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READ BEFORE INSTALLING!!!
Do not install this product or route any wires in the deployment area
of your airbag. Equipment mounted or located in the airbag deploy-
ment area will damage or reduce the effectiveness of the airbag, or
become a projectile that could cause serious personal injury or death.
Refer to your vehicle owners manual for the air bag deployment area.
The User/Installer assumes full responsibility to determine proper
mounting location, based on providing ultimate safety to all passen-
gers inside the vehicle. Whelen Engineering Company assumes no
liability or responsibility for determining individual applications or
exact installation location criteria.
Installation:
An aftermarket center console is recommended for mounting .
This allows the driver to reach the controls easily and keeps the
unit safely out of the path of the vehicle’s SRS air-bag. Follow
the console manufacturer’s instructions for mounting. If a
console-type mount is not possible, the 295HFANC includes a
bail strap mounting kit for over- or under-dash mounting.
Connecting the Power & Ground Wires: Red / Black
1.
Insert the wiring harness into it’s port.
2.
Extend the two RED and two BLACK wires toward the sill
plate location. Follow the same path as the factory wire
harness.
WARNING! All customer supplied wires that connect to the
positive terminal of the battery must be sized to supply at
least 125% of the maximum operating current and FUSED
at the battery to carry that load. DO NOT USE CIRCUIT
BREAKERS WITH THIS PRODUCT!
3.
Continue to follow the factory harness through the firewall.
To pass the RED and BLACK wires through, it may be
necessary to drill a hole in the firewall. If so, be absolutely
sure that there are no components that could be damaged
by drilling. After the hole is drilled, insert a grommet to
protect the wires.
4.
Route the RED and BLACK wires along the factory
harness towards the battery.
5.
Install a 20 amp fuse block (user supplied) on the end of
the RED wire.
Note:
Remove the fuse from the fuse block before
connecting any wires to the battery.
6.
Connect the fuse block wire to the POSITIVE (+) terminal
on the battery. There must not be more than 2 ft. of wire
between the fuse block and the battery. As the wire
between the fuse and the battery is “unprotected”, do not
allow this wire to come in contact with any other wires!
7.
Connect the BLACK wire to the factory chassis ground,
adjacent to the battery.
Connecting Speaker Wires: Yellow / Orange / Brown
1.
Route the YELLOW, ORANGE and BROWN wires along
the factory wire harness and through the firewall at the
same point as the RED and BLACK wires.
2.
Route these wires toward the vehicle siren speakers.
3.
Connect the YELLOW wire to the POSITIVE speaker
connection on speaker #1.
4.
Connect the ORANGE wire to the POSITIVE speaker
connection on speaker #2.
5.
Connect the BROWN wire to the NEGATIVE speaker
connection on speaker #2.
6.
Splice a wire from the NEGATIVE speaker connection on
speaker #1 to the NEGATIVE speaker connection on
speaker # 2.
Connecting the Horn Relay Wires: White / Grey
1.
Route the WHITE and GREY wires along the factory wire
harness and through the firewall at the same point as the
RED and BLACK wires.
2.
Locate your vehicle’s horn relay and route the WHITE and
GREY wires to this. If possible, follow the factory wire
harness to this relay.
3.
Locate the wire that connects the vehicle horn to the horn
relay and cut this wire.
4.
Connect WHITE wire to wire coming from horn relay.
5.
Connect GREY wire to wire coming from horn.
Note: The 2 remaining BLUE wires are used to connect
your two-way radio’s external speaker to the
295HFANC for radio re-broadcast. This is an
optional connection and does not effect any other
operations.
Note: Radio re-broadcast will NOT work with amplified
remote speakers! If your remote speaker contains a
power amp in the speaker assembly do not enable
the radio re-broadcast feature.
Connecting the Radio Repeat Wires: Blue
1.
Locate the two wires that connect the external speaker to
the two-way radio.
2.
Cut one of these wires and splice one of the BLUE wires
into this circuit.
3.
Cut the remaining speaker wire and splice the remaining
BLUE wire into this circuit.
Connecting to a Remote Control-Head / Optional
This unit may be connected to an existing control-head, such as
the Whelen PCDS-9 or equivalent. This is an optional
connection that enables the WAIL tone to be activated through
the use of a PCDS-9 button or switch. If this connection is not
chosen, cut the VIOLET wire and cap the remaining stub to
prevent accidental grounding of the wire.
