Pioneer PRS-A900 owner manual Connecting the Power Terminal, Connecting the Unit

Connecting the Unit

Connecting the Power Terminal

•We recommended that you use the special red battery and ground wire [RD-228], which is sold separately. Connect the battery wire directly to the car battery positive terminal (+) and the ground wire to the car body.

•Recommended wires size (AWG: American Wire Gauge) is as follows. The battery wire and the ground wire must be same size.

•Use a 10 AWG to 20 AWG wire for the system remote control wire.

Battery Wire and Ground Wire Size

Wire Length	less than 3.6 m	less than 6.4 m
Wire Size	8 AWG	6 AWG

1.Pass the battery wire from the engine compartment to the interior of the vehicle.

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

		Engine		Interior of
		compartment		the vehicle
	Fuse (40 A ⋅ 2)
Positive (+)			Drill a 14
terminal			mm hole into
	Insert the O-ring rubber		the vehicle
	grommet into the vehi-		body.
	cle body.

2. Connect the wires to the terminal.

•Fix the wires securely with the terminal screws.

System remote control terminal

Power terminal	Terminal
	screw
	GND
Battery wire	terminal
System remote	Ground wire
control wire

WARNING

Failure to securely fasten the battery wire to the ter- minal using the terminal screws could cause the ter- minal area to overheat and could result in damage and injury including minor burns.

3.Put the wire ties in the slits and wrap the wire ties around the wires.

•Make sure the wires are connected and attached properly before wrapping the wire ties around the wires.

•Wrap the wire tie around the wire insulation, not the stripped wire.

•Cut off any excess portions of the wire ties.

Wire tie

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