Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 6 Directed Electronics
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model 700/6.
2 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc.
3 T ABLE OF CONTENTS CONGRA TULA TIONS Congratulations for choosing a Directed Audio power amplifier from Directed Electronics, the industry leader in high quality automotive security and audio equipment since 1990.
LIMITED TWO-YEAR CONSUMER W ARRANTY 4 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc Directed Electronics, Inc. promises to the original purchaser , to replace this product should it prove to be defective in workm.
5 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc 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.
6 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc INST ALLA TION GUIDELINES 1. Please read this owner’ s manual carefully before installing this ampli- fier . 2. Disconnect the batter y ground terminal prior to making any elec- trical connections.
7 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc speaker load, the more heat is generated. For low impedance speaker applications or restricted ventilation installations, an external cooling fan may be advisable.
8 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc 1. R R C C A A I I n n p p u u t t J J a a c c k k s s - - Accepts line level outputs from head units or signal processors at voltages between 150mV and 8 volts. 2. R R C C A A O O u u t t p p u u t t J J a a c c k k s s - - These pass through RCA jacks can be used to send a signal to a second amplifier .
9 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc REM GND BAT T 30A x 2 FUSE RR LL CH 1+2 CH 3+4 CH 5+6 BRIDGE R L L R SPEAKER OUTPUT FIGURE 2—AMPLIFIER CONNECTIONS 700/6 REAR 1 4 2 5 1. S S p p e e a a k k e e r r O O u u t t T T e e r r m m i i n n a a l l s s - Connect the speakers to these terminals.
10 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc TOP P ANEL CONTROLS LPF HPF FLAT BASS EQ OFF ON FREQ FREQ FREQ 50Hz 50Hz 50Hz 500Hz 500Hz 500Hz LPF LPF HPF HPF FLA T FLA T 5+6 GAIN 1+2 3+4 5+6 INPUT INPUT 3+4 5+6 GAIN GAIN MIN MIN MIN MAX MAX MAX OFF OFF ON ON FIGURE 3—AMPLIFIER CONTROLS 700/6 TOP 5 1.
SPEAKER WIRING DIAGRAMS 11 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc Control Panel Cover The gain and filter controls are located under a control panel cover on top of the amplifier . The control panel cover must be removed to gain access to the gain and filter controls.
12 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc T ri amp operation (top view) Bridged operation (top view) Three Channel N N O O T T E E : : When wiring the 700/6 for three channel operation, connect the left audio signal to both channels one and two RCA jacks and the right audio signal to both channels three and four RCA jacks using RCA Y adapters.
13 CROSSOVER SETTINGS AND GAIN ADJUSTMENT Y our Directed Audio power amplifier needs to be adjusted carefully to achieve maximum performance. These are some guidelines to follow when fine-tuning the amplifier . For full-range and simultaneous stereo/mono bass applications, the crossover selection switch should be set to FLA T .
SPECIFICA TIONS 14 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc RMS continuous power per channel, Channels 1-4 driven into 4 ohms from 20 to 20,000 Hz, with less than 0.08% total Harmonic Distortion @ 14.4 VDC. Channel 5-6 driven into 4 ohms from 20-250 Hz, with less than 0.
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