Pioneer GM-X262 Owner's Manual page 3

Connecting the Unit
4. Connect the wires to the terminal.
Connecting the Power Terminal
• Fix the wires securely with the terminal
• Always use the special red battery and ground
screws.
wire [RD-223], which is sold separately. Connect
the battery wire directly to the car battery positive
GND terminal
terminal (+) and the ground wire to the car body.
Power terminal System remote
control terminal
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
Fuse (30 A) Interior of
compart-
the vehicle
ment
Battery wire
Fuse (30 A)
Drill a 14 mm Connecting the Speaker Output
Positive terminal (1/2 inch) hole
Terminals
Insert the O-ring rubber into the vehicle
grommet into the vehicle body.
body.
1. Expose the end of the speaker wires
using nippers or a cutter by about
10 mm (3/8 inch) and twist.
2. Twist the battery wire, ground wire
and system remote control wire.
Twist
10 mm
(3/8 inch)
2. Attach lugs to speaker wire ends.
Lugs not supplied.
3. Attach lugs to wire ends. Lugs not
• Use pliers, etc., to crimp lugs to wires.
supplied.
Lug
• Use pliers, etc., to crimp lugs to wires.
Lug
Speaker wire
Ground wire
Lug
Battery wire
3. Connect the speaker wires to the
Using the Speaker Input
speaker output terminals.
Connect the car stereo speaker output
• Connect the speaker wires, passing them
wires to the amplifier using the supplied
through the terminal cover.
speaker input connector.
• Fix the speaker wires securely with the termi-
• Do not connect both the RCA input and the
nal screws.
Terminal screw
7 Connections when using the speaker
System remote
input
control wire
Ground wire
Terminal cover
Speaker
output
terminal
Speaker wire
4. Push on the terminal cover.
Twist
Connecting the Speaker wires
The speaker output mode can be two-chan-
nel (stereo), one-channel (mono), or three-
channel (stereo + mono). Connect the
speaker leads to suit the mode according to
speaker input at the same time. the figures shown below.
• Do not connect both the RCA input and the
speaker input at the same time.
Two-channel mode (stereo)
Car Stereo
Speaker output
(Right)
Speaker
(Left)
White/black: Gray/black:
One-channel mode (mono)
Left ≠ Right ≠
White: Gray:
Left + Right +
Speaker input connector
Speaker (Mono)
To speaker input terminal of
this unit.
Three-channel mode (stereo + mono)
The power amplifier is basically a two-
channel/one-channel bridgeable amplifier,
but three channels can be achieved by
combining the stereo and mono modes
using inductors and capacitors.
Setting the Filter Constant
Three-channel mode, two-way system
Low-pass filter (for subwoofer/woofer):
6 dB/octave
L1
Mid-high (Right)
C1
Woofer (Mono)
L1
Mid-high (Left)
C1
High-pass filter (for mid/mid-high):
6 dB/octave
C1
Three-channel mode, three-way system
High/mid-high
C1 (Right)
Mid/mid-bass
L2 C2
(Right)
Woofer/subwoofer
L1
(Mono)
Mid/mid-bass
L2 C2
(Left)
Component Guide
High/mid-high
C1
(Left)
Speaker load Impedance
• Inductors (L1 and L2 in the diagrams)
fc (Hz)
act as low-pass filters. Capacitors (C1
50
and C2 in the diagrams) act as high-pass
filters. Inductors (L) are used for the 80
woofer/subwoofer, and capacitors (C)
125
are used for the high/mid-high.
200
• Remember when bridging an amplifier it
320
will see only half of the original speaker
500
impedance. Therefore, you must use
speakers that have ratings of 4 ohms or 800
higher. If you use speakers that have
1,250
lower impedance ratings it may cause
2,000
damage to the amplifier.
3,200
• When the inductors and capacitors are
connected to the speaker wires, secure or 5,000
solder them so they cannot be pulled
8,000
loose. Tape or use heat shrink on the
10,000
joints to prevent short circuits.
Band-pass filter (combination of low-pass
filter and high-pass filter for mid-
bass/mid): 6 dB/octave
0dB
L2 C2
0dB
–6dB
–6dB
f
f 2f
C C
f f f 2f
CL CL CH CH
2
• A multi-channel system can be set up using a
combination of filters. The inductance (L) and
0dB capacitance (C) will determine the frequency (fc)
that the speaker will reproduce. Refer to the chart
–6dB
below to determine the components required.
• Use the capacitors specified. Non-polarized
f capacitors rated at over ±25 V should be used for
f f
C C
2 C1 and C2 in the diagram. Because of the voltage
output of the amplifier, it is very important to use
non-polarized capacitors rated at or over 25 V.
This will prevent a safety hazard.
2 Ω 4 Ω 8 Ω
L (mH) C (µF) L (mH) C (µF) L (mH) C (µF)
6.4 1,600 12.70 800.0 25.50 400.0
4.0 1,000 8.00 500.0 16.00 250.0
2.5 640 5.10 300.0 10.00 160.0
1.6 400 3.20 200.0 6.40 100.0
1.0 250 2.00 125.0 4.00 62.0
0.64 160 1.30 80.0 2.60 40.0
0.4 100 0.80 50.0 1.60 25.0
0.25 64 0.50 30.0 1.00 16.0
0.16 40 0.30 20.0 0.64 10.0
0.1 25 0.20 12.5 0.40 6.2
0.06 16 0.13 8.0 0.26 4.0
0.04 10 0.08 5.0 0.16 2.5
0.03 8 0.06 4.0 0.13 2.0