JL Audio XD600/6 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 , we hig hly rec omme nd th at you h ave your ne w amp lif ier ins [...]

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    2 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Owner ’ s Manual PROTE CT Y OUR HE ARI NG! W e value yo u as a lo ng -term customer . For t hat re as on, we u rge you to prac tic e re st ra i nt in t he op erat ion o f t hi s pro duct so as not to da ma ge your hearing and that of o thers in your ve hicle. St udie s h ave show n t h at cont i nuous e xp osu re t o high s[...]

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    3 ENGLISH PLANNING Y OUR INST AL L A TION I t is importan t tha t y ou take the tim e t o r ead t hi s ma nua l an d t hat you pl an out you r in st al l ation ca ref u l ly . T he fol low in g a re s ome cons idera tion s t hat you mu st t a ke into acc ount when pla n ni ng you r ins ta l lat ion. Cooling Ef ficienc y Considerati ons: The ou ter [...]

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    4 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Owner ’ s Manual PRODUCT DE SCRIPTION Th e J L Aud io X D 60 0/6 is a si x-ch an nel, fu ll-range a udio amplifier util izing JL Audio Nex D™ ult r a-hig h s pee d s wit chi ng tec hnolo g y to del iver outs ta nd ing f idel it y a nd ef f icienc y. The XD6 00/ 6 can be operated wit h a wide va ri et y of sou rce un its a[...]

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    5 ENGLISH POWER CONNECTIONS Bef ore install ing the am plifie r , disc onn ect the ne ga tiv e (gro u n d ) wir e fr om the v ehicl e’ s ba t te r y . This will p rev en t acci den ta l damag e t o the syst em, t he veh icle a nd you r b ody dur i ng i nst a l lat ion. Th e X D6 0 0/6’ s “ +1 2 V D C ” a nd “ Ground ” con nec tion s a r[...]

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    6 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Owner ’ s Manual TURNON LEAD Th e X D6 0 0/6 us es a convent iona l + 12V remote tur n-o n lead, ty pi ca lly con t rolled b y the source unit's remo te turn-on ou tput. The amplifier wi ll tu r n on when + 12V is pres ent at its “ Remote ” inpu t and tur n o ff when + 12 V is switched off. If a s ourc e u nit d[...]

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    7 ENGLISH INPUT SECTION Th e X D6 00/6’ s i nput se ct ion a l lows you to send signals to the amplif ier section through the use of t wo, four or s ix d if ferent ia l-ba l anc ed input s. Input con nec tion s a re v i a up to t h ree p ai rs of tr ad iti ona l RCA-t y pe jack s. If you w i sh to send si x d is cre te c ha nnel s i nto the X D60[...]

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    8 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Owner ’ s Manual FIL TER CON TROLS Most spe a kers a re not des igne d to repro duce the fu ll range of frequenci es au dible by the h u man ea r. For t h is rea son, most spe a ker sys tem s a re compr ise d of mult iple spe a kers , e ach ded icat ed to rep roducing a specific frequency range. F ilters are used to sel ect[...]

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    9 ENGLISH REMOTE LEVEL CONTROL OPT IONAL  With t he addition of t he optional Remote Level C on trol (HD -RLC), yo u ca n control the volume of on e, t wo or a ll t hree ch annel pa irs of the X D6 00/6 f rom t he front of t he vehicle. Th is is usef u l for subwoofer level control, rear cha nnel level control, center - chan nel level control[...]

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    10 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Owner ’ s Manual SPEAKER OUTPUTS The XD6 00/ 6’ s spea ker outputs are designed to accept 1 6 A WG - 8 A WG wi re. T o connect the speaker wi res to the amplif ier , f irst back ou t the set screws o n the top of the terminal block, using t he sup plie d 2 .5 mm hex w rench . St rip 1/2 i nch ( 12 mm ) of insulation from[...]

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    11 ENGLISH ST A TUS LED / PROTECTIO N CIRCUITRY There is a single multi-col or LED on the top su rf ace of t he ampl i f ier to i ndic ate th e a mpli f ier’s operating status. 1 ) F l a s h i n g G r e e n : a mpl if ier is power in g up, aud io out put i s mute d. 2) C onsta nt G reen: a mpli f ier is on a nd f unc t ioni ng n orma l ly, audio [...]

