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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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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.
® A GUIDED TOUR OF THE MVC Master Volume Control Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
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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.
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.
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”...
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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.
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Master Volume Control System Diagram - MVC with a 2XS and 2 amplifiers Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
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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.
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Master Volume Control System Diagram - MVC with a 24XS, 2 amplifiers plus additional subwoofer amplifier Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
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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”.
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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.
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.
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® 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...
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.
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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);...
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 .
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