Connecting The Power Terminal - Pioneer PRS-D1200SPL - Premier Amplifier Owner's Manual

Connecting the Unit

Connecting the Power Terminal

• Always use the recommended battery and ground
wire, which is sold separately. Connect the bat-
tery wire directly to the car battery positive termi-
nal (+) and the ground wire to the car body.
• Recommended wires size (AWG: American Wire
Gauge) is as follows. The battery wire, the
ground wire and the optional direct 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 12 ft.
Wire Size 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.
The maximum length of the wire between
the fuse and the positive (+) terminal of the
battery is 45 cm (1 ft. 6 in.).
Fuse 200 A
Positive (+)
Each amplifier must
terminal be SEPARATELY
fused at 200 A.
9
less than 6.4 m
less than 21 ft.
4 AWG
Interior of
Engine
the vehicle
compartment
Drill a 14
mm (1/2 in.)
hole into the
vehicle body.
Insert the O-ring rubber
grommet into the vehicle
body.
2. Expose the end of wires using nip-
pers or a cutter.
• Battery wire, ground wire:
18 mm to 20 mm (3/4 in.)
• System remote control wire:
14 mm to 16 mm (1/2 in. to 5/8 in.)
3. Connect the wires to the terminal.
• Fix the wires securely with the terminal
screws.
System remote
control terminal
Power terminal
Battery wire
System remote
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.
4. Put the wire ties in the slits and
wrap 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.
Terminal
screw
Terminal
screw
GND
terminal
Ground wire
Wire tie