TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION FEATURES 2 - 4 INSTALLATION BASICS 4 -8 INSTALLATION WIRING 9 -12 VARIOUS IMPEDANCE WIRING 13 -14 SPECIFICATION...
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While driving always keep your sound volume at reasonable levels. We at Cadence want you listening for many years to come. When installing the unit, secure it tightly. An unmounted Amplifier in your car can cause serious injury to passengers and damage to your vehicle if it is set in motion by an abrupt driving maneuver or short stop.
NICKEL PLATED TERMINALS All the terminals on the amplifier are solid brass and satin nickel plated for high conductivity and minimum impedance loss. The power and ground terminals are extra large and capable of accepting 4 gauge wire. The speaker terminals can accept 8 gauge wire. When wiring the amplifier, be sure to strip just enough wire that fits into the terminal so that bare wires do not touch each other, or the amplifier chassis and cause a short circuit.
The "ARVA" also improves the damping factor of the amplifier when playing low impedance mono loads. Cadence Amadeus amplifiers have tighter sounding bass reproduction thanks to this unique circuitry.
INSTALLATION BASICS Before you begin with your installation disconnect the NEGATIVE (-) terminal from your car's battery. This safety precaution will avoid possible short circuits while wiring your amplifier. Cadence amplifiers operate on 12-volt negative ground system only.
Attach the black ground wire to the amplifier screw terminal marked Ground. We recommend that you use our Cadence ZIK-8 or ZIK-4 amplifier installation kit, which contains all the cabling and accessories necessary...
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Over the years we have received many an amp back to our service department with melted power/ground terminals. The cause of this is a bad ground connection. When there is a lack of good ground heat builds up at the weakest point which is the contact screw of the terminal.
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ADJUSTING THE SYSTEM Once the system is operational, the first thing to do, is set all crossover points to approximate settings. In the case of the basic subwoofer system, set the Low Pass filter crossover at 100 Hz or so. Set the Bass Boost equalizer control to 0 dB.
PROTECTION LINE OUT LOW INPUT SPEAKER PHASE BASS POWER LEVEL SONIC PASS SHIFT BOOST +18dB 40Hz 150Hz BRIDGED MODE MASTER SLAVE DATA LINK Woofer LINE OUT From OUTPUTS of to SUB amp HEAD UNIT LINE IN REMOTE POWER FUSES +12V Remote GROUND Control...
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PROTECTION LINE OUT LOW INPUT SPEAKER PHASE BASS POWER LEVEL SONIC PASS SHIFT BOOST +18dB 40Hz 150Hz BRIDGED MODE MASTER SLAVE DATA LINK BRIDGED MODE From OUTPUTS of LINE OUT HEAD UNIT MASTER SLAVE SPEAKER to SUB amp IMPEDANCE LINE IN 2 OHMS! BRIDGED SWITCH: MASTER POSITION...
HOW TO TROUBLE SHOOT A SYSTEM GENERAL A car stereo system consists of many different pieces of equipment connected together, and a logical process of elimination will find the problem area, by isolating sections, and checking them one at a time. Before following the instructions below, check and double check all wiring and connections.
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AMPLIFIER OVERHEATING AND SHUTTING DOWN The most common cause for this problem is when amplifiers are overloaded with speaker impedances lower than what they are rated for. Double-check the impedance of your speakers and their wiring. Also check that no speaker leads are shorted to the vehicle metal chassis. AMPLIFIER GOING INTO PROTECTION When an amplifier goes into protection mode, we have to first establish whether the problem lies with the amplifier, or whether it is something in...
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M7000 4 Ohm Competition rating 50 Watts 2 Ohm Power 500 Watts 1 Ohm Power 1000 Watts Variable Low Pass Filter 50Hz - 150Hz Variable Sub Sonic Filter 15Hz - 40Hz Phase Shift Control 0 - 180 Frequency Response 15Hz - 150KHz Signal/Noise Ratio >100dB Damping Factor...
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4 X DUAL VC 8 OHM SPEAKER WITH SERIES VOICE COILS, ALL IN PARALLEL 2 OHM AMPLIFIER PARALLEL: SINGLE VOICE COIL SPEAKERS 2 OHM 4 OHM 4 OHM AMPLIFIER SERIES: SINGLE VOICE COIL SPEAKERS 2 OHM 4 OHM AMPLIFIER 2 OHM...
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2 OHM AMPLIFIER 2 OHM AMPLIFIER Please note that the minimum impedance load for single Cadence Amadeus Series amplifiers is 2 ohm stereo and 4 ohm mono bridged. Lower impedance loads will cause overheating and may damage the amplifiers. Do not mix different type and different impedance speakers in the series and/or parallel combinations, as unequal power sharing and acoustic outputs will result.
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