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AMPLIFIER INSTALLATION GUIDE

Summary of Contents for Xenith Xa125.2

Page 1: ...ENITH X SERIES AMPLIFIER INSTALLATION GUIDE ...

Page 2: ...etails Please read this installation guide carefully for proper use of your Cadence power amplifier Should you need technical assistance during or after your installation please call our technical line between 9 30 am and 5 00 PM EST at 732 370 5400 Read this entire guide fully before attempting your installation You can also get technical help via e mail at cadence cadencesound com Kindly allow u...

Page 3: ...you are adding stress on your speakers Make sure your speakers can handle the extra power output It would be foolish to add 12dB of gain to low excursion 8 and 10 Sub woofers or mid ranges and tweeters It s a sure way to blow your speakers The Bass EQ was designed for High Power sub woofers Cadence Xenith Series amplifiers are rated and regulated to 13 8 volts and below Increasing voltage to 14 4 ...

Page 4: ...with one of a larger value We suggest you construct a Red wiring harness with 2 additional fuse One fuse should be located near the car battery This fuse near the battery offers protection against damage from short circuits to the car chassis between the battery and the amplifier Asecond fuse closer to the amplifier offers additional safety to the amplifier itself This fused red power wire should ...

Page 5: ... connection to your radio s power antenna lead Should your system not have any turn on leads you can wire the remote terminal to an accessory lead which turns on with your cars ignition The Xenith Series amplifiers feature RCApre amp inputs Run RCAcables from your sound source to the inputs of the amplifier We suggest the use of high quality shielded RCApatch cords to help reduce and eliminate unw...

Page 6: ... input level of the amplifier Do not adjust the amplifier gain to maximum unless your input level requires it Your system can also be extremely sensitive to noise when the LEVEL is set to maximum and does not match your input signal The gain adjustments need to be made only once when first setting up the system The four channel models feature separate crossovers for channels 1 2 and 3 4 All the Xe...

Page 7: ... attach the wire which connects to the amplifier location marked 12V A second black color wire of equal gauge should be used as a ground connection to a welded chassis member When connecting the ground wire make sure that there is no paint or other insulator blocking a good ground connection When installing multiple amplifiers mount them in close proximity so that they can all share the same groun...

Page 8: ...MOUNTING DIAGRAM ENITH X 8 ...

Page 9: ...MONO BLOCK SUBWOOFER Two 4 ohm Subwoofers Single 2 ohm Subwoofer OR Xenith Mono Block amplifiers are 2 ohm stable mono blocks For installation ease we have provided two sets of terminals but these terminals are wired in parallel inside the amp Therefore when wiring two woofers each woofer should never be less than 4 ohm per terminal When using one 2 ohm woofer you can use any single and terminal 9...

Page 10: ...er 4 ohm Component Kit with Passive Crossovers 2 ohm or 4 ohm Stereo Speakers or Stereo Woofers STEREO SPEAKERS COMPONENTS BRIDGED SUBWOOFER crossover selector full low high pass pass lowpass crossover 40Hz 160Hz crossover selector full low high pass pass crossover selector full low high pass pass crossover selector full low high pass pass lowpass crossover 40Hz 160Hz 10 ...

Page 11: ...175 4 40 A 40 A COMPONENTS STEREO SPEAKERS BRIDGED SUBWOOFERS crossover selector full l pass h pass full l pass h pass channels 1 2 channels 3 4 lowpass crossover highpass crossover lowpass crossover highpass crossover input level input level 8Volt 200mV 8Volt 200mV 40Hz 600Hz 40Hz 600Hz 40Hz 160Hz 40Hz 160Hz crossover selector full l pass h pass full l pass h pass channels 1 2 channels 3 4 lowpas...

Page 12: ...crossover highpass crossover lowpass crossover highpass crossover input level input level 8Volt 200mV 8Volt 200mV 40Hz 600Hz 40Hz 600Hz 40Hz 160Hz 40Hz 160Hz input output L E F T R I G H T L E F T R I G H T CHANNELS 1 2 CHANNELS 3 4 ENITH X crossover selector full l pass h pass full l pass h pass channels 1 2 channels 3 4 lowpass crossover highpass crossover lowpass crossover highpass crossover in...

Page 13: ...t 200mV input output LEFT LEFT RIGHT RIGHT a 400 1 bass eq flat 6db 12db ENITH X MULTI AMP PRE AMP DAISY CHAINING When installing a multi amp system with a full range stereo amp and mono subwoofer amplifier make the stereo amplifier is the first connection from your head unit via RCA cables Then utilizing the available RCA PREAMP LINE OUT connections run RCA cables from the stereo amp to your mono...

Page 14: ...utputs will result SERIES SINGLE VOICE COIL SPEAKERS SERIES DUAL VOICE COIL SPEAKERS 4 4 OHM 2 2 OHM 1 1 OHM 8 OHM TO AMPLIFIER 4 OHM TO AMPLIFIER 2 OHM TO AMPLIFIER 2 X DUAL VC 2 OHM SPEAKERS WITH SERIES VOICE COILS ALL IN PARALLEL 2 2 OHM 2 2 OHM 2 OHM TO AMPLIFIER PARALLEL DUAL VOICE COIL SPEAKERS 4 4 OHM 2 OHM TO AMPLIFIER 4 X DUAL VC 8 OHM SPEAKERS WITH SERIES VOICE COILS ALL IN PARALLEL 4 4 ...

Page 15: ...97dB 100dB 97dB 97dB 97dB 97dB Damping Factor 100Hz 100 160 114 136 198 198 Input Voltage 200mV 8Volt 200mV 8Volt 200mV 8Volt 200mV 8Volt 200mV 8Volt 200mV 8Volt Fuse Rating 1 x 40 Amp 2 x 30 Amp 1 X 30 Amp 1 x 40 Amp 2 x 30 Amp 2 x 40 Amp High Pass Ocatve Slope N A N A 12dB 12dB 12dB 12dB HP Crossover Range N A N A 40Hz 600Hz 40Hz 600Hz 40Hz 600Hz 40Hz 600Hz Low Pass Octave Slope 12dB 12dB 12dB 1...

Page 16: ...COPYRIGHT CADENCE ACOUSTICS LTD Design specifications subject to change without prior notice ...

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