Section Before you start If you experience problems Thank you for purchasing this PIONEER product Should this product fail to operate properly, please contact your dealer or nearest author- To ensure proper use, please read through this ized Pioneer Service Station.
Section Before you start ! Always use a fuse of the rating prescribed. BE SURE TO OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES: The use of an improper fuse could result in ! Do not turn up the volume so high that you overheating and smoke, damage to the pro- can’t hear what’s around you.
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500 W (GM-D8601) / 800 W (GM-D9601) or larger nominal input and an impedance 2 W or 3: a subwoofer with a 800 W (GM-D8601) / 1 200 W (GM-D9601) or larger nominal input and an impedance 1 W.
Front side (standard output of 500 mV), set to the NORMAL position. For use with an RCA equipped Pioneer car stereo, with maxi- mum output of 4 V or more, adjust level to match that of the car stereo output.
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In such cases, please contact the nearest Signal waveform distorted with high output, if authorized Pioneer Service Station. you raise the gain of the amplifier the power changes only slightly. Gain control of this unit...
1 Battery wire (sold separately) when using the speaker input wire on page 9. ! The maximum length of the wire be- h Fuse 40 A × 2 (GM-D8601) / 40 A × 3 (GM- tween the fuse and the positive + term- D9601) inal of the battery is 30 cm (12 in.).
Section Connecting the units ! Never band together multiple speaker’s nega- When connecting to one speaker tive cables. ! If the system remote control wire of the ampli- fier is connected to the power terminal via the ignition switch (12 V DC), the amplifier will re- main on with the ignition whether the car stereo is on or off, which may exhaust battery if the engine is at rest or idling.
Section Connecting the units Connections when using Solderless terminal the speaker input wire connections ! Since the wire will become loose over time, Connect the car stereo speaker output wires to the amplifier using the supplied speaker it must be periodically inspected and tigh- input wire with RCA pin cord.
Use wire cutters or a utility knife to battery is 30 cm (12 in.). strip the end of the speaker wires to ex- 3 Fuse 100 A (GM-D8601) / 150 A (GM-D9601) pose about 10 mm (3/8 in.) of wire and (sold separately) then twist the wire.
Section Installation Before installing the amplifier Attaching the Bass boost remote control WARNING ! To ensure proper installation, use the supplied Attach with tapping screws (3 mm × 10 mm (1/8 in. × 3/8 in.)) at an easily accessible loca- parts in the manner specified.
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2 Drill a 2.5 mm (3/32 in.) diameter hole. 3 Floor mat or chassis 4 Hole-to-hole distance: 257 mm (10-1/8 in.) (GM-D8601) / 307 mm (12-1/8 in.) (GM- D9601) 5 Hole-to-hole distance: 181 mm (7-1/8 in.) (GM-D8601) / 181 mm (7-1/8 in.) (GM-...
Power output ......300 W RMS × 1 Channel (at 14.4 V, 4 W, 20 Hz to 240 Hz and ≦ 1 % THD+N) GM-D8601 500 W RMS × 1 Channel (at Power source ......14.4 V DC (10.8 V to 15.1 V 14.4 V, 2 W, 100 Hz and ≦...
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! The average current drawn is nearly the maxi- mum current drawn by this unit when an audio signal is input. Use this value when working out total current drawn by multiple power amplifiers. CAR AUDIO SYSTEMS PIONEER CAR STEREOS...