Connecting The Power Terminal - Pioneer Premier PRS-A900 Owner's Manual

Connecting the Unit
Connecting the Power Terminal
• We recommended that you use the special red
battery and ground wire [RD-228], which is sold
separately. Connect the battery wire directly to
the car battery positive terminal
(+)
and the
ground wire to the car body.
• Recommended wires size (AWG: American Wire
Gauge) is as follows. The battery wire and the
ground wire must be same size.
• Use a lOAWG to 20 AWG wire for the system
remote control wire.
Battery Wire and Ground Wire Size
less than 3.6 m
less than 12 ft.
8AWG
less than 6.4 m
less than 21 ft.
6AWG
2. Connect the wires to the terminal.
• Fix the wires securely with the terminal
screws.
System remote
control terminal
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Ground wire
System remote
control wire
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WARNING
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.
Engine Interior of
compartment
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the vehicle
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Positive
(+)
Drill a 14
terminal mm (1/2 in.)
Insert the O-ring rubber grom- hole into the
met into the vehicle body. vehicle body.
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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 bums.
3. Put the wire ties in the slits and
wrap the wire ties around the wires.
• Make sure the wires are connected and
attached properly before wrapping 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.
Wire tie