RMS to 80 0mV - 8V RMS Amplifier[...]

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    16 | JL Audio - 500/1 v2 Owner ’ s Manual 17 APP ENDIX C: Precise F requency Selec tion Chart CHART A1 AMPLIFIER L OWP ASS FIL TER Detent Panel Actual Number Marking Fr eq. Full counter-clockwise: 42 01 ............................ 42 02 ............................ 42 03 ............................ 42 04 ........... “40” ............ [...]

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    18 | JL Audio - 500/1 v2 Owner ’ s Manual 19 3 ) The input sens iti vit y of t he tw o a mpli f iers nee ds to b e adju ste d i ndep endent ly. T o pro perly cal ib rate the amplifiers for ma x imu m, ident ica l, cle an out put, plea se ref er to Appen di x A (pag e 1 4 ) . Af ter using th is proced u re, yo u ca n then adj u st the lev el of th[...]

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    20 | JL Audio - 500/1 v2 Owner ’ s Manual 21 “My amplifier sh uts o ff onc e in a while, usually at higher volumes” Che ck yo u r vo ltage so urce and grounding point. The pow er su ppl y of the 500/ 1v2 wil l ope rate with chargi ng system vol tages down to 1 0V . Sh utdo w n pr obl ems at higher vo lume levels can occu r when the chargi ng [...]

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    22 | JL Audio - 500/1 v2 Owner ’ s Manual 23 INST ALLA TION NO TES: Use this diagram to document your amplifier’ s switch and control positions. +12VDC Ground Remote Preamp Output Section Infrasonic Filter “Q” Center Freq. Boost (dB) Amp LP Filter Advanced Bass Control Amplifier Input Section Subwoofer Output MONO OUTPUT ONL Y Left Output R[...]

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    LIMIT ED WA RR ANTY  AMP LIFIERS  US A JL A U D IO w arrants this prod uct to be free of d ef ects in ma terials and wor kmanship for a peri od of ninet y ( 90) days from the original date of p urchase. The warra nty term is extended to two ( 2 ) years if insta llation is perfo rmed or app rov ed by an authorized JL A U DI O dea ler ( proo[...]