Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 500GTi JBL
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T able of Contents Welcome to Club GT i ............................................3 About this Manual .................................................3 Autosound at its Best ............................................4 Designing Y our System .....
Welcome to Club GT i Thank you for purchasing the finest automotive woofer/midrange JBL has ever produced. As a GT i Competition Series owner , you are a member of a select group of people who enjoy the most advanced mobile audio products available. We call this group “Club GT i.
Autosound at its Best The 400 and 500GT i’s are built to meet the same rigorous standards of construction and performance that have long established JBL ’s renowned home and professional speaker systems.
Woofer/Midrange, and a laboratory- optimized crossover . The most popular system configuration is a hybrid using an active crossover for the subwoofer to midrange crossover point, and a passive crossover for the midrange to tweeter crossover .
Mounting Instructions Pick a mounting location after reading the recommendations in the Component Location section of this manual. Mounting Speakers in Stock Hole Locations 1 .
Note: The metal grille is designed so that it can be covered with grille cloth if desired. Simply remove the metal grille from the grille frame as shown in Figure C. Then use spray adhesive to glue and wrap the grille cloth to the metal grille. Push the metal grille with cloth back in the plastic trim ring.
that the 400 and 500GT i should always be connected in the same polarity as the tweeter however . It is possible, that due to the difference in the distance the sound travels from the woofer/midrange .
to tweeter transition. Set the high crossover frequency at or above 5kHz if a 12dB per octave crossover is used and at or above 3.5kHz if you are using an 18 or 24dB per octave crossover . For safety , the maximum recommended amplifier power routed directly to the 400 and 500GT i Midrange is 150 watts for the 400GT i and 200 watts for the 500GT i.
Specifications: 400GT i 500GT i Frequency Response Without Crossover: 80Hz – 5kHz 60Hz – 5kHz Recommended Minimum High-Pass Crossover Frequency for Medium Power Operation: 80Hz 60Hz Recommended Ma.
11 Thiele-Small Specifications: 400GT i 500GT i Free Air Resonance (Fs): 125Hz 100Hz Electrical Damping (Qes): 0.52 0.51 Mechanical Damping (Qms): 5.17 5.14 T otal Damping (Qt): 0.47 0.4 Equivalent V olume of Compilance (V as): 0.0388 cu. ft. (1.10 liters) 0.
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