INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS BY MODEL:
The Small SubSolution (TSSS), The Sports Car SubSolution (TSCS), The Low Bass Solution (TLBS), The
Competition SubSolution (TCSS), The B.I.G. SubSolution (TBIG):
These units can simply sit in the back of your van,
hatchback, or sport utility vehicle. However, be sure it’s low behind a seat or secured with cargo straps to keep it in place
in an accident. Don’t install inside a closed trunk, as most of the bass will be wasted. The TLBS and TLBT are sonically
identical. The TLBS has a molded port, while the TLBT has a round telescoping port. If you have a trunk, use the TLBT.
The Low Bass Trunk Solution (TLBT):
The TLBT installs in the trunk, and ports its sound thru the rear deck via a 4” port
tube. In most cases, there is an opening in the metal of the rear deck. If not, just tin-snip a rough opening larger than 4”,
then cut, with a carpet knife, a hole in the cardboard/carpet rear deck, that you’ve traced around the tube. Then slide the
tube down thru the hole, and into the TLBT, and secure the bottom with angle brackets to the floor.
The Pickup Truck Solution (TPTS), The Pickup 2X SubSolution, (TP2X), The Frontier Crew Cab SubSolution
(TFPS):
In most cases, the pickup SubSolutions will safely sit behind the seat of your truck. The unit can be mounted with
flat metal brackets or back straps by first attaching them to the box (using wood screws) and then securing it to the wall
behind the seat with sheet metal screws.
The Jeep Wrangler SubSolution (TJWS):
This unit takes a little work to install, but it is so worth it. Since it mounts under
the floor, it takes some tools and some time, and some silicone, but it’s usually only about an hour or two total, and not that
scary. Be sure to see the website (
www.subsolutions.com
) for complete install instructions and photos.
The Porsche SubSolution (TPSS):
This unit takes a little work to install, but it is so worth it. Since it mounts under the
bonnet, and vents its’ energy through the heater duct, it takes some time, and patience, to install. Be sure to see the
website (
www.subsolutions.com
) for more complete install instructions and photos.
The Ram Truck Xtra Cab Solution (RTXC), The Ram Truck Quad Cab SubSolution (RTQC), The Ford Truck
SubSolution (FTXC):
In most cases, these will simply sit in place. The unit can be mounted with 2, 3, or 4 flat metal
brackets or back straps by first attaching them to the box (using wood screws) and then securing it to the floor with sheet
metal screws.
The Toyota Tacoma Double Cab Solution (TDCS):
This unit does not need to be screwed into place, because it fits so
snugly between the front console and the back seat. It also has “feet” that hug the driveline hump on the floor.
LOOK:
LOOK:
LOOK:
LOOK:
Power supplies in amplifiers are either
regulated
or
non-regulated
. Regulated ones always put out a clean sound even when your car
battery voltage drops below 12 volts. Non-regulated ones (while they tend to sound better at full voltage) can begin to distort if your battery
voltage drops. So, if you’re going to listen to your stereo for very long while parked, and you’re not sure what type of amp you have, it’s best
to idle your engine -- or you might find your self having to buy new speakers.
LISTEN:
LISTEN:
LISTEN:
LISTEN:
Distortion Kills. Your Speakers. It’s Really Bad Stuff and you don’t want it around. But how can you be sure you don’t have some when
you turn it up? Can you be sure? Sure. Listen. Just listen. It’s easy to hear. It’s that extra little fuzzy sound over the top of your music.
When you hear it, just turn down the volume and/or the bass a little bit. The point at which it stops is the limit of your amplifiers. (NOTE: be
sure your sub amp is adjusted correctly and does not distort before the high-frequency amp does, because distortion is easiest to hear in the
mids and highs.)
Enjoy your music, and don’t listen too loud for too long.
Warranty
:
All SubSolutions have a one year warranty against manufacturing defects. Just send in your unit to:
Acoustic Solutions 23844 S. Power Rd., Suite 102-205, Queen Creek, AZ 85242. Be sure to include your name,
return address, phone, and a copy of your sales receipt. Even if you’ve misplaced your receipt we can usually tell if
the unit is only about a year old, due to model-year design changes, and we will fix or replace it (often with an
upgraded model) and ship it back to you immediately. (you pay the freight to us, we pay the return to you.) If it is
clearly a model over a year or two old, or if it has clearly been abused (severely burnt voice coil, or a repeated
offense of this), then we have an “out of warranty accommodation repair” service that is just $45 flat rate (on single-
driver units), which includes completely upgrading your unit with our newest designed driver, re-sealing, repainting,
and return shipping to you. If this is deemed necessary, we will call you to arrange payment.
Owners Manual
Installing, understanding, and enjoying your new SubSolution
Information for Your Right Brain:
Congratulations! You have just purchased the best subwoofer available for automotive
use. It is small enough to fit in your vehicle and not take up too much important cargo
space. It sports a sophisticated, stealth appearance -- unlike typical woofer boxes -- so
as not to attract the attention of car stereo thieves. It is very efficient, which saves you
the expense of larger amplifiers and their subsequent drain on your car’s electrical
system.
The amazing sound performance from your SubSolution
is made possible by a major
breakthrough in speaker engineering. Our Intraport
enclosure technology, together with
our specially-fabricated small drivers, seem to bend the laws of physics! This new
subwoofer system plays smooth, tight, accurate bass that tracks the music perfectly.
SubSolutions
are top performers in all four of the key aspects of subwoofers:
Quality
Sound, Small Size, High Efficiency, and Good Looks.
Information for Your Left Brain:
SubSolutions
benefit from an enclosure design unlike any other. The proprietary
Intraport
enclosure technology utilizes unique, pressure-equalizing vents between
the front and rear volumes, eliminating the sonic anomalies associated with 5th order
band-pass boxes. This speaker system, with its innovative 170 mm driver, not only
produces a “flat” frequency response, but it exhibits an extremely high in-car
efficiency rating of 102 db! Although everyone agrees that smaller drivers sound
better because they react to the music faster (better transient response), smaller
cones have also meant lower efficiency -- until now. The SubSolution
design
produces the accurate sound of a small woofer and the high output of a large one.
How
low
a woofer can play at full volume before “rolling off”, or starting to be
less
loud
, is a critical design criteria and is called the “F3” or “3 db down”. It is important
to understand that although ultra-low frequencies sound (or
feel
) interesting while
parked, you cannot hear them while driving and they demand massive amounts of
power from your amplifier -- power that could better serve you by providing distortion-
free sound at the frequencies you
do
need to hear. A sub that plays linear down to
27 hz isn’t all that smart, unless you have 1000 watts and like to listen in your
driveway most of the time. In designing subwoofers, the laws of physics require us
to sacrifice
efficiency
for
low
frequency
. In other words, to make it play lower, it can’t
play as loud.
One of the most important things to understand in car audio is the phenomenon of
road noise
and how it can cover up the bass energy that your stereo is trying to play.
Human hearing goes down to 20 hertz and that is how low you want your home
stereo to play, however, in a car it is much wiser
not
to play frequencies below 40
hertz in order to help the amp and woofer play the frequencies you
do
need (40 and
above), much louder and with less distortion.
