User manual POLK AUDIO C500.1 CARBON

[. . . ] For over thirty years, George Klopfer and I, and all the people at Polk Audio, have been designing and building sound equipment for people like you: the person who demands high quality and outstanding performance at a reasonable price. ) Please take a moment and read through this manual before you get started. If you have any doubts about your ability to execute any of the installation steps found in this manual, save yourself a lot of grief and contact your local authorized Polk Audio AutoSound dealer. He (or she) is a professional installer and ready to help you get the most for your autosound dollar. [. . . ] If an audio signal cable is too close to a power cable, it may pick up the magnetic field generated by the power cable, which could lead to a loss of quality in your signal. Measure enough wire to reach from your amplifier to each speaker or inline crossover, plus an additional 12" to allow moving the speakers or equipment without having to disconnect the wires. FIND a good solid metal grounding point close to the amplifier and connect the negative power wire to it. For the ground connection, also use the largest gauge cable available. Connect to the terminal marked GND and then connect this cable directly to your car's chassis. Keep the length of the GND connection as short as possible, ideally under 6", to avoid ground loops and engine noise hum problems. Make certain that the ground point is directly connected to the car's metal chassis, with no dirt or paint getting in the way of a clean metal-to-metal connection. Take the time to secure the amplifier solidly so that it does not come loose in the event of a collision or sudden jolt to the vehicle. One of the terminals on the rear of your speaker is positive (+) and the other is negative (-). Make certain that you connect the wire from the positive (+) terminal of your amplifier to the positive (+) terminal on your speaker, and the wire from the negative (-) terminal of your amplifier to the negative (-) terminal on your speaker. Most speaker wire has some indicator (color code, ribbing, or printing) on one of the two wires to help you maintain consistency. Such contact could result in an electrical short and cause your head unit or amplifier to turn off or malfunction. Carefully review the amplifier's control settings to make sure that they are set according to the needs of your system. Now install the power wire fuse and reconnect the negative battery post terminal. (See your authorized Polk AutoSound Dealer for professional advice on fuses and circuit breakers. Turn on the head unit at low level to check that the amplifier is configured correctly. --to crank it up until you have verified the control settings and made your fine tunings. Make the necessary adjustments to the input sensitivity to obtain the right overall output and the desired balance between the two pairs of channels and other amps in your system. When the CROSSOVER MODE is set to OFF, the Frequency Control does nothing. Frequency Control does nothing (the crossovers are preset by the Pre EQ feature). 5 CROSSOVER MODE SELECTOR SWITCH A] set to the LP position when the amplifier is used to drive a woofer or subwoofer. the frequencies above the crossover point will be attenuated at 12dB/Octave or 24/Octave. [. . . ] Do not attempt to service this amplifier yourself or through unauthorized repair facilities. This will not only void the warranty, but may result in the creation of more problems within your amplifier. 4V at the input terminals, 20Hz - 200Hz) Per Channel into 4 Ohms (1% THD+N) 350W Per Channel into 2 Ohms (1% THD+N) 500W Total Dynamic Power (at 50Hz) 875W Frequency Response (-3dB Points) <15 Hz to 200Hz Signal-to-Noise (Referenced to rated power >100dBA Input Sensitivity 200mV to 8. This warranty will terminate automatically prior to its stated expiration if the original retail purchaser sells or transfers the Product to any other party. [. . . ]