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Safety precautions
WARNING
To prevent injury or fire, take the following precautions:
· Mountingandwiringthisproductrequiresskillsandexperience.Forsafety's
sake,leavethemountingandwiringworktoprofessionals.
· Whenextendingtheignition,battery,orgroundwires,makesuretouse
automotive-gradewiresorotherwireswiththerangeof14mm2(AWG6)
to21mm2(AWG4)topreventwiredeteriorationanddamagetothewire
coating.
· Topreventashortcircuit,neverputorleaveanymetallicobjects(suchas
coinsormetaltools)insidetheunit.
· Iftheunitstartstoemitsmokeorstrangesmells,turnoffthepower
immediatelyandconsultyourKenwooddealer.
· Donottouchtheunitduringusebecausethesurfaceoftheunitbecomes
hotandmaycauseburnsiftouched.
CAUTION
To prevent damage to the machine, take the following
precautions:
· Besuretheunitisconnectedtoa12VDCpowersupplywithanegative
groundconnection.
· Donotopenthetoporbottomcoversoftheunit.
· Donotinstalltheunitinaspotexposedtodirectsunlightorexcessiveheat
orhumidity.Alsoavoidplaceswithtoomuchdustorthepossibilityofwater
splashing.
· Whenreplacingafuse,onlyuseanewonewiththeprescribedrating.Usinga
fusewiththewrongratingmaycauseyourunittomalfunction.
· Topreventashortcircuitwhenreplacingafuse,firstdisconnectthewiring
harness.
NOTE
· Ifyouexperienceproblemsduringinstallation,consultyourKenwooddealer.
· Iftheunitdoesnotseemtobeworkingright,consultyourKenwooddealer.
Cleaning the unit
Ifthefrontpanelgetsdirty,turnoffthepowerandwipethepanelwithadry
siliconclothorsoftcloth.
CAUTION
Donotwipethepanelwithahardclothoraclothdampenedbyvolatile
solventssuchaspaintthinnerandalcohol.Theycanscratchthesurfaceofthe
paneland/orcausetheindicatorletterstopeeloff.
To prevent battery rise
WhentheunitisusedintheACCONpositionwithoutturningtheengineON,it
depletesthebattery.Useitafterstartingtheengine.
Protection function
Theprotectionfunctionisactivatedinthefollowingsituations:
Thisunitisequippedwithaprotectionfunctionforprotectingthisunitandyour
speakersfromvariousaccidentsorproblemsthatcanoccur.
Whentheprotectionfunctionistriggered,thePROTECTIONindicatorlightsand
theamplifierstopsoperating.
· Whenaspeakerwiremaybeshort-circuited.
· Whenaspeakeroutputcontactsground.
· WhentheunitmalfunctionsandaDCsignalissenttothespeakeroutput.
Wiring
· Takethebatterywireforthisunitdirectlyfromthebattery.Ifit'sconnectedto
thevehicle'swiringharness,itcancauseblownfusesetc.
· Ifabuzzingnoiseisheardfromthespeakerswhentheengineisrunning,
connectalinenoisefilter(optional)toeachofthebatterywire.
· Donotallowthewiretodirectlycontacttheedgeoftheironplatebyusing
Grommets.
· Connectthegroundwiretoametalpartofthecarchassisthatactsasan
electricalgroundpassingelectricitytothebattery`snegative-terminal.Do
notturnthepoweronifthegroundwireisnotconnected.
· Besuretoinstallaprotectivefuseinthepowercordnearthebattery.The
protectivefuseshouldbethesamecapacityastheunit'sfusecapacityor
somewhatlarger.
· Forthepowercordandground,useavehicletype(fireproof )powerwring
cordwithacurrentcapacitygreaterthantheunit'sfusecapacity.(Useapower
wiringcordwiththerangeof14mm2(AWG6)to21mm2(AWG4).
· Whenmorethanonepoweramplifieraregoingtobeused,useapower
supplywiringwireandprotectivefuseofgreatercurrent-handlingcapacity
thanthetotalmaximumcurrentdrawnbyeachamplifier.
Speaker Selection
· Theratedinputpowerofthespeakersthataregoingtobeconnectedshould
begreaterthanthemaximumoutputpower(inWatts)oftheamplifier.Useof
speakershavinginputpowerratingsthatarelessthantheoutputpowerof
theamplifierwillcausesmoketobeemittedaswellasdamage.
· Usespeakersthathaveanimpedanceof2orgreater.Whenmorethanone
setofspeakersaregoingtobeused,calculatethecombinedimpedanceof
thespeakersandthenconnectsuitablespeakerstotheamplifier.
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