JBL GT5.0c, GT6.0c, GT4.0c owner manual System Design, GTC04

System Design

10 There are a variety of system options available with the Component System. The simplest configuration is to use them full range with their built-in passive crossovers by connecting them to the output of a head unit or an

should have their extremely low frequencies blocked by electrical means. Active or passive cross- overs can be used in order to achieve the best system fidelity and widest dynamic range. Cross- over frequency recommendations are given in the Specifications.

Left +	–	–	+ Right
–		GTC
	Midwoofers		–
–

Amplifier output set at Full Range or High Passed at f > 80Hz

amplifier (Figures 7 and 8).

Left +

- – –- + Right

If you want to build your system using active (electronic) crossovers, with separate ampli- fiers to drive the tweeter and midwoofers, you can bypass the capacitor on the tweeter and the coil on the midwoofer (Figure 9). A more advanced system design can be achieved by adding a GT, GTx, GTi, or equivalent sub-

In-line
Capacitor
	GTC04
	Tweeters
Left	Right
Channel	GTC Component System Channel

connected to speaker outputs of a High-Powered Head Unit

Figure 7

–

–

In-line

Capacitor

Left

GTC

Midwoofers

GTC04 Tweeters

–

Right

woofer to your component sys-

Channel

Channel

tem. In this case the component system will be used as high and midbass frequency drivers and

GTC04 Connected to GTC Midwoofer, GTC Midwoofer Connected to Amplifier

Figure 8