zapco ZX-series Owner's Manual

zapco ZX-series Owner's Manual

Class a/b competition sq amplifier
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Owner's manual
ZX-series
Class A/B Competition SQ Amplifier
When too much just isn't quite enough
Before operating the unit, please read this manual throughly
and retain it for future reference.

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  • Page 1 Owner's manual ZX-series Class A/B Competition SQ Amplifier When too much just isn't quite enough Before operating the unit, please read this manual throughly and retain it for future reference.
  • Page 2 Protect your Investment Note your information below for reference: Model # Serial # Date Purchased And: Register your Zapco product now www.zapco.com...
  • Page 3 The ZX-Series takes the Z-Series to a whole new place of extreme performance and Crazy power There are two A/B amps in the ZX-Series. One is the 2 Channel ZX-500.2 with 500 watts RMS/channel and over 2,400 watts RMS in a 2 ohm mono bridge. The other is the ZX-200.4 four channel amp.
  • Page 4: Installation Guidelines

    If you want to have any respectable amount of power for your amp, you need an 4-gauge wire to the trunk as a bare minimum. If you are running any Zapco ZX- series amp in you trunk you need at least a 0 gauge wire.
  • Page 5: Gain Setting

    If you adjust your gains this way, always starting at the head unit and working down the line to the amplifier, you will get the most performance out of your amplifier(s) with the least amount of unwanted distortion and noise. Presenting The Zapco ZX-Series Class A/B Sound Quality Amplifiers...
  • Page 6 FEATURES ZX-500.2 Class-AB bridgeable car amplifier 2/1 channel bridgeable car amplifier Stable into 2 ohms bridged or 1 ohm stereo load PWM MOSFET power supply Input sensitivity (gain) control variable 18dB octave crossover slope Variable, selectable LP / HP crossover Variable bass boost Signal input and output RCA connectors Multi-way protection circuitry...
  • Page 7: Power Connection

    POWER CONNECTION ZX-500.2 / ZX-200.4 GROUND Caution to REMOTE Turn-on This amplifier is not supplied with internal from HEAD UNIT fuse in itself. Make sure you install in-line fuse holder from the +terminal of battery. ZX-500.2:Recommend 250 Ampere fuse. ZX-200.4:Recommend 200 Ampere fuse. HEAD UNIT BATTERY GROUND...
  • Page 8: Rca Connection

    RCA CONNECTION ZX-500.2 REMOTE GAIN BASS 0.2V 50Hz 500Hz 30Hz 250Hz 12dB FULL INPUT OUTPUT Wired Remote Control (optional) to INPUT of ADDITIONAL AMPLIFIERS HEAD UNIT ZX-200.4 REMOTE GAIN CHANNEL 3/4 BASS FULL 0.2V 50Hz 500Hz 30Hz 250Hz 12dB CHANNEL 1/2 GAIN BASS INPUT...
  • Page 9: Speaker Connection

    SPEAKER CONNECTION ZX-500.2 1 Channel Bridged CH1-MONO POWER INPUT SPEAKER OUTPUTS SUBWOOFER CH1/2 BRIDGED Speaker Impedance 4~8 ohms 2 Channel Stereo POWER INPUT SPEAKER OUTPUTS Speaker Impedance CH1/2 BRIDGED 2~8 ohms 3 Channel Tri Mode POWER INPUT SPEAKER OUTPUTS Speaker Impedance 4~8 ohms CH1/2 BRIDGED CH3-MONO...
  • Page 10 SPEAKER CONNECTION ZX-200.4 2 Channel Bridged CH1-MONO SUBWOOFER Speaker Impedance SPEAKER OUTPUTS 4~8 ohms CH1/2 BRIDGED CH3/4BRIDGED CH2-MONO SUBWOOFER 4 Channel Stereo SPEAKER OUTPUTS Speaker Impedance CH1/2 BRIDGED 2~8 ohms CH3/4BRIDGED 6 Channel Tri Mode CH5-MONO SUBWOOFER SPEAKER OUTPUTS Speaker Impedance CH1/2 BRIDGED 2~8 ohms CH3/4BRIDGED...
  • Page 11: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS ZX-500.2 Rated power output -RMS power, 4 ohms stereo -------------------------------------------- 510W x 2CH -RMS power, 2 ohms stereo -------------------------------------------- 840W x 2CH -RMS power, 1 ohm stereo --------------------------------------------- 1210W x 2CH -RMS power, 4 ohms bridged ------------------------------------------ 1730W x 1CH -RMS power, 2 ohms bridged ------------------------------------------ 2440W x 1CH Signal to Noise Ratio -------------------------------------------------------...
  • Page 12: Troubleshooting Guide

    Hissing noise is most often caused by gain issues. Proper gain matching is usually required to eliminate hissing noise. The Zapco Z-Series is a joint venture of ARPA of America Corporation ARPA of America and ARPA Italy and...

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