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Rockford Fosgate RFP-1412/1812 manual

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    ® ® car audio fanatics for punch ® RFP-1408/1808 RFP-1410/1810 RFP-1412/1812 RFP-1415/1815 RFP-1418/1815[...]

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    Dear Customer, Congratulations on your purchase of the world's finest brand of car audio speakers. At Rockford Fosgate we are fanatics about musical reproduction at its best, and we are pleased you chose our product. Through years of engineering expertise, hand craftsman- ship and critical testing procedures, we have created a wide range of pr[...]

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    T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................. 1 RF Punch Woofer Contents ...................................................................... 1 Technical Design Features ....................................................................... 1 Stamped Basket ........[...]

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    – 1 – I NTRODUCTION The RF Punch Woofers are a full line of low frequency drivers sized from 8" to 18" and are available in 4 or 8 ohm impedance. The RF Punch woofers were designed for use primarily in small, sealed enclosures. By utilizing the latest materials and construction tech- niques, we are able to offer a speaker with high ou[...]

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    – 2 – ◆ Aluminum V oice Coil Former The voice coil former is black, anodized aluminum for highly efficient thermal transfer. This allows winding high temperature copper wire in multiple layers for improved efficiency. THE RESULT: Improves power handling by efficiently dissipating heat ◆ Four-Layer V oice Coil Multiple layers of high tempera[...]

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    – 3 – I NST ALLA TION Recommended Enclosures Punch 8" Recommended Sealed .30ft 3 (8.50L) D = 8" (20.32cm) H = 1 1" (27.94cm) W = 1 1" (27.94cm) Punch 10" Recommended Sealed .75ft 3 (21.24L) D = 10" (25.40cm) H = 14" (35.56cm) W = 15" (38.10cm) Punch 12" Recommended Sealed 1.25ft 3 (35.40L) D = 12&quo[...]

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    – 4 – I N S T A L L A T I O N ® ® Building an Enclosure 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. For optimum performance, we recommend using 3/4" MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard) and internal bracing. The enclo- sure should be gl[...]

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    – 5 – Wiring Configurations Three configurations for connecting speakers to an amplifier are Series , Parallel , and Series-Parallel wiring. A Series con- figuration consists of two or more speakers wired in an string (end to end). A Parallel configuration consists of two or more speakers wired with the common terminals connected across each ot[...]

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    – 6 – S PECIFICA TIONS Model RFP-1408 RFP-1808 RFP-1410 RFP-1810 RFP-1412 RFP-1812 RFP-1415 RFP-1815 RFP-1418 RFP-1818 Nom. Imped. 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 FS (Hz) 30 32 24 26 23 25 21 23 19 20 RE (Ohm) 3.6 7.2 3.6 7.2 3.6 7.2 3.6 7.2 3.2 6.4 LE (mH) 2.5 4 2.5 4 2.5 4 2.2 3.5 3.1 4.0 QMS 4.89 5 4.08 4.7 5 5.4 6.24 5.85 5.30 5.73 QES 0.32 0.33 0.27 0[...]

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    L IMITED W ARRANTY I NFORMA TION Rockford Corporation offers a limited warranty on Rockford Fosgate products on the following terms: • Length of Warranty 1 year on speakers 30 days on speaker B-stock (receipt required) 3 years on electronics 90 days on electronic B-stock (receipt required) 2 years on source units • What is Covered This warranty[...]

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    I NTERNA TIONAL I NFORMA TION – 8 –[...]

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    LEA DETENIDAMENTE LAS SIGUIENTES INSTRUCCIONES DE INSTALACÍON DEL PRODUCTO. Los terminales positivo y negativo de entrada están ubicados uno en cada extremo de la carcasa. Este montaje separado previene de posibles cortocircuitos de la señal a altos niveles de volumen. El terminal positivo está marcado con un punto en la carcasa. Un punto rojo [...]

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    Para un buen funcionamiento las paredes del recinto han de ser rigidas y sin flexión a altas presiones de aire. Recomendamos usar un espesor de 1.9 cm de conglomerado de alta densidad o fibra de media densidad. Si el recinto es muy grande es necessario reforzarlo internamente. Las juntas deben ser encoladas y aseguradas con tornillos o grapas. Int[...]

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    VEUILLEZ LIRE LES INSTRUCTIONS SUIVANTES POUR L'INSTALLATION DE CE PRODUIT. Les bornes positives et négatives sont fixées de part et d'autre du saladier. Cette séparation permet d'empêcher les courts-circuits entre les fils lors des reproductions sonores élevées. La borne positive est repérée par un petit point de couleur sur[...]

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    Pour fonctionner convenablement les parois du caisson doivent être rigides lorsqu'elles sont soumises aux hautes pressions dues au fonctionnement du haut-parleur. Nous vous recommandons d'utiliser des panneaux de bois aggloméré à haute ou moyenne densité de particules de type “MDF”. Ces panneaux sont disponibles dans la plupart d[...]

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    A NSCHLU β β β β β TERMINALS BITTE LESEN SIE DIESE GEBRAUCHSANLEITUNG ZUERST SORGFÄLTIG DURCH. DAS KANN SIE VOR FALSCHEM EINSATZ, AUSFALLEN ODER SOGAR BESCHÄDIGUNG DES PRODUKTES ODER IHRES FAHRZEUGES SCHÜTZEN. E INLEITUNG Die RF-Punch Woofer sind eine komplette Produktlinie von Tief- Frequenzlautsprechern mit Durchmesser von 20 cm bis zu 46[...]

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    D EUTSCH Um das Gehäuse so präzise wie möglich zu bauen, sollten die Gehäusewände sehr steif und luftundurchlässig sein, um dem entsehenden Luftdruck des Lautsprechers standhalten zu können. Wir empfehlen 1,9 cm mittelverdichtete Faserplatte (MDF), die in den meisten Baumärkten angeboten wird. Bei einem grö β eren Gehäuse sollten Sie Ver[...]

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    LEGGERE CON ATTENZIONE LE SEGUENTI ISTRUZIONI PRIMA DELL'INSTALLAZIONE DEL PRODOTTO. I connettori di ingresso positivi e negativi sono montati sul cestello in posizioni speculari. Il montaggio separato impedisce al segnale musicale di cortocircuitarsi ad altissimi livelli di volume. (Il terminale di ingresso é indicato da una marcatura colora[...]

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    Per ottenere le prestazioni massime, le pareti della cassa devono essere rigide e non flettere sotto la sollecitaxione della elevata pressione generata dal woofer. Noi raccomandiamo l'impiego di MDF con uno spessore minimo di 19 mm, materiale facilmente reperibile in tutte le falegnamerle. Per casse di dimensioni molto grandi é indispensabile[...]

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    11/96 LIT9778 Rockford Fosgate Rockford Corporation 546 South Rockford Drive Tempe, Arizona 85281 U.S.A. In U.S.A., (602) 967-3565 In Europe, Fax (49) 4207-801250 In Japan, Fax (81) 559-79-1265 MADE IN THE USA This product is designed, developed and assembled in the USA by a dedicated group of American workers. The majority of the components used i[...]