AudioControl MVC Owner's Enjoyment Manual

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Owner's Enjoyment Manual
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22410 70th Avenue West • Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 • Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166
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  • Page 1 Master Volume Control Owner’s Enjoyment Manual making good stereo sound better ® ® 22410 70th Avenue West • Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 • Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166 • www.audiocontrol.com •...
  • Page 2 ® This page was intentionally left almost blank. Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    BIG MISTAKE! You need to read the first few sections of Installing your MVC ......10 this manual first before diving in to your Troubleshooting .
  • Page 4: Key Features Of The Mvc

    13 through actual installation. Good luck! 16 for guidance in installing your MVC. If you are curious, your MVC is shipped with the following configurations: Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
  • Page 5: The Awesome Benefits Of Your Mvc

    How Does The MVC Do Its Thing? level at the rear of the car, rather than the front, you can The MVC is designed to go in the rear of the vehicle, by your amplifiers and processors. However it can be controlled...
  • Page 6 S/N amount of pressure flow through the hose, which is your ratio. Therefore, if you have a noisy system, you are missing interconnect cables. The MVC is the nozzle at the end of the out! hose that...
  • Page 7 We are back to square one! Figure 3 - Using the MVC volume control for optimum signal voltage versus using just the volume control on the head unit. Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
  • Page 8: Features And Highlights

    LED indicator tells you precisely how much signal your system controller. The incredibly wise engineers at voltage is present at the outputs of your MVC. This will help AudioControl came up with a way in which you can take...
  • Page 9 Swiss cheese. Keep in mind that if you or your friends are “good with electronics” and you choose to install it yourself, the MVC still has a one year parts and labor warranty.
  • Page 10: A Guided Tour Of The Mvc

    ® A GUIDED TOUR OF THE MVC Master Volume Control Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
  • Page 11 When a signal is fed into the “Channel 3” allow your MVC to pass control signal to another MVC inputs of the MVC it has the ability to send a signal to the input. More about this on page 18.
  • Page 12: Installing Your Mvc

    Up to this point everything you have read has served to WARNING: Failure to disconnect the negative terminal educate you on the operation of the MVC. We are sure that of your battery prior to the installation of your MVC can you are chomping at the bit to install your MVC so we result in a warm tingly feeling.
  • Page 13: Electrical Connections

    MVC. Remote Out: Connect an 18 to 22 gauge wire from the “Remote Out” on your MVC to the turn-on trigger of your Positive (+12V) Connection: Insert an 18 gauge or amplifier. If you wish to change this delay from 1.5 seconds larger wire into the connector labeled “Power”...
  • Page 14 AUDIO CONNECTION AND LEVEL MATCHING By now you have realized that there are as many ways to 3. Turn the control knob on the MVC all the way up. configure the MVC master volume control as there are 4. Turn on your system and increase the volume control speaker companies.
  • Page 15 Master Volume Control System Diagram - MVC with a 2XS and 2 amplifiers Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
  • Page 16 AudioControl products) or just your ears, if there are no other itself to determine the highest voltage of signal you can send options, adjust the output levels on your MVC to balance the in to your amplifier. (If you are still dancing from the sound of your system.
  • Page 17 Master Volume Control System Diagram - MVC with a 24XS, 2 amplifiers plus additional subwoofer amplifier Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
  • Page 18 ® System Diagram - MVC Competition System Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
  • Page 19 Master Volume Control CONNECTING INPUTS If you are running a two channel system but wish to connect to more than one amplifier, you can link the inputs from “Channel 3”, to the outputs of “Channel 3”, “Channel 2” and “Channel 1”.
  • Page 20 If you find yourself with more amplifier inputs than you Many car audio systems truly push the limits of their have MVC outputs. . . fear not as we have predicted this subwoofer...without really knowing it. Tuned enclosures situation. You can connect multiple MVCs together yet have effect the roll-off of many speakers, yet lots of source them all operate using the same control.
  • Page 21: Troubleshooting

    MVC may need to be decreased. Voltage Indicators Don’t Come On: Make sure the “Power” LED is on. If so then check with your source unit manufacturer to determine if it produces enough signal voltage to trigger the LEDs.
  • Page 22 ® IF YOU LIKE THE MVC, YOU’LL LOVE... The Overdrive. If more signal voltage is necessary in your system, don’t feel alone. Many customers have added The Overdrive line driver and felt like they had new amplifiers. The EQX Do you like...
  • Page 23: Warranty

    Factory; (b) an authorized service center; or (c) someone your MVC for five years from the date you bought it, if authorized in writing by AudioControl service your MVC. If installed by an authorized AudioControl dealer, and will fix anyone other than (a), (b) or (c) messes with your MVC, that or replace it, at our option, during that time.
  • Page 24 Promises of how well the MVC will work are not implied by this warranty. Other than Unwarranted abuse is: (a) physical damage (our mobile what we’ve said we’ll do in this warranty, we have no obliga- products are not meant to be used as jack stands for your car);...
  • Page 25: Specifications

    All specifications are measured at 14.4 VDC (standard automotive voltage). As technology advances, AudioControl reserves the right to continuously change our specifications, like our weather. Maximum input/output level ............. 10 Vrms Frequency response .
  • Page 26: Block Diagram

    ® MVC BLOCK DIAGRAM Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
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  • Page 28 Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166 www.audiocontrol.com © 1998, AudioControl. All rights reserved. This manual was written while stomping puddles till our overshoes were filled and our moms made us a hot bowl of chicken soup on a typically rainy day in the Pacific Northwest.

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