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    12 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Owner ’ s Manual SY STEM CONF IGURA TIONS The X D60 0/ 6 is a f lex ible a mplif ier , wel l- suited for a multit ude of sy stem conf igu rations. In t his se ction, t he most li kely conf igu rations are explain ed in de tail. Once you have selec ted your desired conf igu ration, you ca n use t he amplif ier pa nel draw i[...]

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    13 ENGLISH D) Subwoofer L evel C ontrol On ly : Req uired: a sou rce un it or proc ess or w it h one p ai r of ste reo output s a nd ded icat ed subw oofer ou t puts. Inp ut C onnec t ions: the st er eo pair of source u nit out puts eac h sp lit wit h a “ Y -Ad aptor ” a ll owi ng t he lef t sig na l to be sent to t he “ CH 1 (Lef t ) ” a n[...]

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    14 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Owner ’ s Manual APPEN DIX A : Input Sensitivity L ev el Setting Follo wing t he di rections below wi ll al lo w the in st al ler to adjus t t he i nput sens itiv it y of e ach amplif ier chan ne l pair simply and easi ly in just a few mi n utes using eq uipme nt which is commo nly ava i lable in i nst a ll ation bay s. Ne[...]

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    15 ENGLISH APPEN DIX C : XD600 /6 Specifications General Specificat ions: Recommended F use V alue: 5 0A Recommended F use T ype: MAXI ™ or AGU Input Sect ions: No. of In put s: Thr ee S tereo Pairs I n p u t Ty p e : Dif fere ntia l-balanced with RCA jack inputs Input Range: 100m V - 4 V RMS Amplifier Sect ion: Amplifier T op ology: NexD ™ Ult[...]

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    16 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Owner ’ s Manual “How do I pro perly set the i nput sensiti vity on my am plifier ?” Plea se ref er to Appen di x A ( page 1 4) to set the inpu t sensitivit y fo r ma x imu m, low-d istor t ion out put . “My amp lif ier do esn’t tu rn o n.” Che ck the fuse, not just visua lly , bu t with a continuity meter . It i[...]

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    17 ENGLISH “My amplifier sh uts off once in a wh ile, usual ly a t h igher volumes. ” Che ck yo u r vo ltage so urce and grounding point. The powe r sup ply of the XD60 0/ 6 w il l o perate w ith charging system vol tages down to 1 0V . Shut down pr oblems at higher vo lume levels can occur when the c harging syst em vo ltag e ( or remo te turn[...]

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    18 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Owner ’ s Manual INSTALLA TI ON NOTES: Use t h is di ag ra m t o doc u ment you r a mpl if i er’ s sw itc h a nd c ontrol po sition s.[...]

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    19 ENGLISH[...]

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    LIMIT ED WA RR ANTY  AMP LIFIERS U SA JL A UDIO warra n ts th is p rodu ct to be free o f def ects in material s and w orkmanship for a period of two ( 2) years. The war ranty is extended to th ree ( 3) years total if insta llation is perfo rmed by an aut hori ze d J L Aud io d ea ler usi ng a J L Aud io P remiu m Power Con nec t ion Sys t[...]

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    1 DEUTSCH 600W 3/4/5/6 Channel Amplier BENUTZERHANDBUCH Viel en Dank f ür d en Kauf eine s JL Au dio V e rst ärke rs . Ein optima le r Ein bau u nd k or rekte r Ansc hlu ss garantie rt I hnen ein e he r vor ragend e Wied erga bequ alität und einwan df reie Funkti on ü ber vie le Jahre hinweg. Um die s und die G arantie beding unge n z u e r [...]

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    2 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Benutzerhandbuch SCHÜTZEN SIE IHR GEHÖR! Wir schätz en Sie als u nseren Kunden und bitten Sie u m eine vernünf tige, zu rück haltende Benutzung des G erätes, um Ihr Hörvermögen un d d as I hrer Pa ss ag iere nic ht z u gef ä hrde n. St udi en hab en bewi ese n, dass ein e da ue rh af t e Einwi rkung von hohen Scha ll[...]

