Connection Diagram; Before Connecting The Amplifier; Connecting The Units - Pioneer GM-D8601 Owner's Manual

Section
03

Connecting the units

Connection diagram

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5
a
1
f
1 Battery wire (sold separately)
! The maximum length of the wire be-
tween the fuse and the positive + term-
inal of the battery is 30 cm.
! For the wire size, refer to Connecting the
power terminal on page 8. The battery
wire, the ground wire and the optional
direct ground wire must be same size.
After making all other connections at
the amplifier, connect the battery wire
terminal of the amplifier to the positive
+ terminal of the battery.
2 Fuse 100 A (GM-D8601) / 150 A (GM-D9601)
(sold separately)
Each amplifier must be separately fused at
100 A (GM-D8601) / 150 A (GM-D9601).
3 Positive (+) terminal
4 Negative (*) terminal
5 Battery (sold separately)
6 Ground wire, Terminal (sold separately)
The ground wires must be same size as the
battery wire.
Connect to metal body or chassis.
6
En
7
3
6
8
4
b
9
e
d
h
g
7 Car stereo with RCA output jacks (sold sepa-
rately)
8 External output
9 Connecting wire with RCA pin plugs (sold se-
parately)
a Amplifier with RCA input jacks (sold sepa-
rately)
b Bass boost level remote control
c
c Bass boost level remote control wire (5 m)
d RCA input jack
e RCA output jack
f System remote control wire (sold separately)
Connect male terminal of this wire to the sys-
tem remote control terminal of the car stereo.
The female terminal can be connected to the
auto-antenna relay control terminal. If the car
i
stereo lacks a system remote control terminal,
j
connect the male terminal to the power term-
inal via the ignition switch.
g Speaker output terminals
Please see the following section for speaker
connection instructions. Refer to Connections
when using the speaker input wire on page 8.
h Fuse 40 A × 2 (GM-D8601) / 40 A × 3 (GM-
D9601)
i Front side
j Rear side
Before connecting the
amplifier
WARNING
! Secure the wiring with cable clamps or adhe-
sive tape. To protect the wiring, wrap sections
in contact with metal parts in adhesive tape.
! Never cut the insulation of the power supply
to feed power to other equipment. Current ca-
pacity of the wire is limited.
CAUTION
! Never shorten any wires, the protection circuit
may malfunction.
! Never wire the speaker negative cable directly-
to ground.