Rockford Fosgate RFA-808 manual

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        O WNER ' S M ANUAL A UDIOPHILE W OOFERS RF A-408 RF A-808 RF A-410 RF A-810 RF A-412 RF A-812[...]

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    Dear Customer, Congratulations on your purchase of America’s finest brand of car audio compo- nents. At Rockford Fosgate we are committed to musical reproduction at its best, and we are pleased you chose our product. Through years of engineering expertise, hand craftsmanship and critical testing procedures we have created a wide range of products[...]

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    T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Punch Audiophile Woofer Contents .................................................. 1 Introduction ...................................................................................... 1 Design Features ................................................................................. 1 Cone .....................................[...]

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    – 1 – P UNCH A UDIOPHILE W OOFER C ONTENTS Punch Audiophile Woofer Punch Audiophile Woofer manual Kevlar® is a registered trademark of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc. I NTRODUCTION This manual provides information on the construction, installation and operation of the Punch Audiophile Woofers. We suggest you save this manual for future [...]

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    – 2 – Voice Coil – The construction of the voice coil is designed to maximize the speaker's power handling. The wire used is high temperature copper, wound in multiple layers on a black, anodized aluminum former. The wire will withstand high temperatures while the former conducts heat away from the coil. Powder Coated Basket – The stam[...]

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    – 3 – U SING T HE P UNCH A UDIOPHILE W OOFERS Speakers are built in different sizes to optimize their performance in different frequency bands. Crossovers are used to route the different frequency bands for each appropriate speaker. There are two opera- tional types of crossovers, active and passive. An active crossover is an electronic filter [...]

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    – 4 – B UILDING A N E NCLOSURE To work properly, the walls of the enclosure must be rigid and not flex when subjected to the high pressures generated by the speaker's operation. We recommend using 3/4" thick high density particle board or medium density fiberboard (MDF), which are available at most building supply stores. For a large [...]

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    – 5 – Cut out two pieces of each panel using 3/4" MDF. Model # Panel “A” Panel “B” Panel “C” Volume RFA-408/808 10.5" x 16.5" 4.75" x 16.5" 4.75" x 9" .33 cu. ft. RFA-410/810 12.75" x 19.75" 6.25" x 19.75" 6.25" x 11.25" .66 cu. ft. RFA-412/812 13.5" x 20.5" [...]

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    S PECIFICA TIONS – 6 – Model RFA-408 RFA-808 RFA-410 RFA-810 RFA-412 RFA-812 Nom. Imped. 4 8 4 8 4 8 FS (Hz) 29 31 23 25 21 22 RE (Ohm) 3.5 7 3.5 7 3.5 7 LE (mH) 0.59 1 .86 1.3 1 1.6 QMS 2.08 2.19 1.94 2.03 2.2 2.8 QES 0.53 0.69 0.47 0.58 0.45 0.58 QTS 0.42 0.52 0.38 0.45 0.38 0.48 VAS (cu.ft) 2.154 2.154 3.5 3.5 9.128 9.128 VAS (liter) 61 61 1[...]

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    Rockford Fosgate warrants all loudspeakers to the original purchaser for a period of two (2) years parts and labor, providing the product was purchased from an Authorized Rockford Fosgate Dealer. Speakers found to be defective during the warranty period will be repaired or replaced (with a product deemed to be equivalent) at Rockford Fosgate’s di[...]

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    CP-9050 7/94 Rockford Fosgate Rockford Corporation 546 South Rockford Drive Tempe, Arizona 85281 U.S.A. In U.S.A., (602) 967-3565 In Canada, call Korbon (905) 567-1920 In Europe, Fax (49) 4207-801250 In Japan, Fax (81) 559-79-1265[...]