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    3 DEUTSCH PLANUNG DER INST ALLA TION Es is t w icht ig , d ass Sie sich die Z eit ne hmen , um dieses Benutzerhandbu ch ausführl ich zu lesen und den Einba u d es V erstärk ers sorgfä lti g p lanen. Die f olge nden Pun kte sollten bei der Planung der In sta l lat ion bea chtet werden . Kühlung: Ihr JL A udio V erstärke r i st s o e n tworf en,[...]

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    4 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Benutzerhandbuch PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNG Der JL Audio X D6 0 0/6 ist ei n 6 -Ka na l- V ol lbere ichs - V er stä rke r m it J L Aud io Ne x D™ Ultra- High-S peed -Schaltungs techno logie, w elche eine he raus rage nde T on wieder gabe u nd Ef fi zie n z garanti ert. D er XD600/ 6 V erstärk er kann mit v ie - len System-Konfig[...]

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    5 DEUTSCH rekt sind. Wi derste hen Sie dem Drang die Laut st är ke gle ich vol l au fz ud rehen, bis Sie a lle E instel lungen ü berpr üf t hab en. 15 ) St el len Si e d an n d ie Ei nga ngse mpfi nd l ich keit so ein, dass eine a usgewo gen e K langb alance zwische n d em Su bw oof er und den Lauts pr echern erre ich t wird. Beach ten Si e dazu[...]

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    6 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Benutzerhandbuch EINSCHAL TLEITU NG Der X D6 0 0/6 benötig t eine herkö mm liche 12 V -Eins chaltleitu ng, welche üblicherweise vom Steuerg erät gesteuert w ird. Der V erstä rker w ird da n n e inge sch a ltet , s oba ld + 12V a m “Remote” - Ansch luss an liegen und w ieder abgescha ltet wenn das Steu ergerät ausges[...]

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    7 DEUTSCH VERST ÄRKE REINGÄNGE Die Sig na l-Ei ngä nge d es X D60 0/6 e rlaube n eine Ansteuerung mit zwei, vier oder sechs Cinch- Ansch lussbu chsen. W enn Sie alle sechs Eingänge ve rwenden und di e ent sprec henden Sig na l-A us gä nge a n I h rer Steue reinheit haben, stellen Sie den Schalter “ Input Mode ” au f “ 6 Ch. ” Möch ten[...]

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    8 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Benutzerhandbuch FIL TEREINST ELLUNGEN Die me isten Lau tsprech er sind nicht da rauf aus geleg t , d as gesa mte hörba re Frequen zs pek t- ru m des menschlichen Gehö rs w iederzugebe n. Aus die sem Gr und bei n ha lten di e mei sten Audi o- System e mehre re Lau tsprech erko mponen ten, die jewei l s ei n s pez if i sche [...]

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    9 DEUTSCH PEGELF ERNBEDIENUNG OPTIONA L Mit der opt iona l erh ä ltl ich en Pegel-Fe rnb e- dienung HD-RLC ist es möglich, den P egel von ei nem, zwei ode r a l len K a na lpa aren de s X D600/6 vom Fahrersi tz aus zu steue rn. Dies ist n ützlich fü r die separate Steuerung des Sub woofer -Peg els oder des Ma ster- Pegels des ges amten So[...]

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    10 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Benutzerhandbuch L AUT SP RE CH E R AUS GÄ NG E D ie L aut spre ch er-An sc hl üs se d es X D 60 0 /6 sin d f ür K ab elquer sch nit te von 1 , 5 m m 2 - 8 , 0 m m 2 aus geleg t . Um d ie L aut s prec he rk ab el a n z us ch l ie ße n, mü s - sen Sie z u näch st die Fest stel l sch raub en a n den Ansch lüssen oben mi[...]

