High Level (Speaker Wire) Inputs - Optimus Owner's Manual

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HIGH LEVEL (SPEAKER WIRE) INPUTS

If your autosound system does not have low level phono output jacks but has only
speaker outputs, choose the section which has the appropriate instructions to con-
nect your autosound system's speaker outputs to the amplifier.
• If your autosound system has four speaker outputs, see "Four Speaker Out-
puts" on Page 16 to connect your system's speaker outputs to the amplifier
using either a floating or common ground connection.
• If your autosound system has two speaker outputs, see "Two Speaker Outputs"
on Page 17 to connect your system's speaker outputs to the amplifier using
either a floating or common ground connection.
Use the supplied wire harnesses (labeled
nection.
Note: A floating ground connection lets the amplifier provide more power to each
speaker, but requires that you connect a separate wire to each speaker terminal. A
common ground connection lets you use fewer wires to connect the speakers to the
amplifier, but reduces the amount of power supplied to the speakers from the ampli-
fier.
and
CH1/CH2 CH3/CH4
) to make this con-
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