Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product XA-5001 Directed Electronics
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XA - 3002 XA - 6002 XA - 6004 XA - 5001 XA - 8001.
2 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved T ABLE OF CONTENTS CONGRA TULA TIONS Congratulations for choosing an Xtreme Series power amplifier , by Directed Audio. This high performance product has been designed and engineered by Directed Electronics, the industr y leader in high quality automotive security and audio equipment since 1990.
LIMITED TWO-YEAR CONSUMER W ARRANTY 3 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved Directed Electronics (Directed) promises to the original purchaser , to replace this product should it prove to.
4 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved INST ALLA TION GUIDELINES High-powered car audio systems may produce sound pressure levels that exceed the threshold at which hearing loss may result. They may also impair a driver’ s ability to hear traffic sounds or emergency vehi- cles.
5 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved 6 . The amplifier should be grounded with a short, heavy gauge wire connected directly to the car at a bare metal surface, preferably scraped body sheet metal. Do not use factor y ground locations, seat bolts, or brackets that are spotwelded.
6 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved 1. P P W W R R (LED blue) - when illuminated indicates that the amplifier is on. 2. H H I I I I n n p p u u t t (high level input) - Accepts 1v to 10v input from the headunit’ s speaker output. The amplifier will automatically wake-up when the input is greater than 1V .
7 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved 2-CHANNEL XA-3002/XA-6002 HI -INP UT R L INPUT FULL HP F LPF X- OVE R LEVEL BASS HI P ASS 12dB 0dB 6dB LOW PASS 500H z 50H z 500Hz 50H z 90 90 0.8 3 1.5 0.15 V 5V PR T PWR 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 INPUT WIRING DIAGRAM—XA-3002/XA-6002 1.
8 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved L L o o w w - - P P a a s s s s F F r r e e q q u u e e n n c c y y C C o o n n t t r r o o l l (rear) - adjusts the frequency (50Hz–500Hz) of the low-pass crossover .
9 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved 4-CHANNEL XA-6004 LR INPUT RR 0.5 4 1.4 LEVEL HI PASS L OW PASS REAR 0.5 4 1.4 FRONT HI PASS LOW PASS LEVEL HI- INP UT X- OVER X- OVE R HPF LPF FUL L HPF LPF FULL 500H z 50Hz 500H z 50Hz 50 0Hz 50Hz 500H z 50Hz 0.
10 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved MONO CHANNEL XA-5001/XA-8001 0.8 0.15 V 3 5V BASS 1.5 LEVEL HI -INP UT OUTP UT L INPUT R 250H z 30H z LOW P ASS 50 12dB 0dB 6d B X-OVER LPF FUL L PRT PWR 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 INPUT WIRING DIAGRAM—XA-5001/XA-8001 8.
11 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved 10. S S p p e e a a k k e e r r C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i o o n n s s - Note that the two speakers & four speakers have been connected to the four terminal following the (+) and (-) graphic.
12 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved For bridging into a single speaker load, the XA-3002/6002 have the ability to be bridged, as shown in the diagram below: GND +12V REM FUSE FUSE BR I DG ED (L+) (R+) (L-) (R-) SPEAKER 4 Ohm SPEAKER 4 Ohm 10 11 12 2-CHANNEL XA-3002/XA-6002 Note: Model XA-3002 has one fuse.
13 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved GND +12V RE M FUSE FUSE REAR FRONT BRI DG ED (L+) (R +) (L-) (R-) (L+) (R +) (L-) (R-) RIGHT SPEAKER RIGHT SPEAKER 4 Ohm LEFT SPEAKER 4 Ohm LEFT S.
14 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved GND +12V RE M FUSE FUSE REAR FRONT BRI DG ED (L+) (R +) (L-) (R-) (L+) (R +) (L-) (R-) SPEAKER SPEAKER 4 Ohm 4 Ohm FRONT REAR 4-CHANNEL XA-6004 BR.
15 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved GND +12V RE M FUSE FUSE ( + ) ( - ) ( - ) ( + ) SPEAKER 4 Ohm SPEAKER 4 Ohm MONO XA-6004 10 11 12 SPEAKER WIRING DIAGRAM—XA-5001/XA-8001 The XA-5001, and XA-8001 amplifiers offer two positive and two negative output termi- nals for ease of connecting the speakers to the amplifier .
16 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved HIGH LEVEL HARNESSES N N O O T T E E ! ! Do not connect the high level input connections to power , signal, or chassis ground as damage to the head-unit outputs may result. The high-level inputs are designed to work with either grounded or BTL speaker level outputs (found on most head units).
17 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved CROSSOVER SETTINGS AND GAIN ADJUSTMENT Y our Xtreme Series power amplifier by Directed Audio needs to be adjusted carefully to achieve maximum performance. These are some guidelines to follow when fine-tuning the amplifier .
18 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved CEA SPECIFICA TIONS XA-3002 Power Output: 55 Watts RMS x 2 at 4 ohms and < 1% THD+N Signal to Noise Ratio: -70 dBA (reference 1 Watt into 4 ohm.
19 © 2006 Directed Electronics—all rights reserved SPECIFICA TIONS Xtreme models XA-3002 XA-6002 XA-6004 XA-5001 XA-8001 T ype 2-channel 2-channel 4-channel Mono block Mono block Maximum Power 300 .
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