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    11 DEUTSCH ST A TUSANZEIGE / SCHUTZSCHAL TU NG Der X D6 0 0/6 V erst ä rker ver f üg t übe r eine meh r fa rbi ge LE D -St at us a nz ei ge, d ie fol gend e Bedeut ungen ha ben k an n: 1 ) G rü nes Bli n ken: der V erstärk er fä hrt h och und ist noch nicht betreibsberei t (kein Signa l) . 2) Gr üne s Dauer leuchten: d e r Ve r s t ä r k e [...]

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    12 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Benutzerhandbuch SY STEMKONF IGURA TIONEN Der X D60 0/ 6 i st ein f lex ibler V erstä rker , der mult iple Syst em-Konf ig u rat ionen er mögl icht . I m folgend en A bsch n itt werden di e gebrä uchlichsten Konf i gu rat ionen det a l lier t be sch rie ben . Sol ba ld Sie sich f ür ei ne Kon f ig ur ati on ent- schie[...]

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    13 DEUTSCH a n K an al 5& 6 de s X D 60 0/6 a n. ( Stellen Sie den Sc ha lter „I nput Mo de“ au f „ 6 C h“ ). Resul tat: Der Anwender ka nn den Pegel des Subwoof ers unabhäng ig von der Lautstä rke der Laut sprec her vom Ste uerger ät au s m it dem Subwoof er-A u sgang fest legen. E) Getrennte Regelung zw ischen Fron t und Rear sow i[...]

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    14 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Benutzerhandbuch ANHANG A: Einstellung der Eingangsempf indlichkeit Die f olge nden Hinweise helfen dem Anwe nder die E inga ngsempfi ndl ichkeit des/der V ers tärker ( s ) einfach und optimal i n ein paar Minuten mithi lfe von her kömmlichen Hilfsmitteln ein zustellen. Benötigte Ausrüstung • Di git ale r Gleich st rom[...]

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    15 DEUTSCH ANHANG C: XD600/6 T ec hnische Daten Allgemeine Angaben: Empfohlener Sicherun gswert: 50A Empfohlener Sicherun gstyp: AGU oder Max iF use™ Anzahl der Signal-E ingänge: dif ferential-symm etrisch, 3 x 2 Cinch- Buchsen V erstärker-Sektion: Verstärker -T opologie: NexD ™ Ultra-H igh Speed Cl as s D Net zte il: Ungerelte MOSFET- S cha[...]

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    16 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Benutzerhandbuch “Wie stel le ich d ie Ei nga ngsempf i nd lich ke it mei nes V erst är kers ric htig ei n?” Bit te bea chten Si e dazu A nhang A ( Seite 1 4) um die Eingangsemp fi ndlichkeit optimal ein zustellen. “Mein V er stä rker sch alt et si ch n icht ein” Ü ber pr üfen Sie die Siche ru ng mit ein em Mu lt[...]

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    17 DEUTSCH “Da s A udios ignal sc hw ankt währen d der Fahrt ode r w enn man auf den V erstärk er k lop f t” Ü ber pr üfen Sie al le An sch lü sse des V ers tä rke rs u nd achten Sie auf eine fes te V e rbindu ng bei jede m de r A nsch lü sse un d au f au sreiche nd abi sol ier te Konta kt f l äche an den Ka bel n i m I nne rn der An sc[...]

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    18 | JL Audio - XD600/6 Benutzerhandbuch INST ALLA TIONSNOTZIZEN: B enut zen Sie d ie ses Dia g ra mm u m d ie S cha lte rste llu ngen u nd Re gler ein stel lu ngen zu verme rken.[...]

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    19 DEUTSCH JL Audi o Vert rie b fü r D eut sch lan d: Audi o D esi gn G mbH Am B reiling sweg 3, D -7 6709 Kro nau T e l. + 49(0)7253-9 4 65- 0 , Fax + 49(0)7253- 94 65-1 0 ww w.audiodes ign.de/jlaudio JL Audi o, In c 1 0369 No rth Comm erce Pk w y . Mir ama r, FL 3 30 25, USA ww w.jlaudio.com (Bitte sc hicken Sie k eine P rodukte für Servicezwec[...]

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