AXTON ATC100, Installation & Operation Manual

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CROSSOVER WIRING & MOUNTING
The crossover can be mounted in almost any location inside the vehicle. Recommended
places are: Inside the door, under the carpet in front of the door angles, under the dash-
board a.s.o. Just make sure not to install the crossover units where they may be exposed
to dirt or excessive moisture / water. Connect the tweeter wires and the main wires coming
from the amplifier or head unit to the crossover. Maintain polarities all the way – double
check for correct connection. It is very important to make sure that all the connections are
electrically in phase, which means positive wire (+ or red) is connected to positive termi-
nal, and negative wire (- or black) is connected to the negative terminal. Reverse polarity
connections of the tweeter will cause sharp sound and a messed up front staging.
If longer distances from the amplifier to the crossovers have to be overcome, use good
quality speaker cables with a minimum cross section of 2.5 mm². Failure to do so will
affect sound quality in a negative way.
X-OVER ADJUSTMENTS
All AXTON component set crossovers come with two adjustment options that allow you to
tailor the sound by setting slide switches on the pc board inside the housing, to compen-
sate for different mounting locations of the speaker units, as follows:
Tweeter level
As a general rule of thumb, the -3 dB position is best for tweeters that are mounted very
close to the listener’s head like window triangles or top of the door panels.
The -0 dB position is usually the setting that provides a good tonal balance for most in-
stalls. It is recommended for the most tweeter positions.
Attention: The tweeter attenuation must be chosen identically on both crossovers. After
completing the settings of tweeter attenuation and polarity, you can mount the crossover
in place and reinstall all the other panels / factory grilles a.s.o. Your installation is now
complete and therefore ready, to be checked out.
TESTING THE INSTALLED SYSTEM
Slowly turn up the volume of your head unit and listen for distorted sounds. If everything
appears to be okay and it just sounds right, check out the speaker balance of the left and
right side by adjusting the balance control of your head unit. Shifting the balance to the left
channel should provide you with sounds coming solely from the left speaker system, while
shifting the balance to the right should do the same for the right speakers. If anything
appears to be wrong, you must recheck the wiring of the x-overs, the amp or the mid/
woofers.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
ATC100 ATC130 ATC165 ATC200
Type Component Component Component Component
Nominal Size 4” (10 cm) 5¼“ (13 cm) 6½” (16.5 cm) 8“ (20 cm)
Configuration / System 2-Way 2-Way 2-Way 2-Way
Peak Power Handling 80 W 100 W 120 W 150 W
Continuous Power Handling 60 W RMS 70 W RMS 90 W RMS 100 W RMS
Crossover Slope LP Mid/Woofer 6dB / oct. 6dB / oct. 6dB / oct. 6dB / oct.
Crossover Slope HP Tweeter 6dB / oct. 6dB / oct. 6dB / oct. 6dB / oct.
Crossover Frequency 5000 Hz 5000 Hz 5000 Hz 5000 Hz
Nominal Impedance 4 Ohms 4 Ohms 4 Ohms 4 Ohms
Sensitivity 90 dB 91 dB 92 dB 94 dB
Frequency Response (- 3dB) 85 Hz – 25 kHz 75 Hz–25 kHz 60 Hz – 25 kHz 50 Hz–25 kHz
Mid Woofer
Basket (EURO-DIN) 4” (10 cm) 5¼“ (13 cm) 6½” (16.5 cm) 8“ (20 cm)
Mounting Depth 42 mm 56 mm 59 mm 72 mm
Mounting Diameter 93 mm 116 mm 145 mm 184 mm
Tweeter (with grill)
Overall Diameter 46 mm 46 mm 46 mm 46 mm
Mounting Height (flat surface) 20 mm 20 mm 20 mm 20 mm
Mounting Diameter (recessed) 42 mm 42 mm 42 mm 42 mm