Setting the Unit

Connecting the Unit

Connection Diagram

Bass Boost Frequency Control

You can select a bass boost frequency from 40 to 120 Hz with the bass boost control.

Gain Control

If the sound level is too low, even when the volume of the car stereo used along with this power amplifier is turned up, turn gain control on the front of the power amplifier clockwise. If the sound

Cut Off Frequency Control for LPF

You can select a cut off frequency from 40 to 240 Hz.

CAUTION

•Disconnect the negative (–) terminal of the battery to avoid the risk of short-circuit and damage to the unit.

•Secure the wiring with cable clamps or adhesive tape. To protect the wiring, wrap adhesive tape around it where they lie against metal parts.

•Do not route wires where they will get hot, for example where the heater will blow over them. If the insulation heats up, it may become damaged, resulting in a short-circuit through the vehicle body.

•Make sure that wires will not interfere with mov- ing parts of the vehicle, such as the gearshift, handbrake or seat sliding mechanism.

•Never feed power to other equipment by cutting the insulation of the power supply wire to tap from the wire. The current capacity of the wire will be exceeded, causing overheating.

•Never replace the fuse with one of greater value or rating than the original fuse. Use of an improp- er fuse could result in overheating and smoke and could cause damage to the product and injury including burns.

Grommet

Grommet

The maximum length of the wire between the fuse and the positive

(+)terminal of the bat- tery is 45 cm (18 in.).

Positive (+) terminal

Negative (–) terminal

Battery

Ground wire (sold separately)

The ground wires must be same size as the battery wire.

Connect to metal body or chassis.

Battery wire (sold separately) For the wire size, see the “Connecting the Power Terminal” section. The battery wire, the ground wire and the optional direct ground wire must be same size.

After making all other connections at the amplifier, connect the battery wire terminal of the amplifier to the positive (+) terminal of the battery.

distorts when the volume is turned up, turn the gain control counter-clockwise.

• When using with an RCA equipped car

stereo (standard output of 500 mV), set

to the NORMAL position. When using

CAUTION:

To prevent damage and/or injury

• Do not ground the speaker wire directly or con-

nect a negative (–) lead wire for several speakers.

• Connect either of two subwoofers to the amplifier;

1: a subwoofer with a 500 W or larger nominal

Grommet Fuse (100 A)

Each amplifier must be SEPARATELY fused at 100 A.

Connecting wire with RCA pin plugs (sold separately).

with an RCA equipped Pioneer car

stereo with max. output of 4 V or

more, adjust level to match the car

stereo output level.

• For synced amplifier’s gain control,

see the “Setting the Gain for Synced

Amplifier” section.

MODE SELECT Switch

You can select amplifier’s sync mode from MASTER, SYNC and SYNC INV. For the position of the MODE SELECT switch, see the “Connecting the Speaker Wires” section.

Power Indicator

The power indicator lights when the power is switched on.

• This unit is for vehicles with a 12-volt battery and

negative grounding. Before installing it in a recre-

ational vehicle, truck or bus, check the battery

voltage.

• If the car stereo is kept on for a long time while

the engine is at rest or idling, the battery may go

dead. Turn the car stereo off when the engine is at

rest or idling.

• If the system remote control wire of the amplifier

is connected to the power terminal through the

ignition switch (12 V DC), the amplifier will

always be on when the ignition is on— regardless

of whether the car stereo is on or off. Because of

this, the battery could go dead if the engine is at

rest or idling.

• DO NOT connect a subwoofer with a lower

impedance than specified in the “Connecting the

Unit” section. Amplifier damage, smoke, and

input and an impedance 4 Ω, or 2: a subwoofer

with a 1,000 W or larger nominal input and an

impedance 2 Ω. If the nominal input and imped-

ance are out of the above ranges, the subwoofer

may catch fire, emit smoke or become damaged.

• Install and route the separately sold battery wire

as far away as possible from the speaker wires.

Install and route the separately sold battery wire,

ground wire, speaker wires and the amplifier as

far away as possible from the antenna, antenna

cable and tuner.

• Cords for this product and those for other prod-

ucts may be different colors even if they have the

same function. When connecting this product to

another product, refer to the supplied Installation

manuals of both products and connect cords that

have the same function.

Optional direct ground wire (sold separately) When chassis ground- ing is not sufficient, direct grounding should be used. The wire size should be same size as the bat- tery wire.

SYNC OUTPUT / SYNC INPUT jack See the “Connecting the Speaker Wires” section for SYNC OUTPUT / SYNC INPUT jack con- nection instructions.

Car stereo with RCA output jacks

External Output (Subwoofer output)

RCA input jack

Bass Boost Level Control

Bass boost level control can boost the level around the frequency selected by the bass boost frequency control from 0 to 12 dB.

Subsonic Select Switch

The subsonic filter cuts inaudible fre- quencies below 20 Hz to eliminate unwanted vibrations and minimize power loss.

overheating could result from a non-specified con-

nection. The amplifier surface could also become

hot to the touch and minor burns could result.

Reverse side

Speaker terminal

See the “Connecting the Speaker Wires” section for speaker connection instruc- tions.

System remote control wire (sold separately)

Connect the male terminal of this wire to the system remote control termi- nal of the car stereo (SYSTEM REMOTE CONTROL). The female termi- nal can be connected to the auto-antenna relay control terminal. If the car stereo does not have a system remote control terminal, connect the male ter- minal to the power terminal through the ignition switch.

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D3000SPL specifications

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