Audio Control THREE.2 In-Dash Owner's Manual

System controller, precision equalizer, crossover with auxiliary inputs

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THREE.2

In-Dash

System Controller, Precision Equalizer,

Crossover with Auxiliary Inputs

Owner's Enjoyment Manual

Making Good Sound Better

22410 70th Avenue West • Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 USA • Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166

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Page 1 THREE.2 In-Dash System Controller, Precision Equalizer, Crossover with Auxiliary Inputs Owner’s Enjoyment Manual ® Making Good Sound Better ® ® 22410 70th Avenue West • Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 USA • Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
In the words of Mel Brooks “It’s good to be the King” Now sit back and grab a home brew and peruse through this Enjoyment Manual for the THREE.2 in-dash equalizer. Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
Page 4 ® Features of the THREE.2 QUICK INSTALLATION INFO For those of you who are short on time and brimming with • Stereo graphic equalization confidence, or caffeine for that matter, refer to pages 8 to 13 (Fig- • Front and Rear, Dual Auxiliary inputs ures 6, 7, 8 and 9).
Page 5: Features And Highlights
THREE.2. Knowing these features will help Aux-ins have been optimized with extra gain to compensate you maximize the performance of your THREE.2 in-dash pre- for weak signals from iPods and other MP3 players. amp/equalizer/crossover. You will also score points with your 24dB/Octave Linkwitz Riley Crossover: What is fellow autosound buddies.
Page 6 ® and not leave your dashboard looking like Swiss cheese. Keep output voltage of a head unit and increases it 20dB (up to 13 volts peak) and then delivers it downstream to the amplifier in mind that if you or your friends are “good with electron- ics”...
Page 7: A Guided Tour Of The Three.2
THREE.2 In-Dash A GUIDED TOUR OF THE THREE.2 is. Controls the amount of signal that goes to the sub-woofer output of your THREE.2. 1. Aux Input: An 1/8” jack on the front panel allows an 5. Fader: When amplifier channels are connected to the Auxiliary input to be plugged in quickly and easily at any front and rear outputs, the fader control will allow you to time.
Page 8 ® 7. Source: The source button lets you pick between the signals from the main source unit/head unit and attach to MAIN differentially balanced input and the active Auxiliary the RCA jacks. Auxiliary inputs will plug into the 1/8” jack input on the back panel input for permanent connection or into the front panel jack for temporary use.
Page 9 THREE.2 In-Dash shipped in the unbalanced mode, which is often best, it may Given that we are acclimated to sun free life in the rainforest, be necessary to change this depending upon the configura- we have shipped the THREE.2 in the Cool Blue mode. tion of the components you use.
Page 10: Installation
A. Placement and Mounting the THREE.2 In-Dash tail pipe. The mounting location must also be safe from water...
Page 11: Power Wiring
THREE.2 In-Dash B. THREE.2 Power Wiring Ground Connection: Use the same gauge wire as you did for the positive connector and run it from the “Ground” • ENLIGHTENING INFO • Disconnect the negative connector on the THREE.2 to the negative terminal of the terminal of your car’s battery before working on any electri- battery, a ground buss, or a verified ground location.
Page 12: Audio Wiring
® C. THREE.2 Audio Wiring Front, rear and subwoofer amplifier Planning: As you may already have guessed, there are numerous ways to configure the THREE.2 in your audio system. Spend a little quality time planning out your system and even sketching it out on paper if you can. The following diagrams are just a few of the possibilities.
Page 13 THREE.2 In-Dash Four channel and subwoofer amplifier RV/Boat without a fixed source unit Figure 6: THREE.2 source unit, 4 channel amp and sub amplifier Figure 7: The THREE.2 can be mounted into a boat or RV and iPod can be a removable source unit Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
Page 14: Level Matching
® Simple 2-way system D. Level Matching Many manufacturers claim that their source units produce signal voltages in the area of 2 to 4 volts. However, what they neglect to mention is that you only achieve these incredible voltage levels when the volume is turned all the way up.
Page 15: Adjusting The Equalizer
THREE.2 In-Dash 3. Using a small screwdriver, adjust the “Input Gain” con- 5. Turn down the gain con- trol on the top of the THREE.2 until the yellow “Maximized” trol on your amplifiers to the LED starts to flicker with the music (NOTE: If the Maximized least sensitive setting which is light does not come on, because of the low output of the turning the gain control coun-...
Page 16: Crossover Modules
® Para-BASS Controls: The Para-BASS system con- F. Crossover Modules: Additional crossover modules ® ® trol works with any system that can reproduce bass in the for the THREE.2 are available from your authorized 40-80Hz range. The bass response in a system is affected by AudioControl dealer, or you can create custom modules by four factors (1) the acoustics of the vehicle, (2) the location of using the following formula:...
Page 17: Troubleshooting
THREE.2 In-Dash If You Like The THREE.2, You’ll Love... G. Troubleshooting The EQS Concert Series is Problem Suggestions our award winning dual band- No Sound 1. Is the “Source” button in the wrong position? width, trunk mount equalizer. 2. Is an Aux in plugged in but not turned on? Thirteen octave and 1/2 octave 3.
Page 18: Warranty
® The WARRANTY 4. You cannot let anybody who isn’t: (A) the AudioControl factory; (B) somebody authorized in writing by AudioCon- People are scared of warranties. Lots of fine print. Months trol to service your THREE.2. If anyone other than (A) or (B) of waiting around.
Page 19: Specifications
THREE.2 In-Dash THREE.2 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....9.5Vrms/13V peak Frequency response .
Page 20 ® Making Good Sound Better ® 22410 70th Avenue West Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 USA 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166 www.audiocontrol.com © 2010, AudioControl, a division of Electronic Engineering and P/N 913-105-0 Manufacturing, Inc. All rights reserved...