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The MATCH M 5DSP must be connected to the
head unit (car radio) as follows:
Caution:
Carrying out the following steps will re-
quire special tools and technical knowledge. In or-
der to avoid connection mistakes and/or damage,
ask your dealer for assistance if you have any ques-
tions and follow all instructions in this manual (see
page 15).
1. Connecting the highlevel loudspeaker in-
puts
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page 20; no. 1 - 4 and 11 - 14) can be con-
nected directly to the loudspeaker outputs of an
OEM or aftermarket radio by using the enclosed
MATCH connection cable. It is not mandatory
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four highlevel loudspeaker inputs are connect-
ed. With the DSP PC-Tool software it is possible
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nels individually.
Make sure that the polarity is correct. If one or
more connections have reversed polarity it may
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input is used the remote input (
Remote In
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automatically turn on once a loudspeaker signal
is received.
2.
Connecting the loudspeaker outputs
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no. 5 - 8 and 15 - 18) can be connected directly
to the wires of the loudspeakers by using the
enclosed MATCH connection cable. Never
connect any of the loudspeaker cables with the
chassis ground as this will damage your ampli-
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speakers are correctly connected (phase), i.e.
plus to plus and minus to minus. Exchanging
plus and minus causes a total loss of bass re-
production. The plus pole is indicated on most
speakers. The impedance of each channel
must not be less than 4 Ohms, otherwise the
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3.
Connecting a digital signal source
If you have a signal source with an optical digi-
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ing the appropriate input (
Optical Input
).
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automatically activates the digital input if a dig-
ital audio signal is detected. This function can
be deactivated via the DSP PC-Tool software.
Alternatively you can manually activate the
digital input if you are using an optional remote
control. The automatic turn-on function does
not work when the digital input is used. There-
fore it is mandatory to connect the remote input
(
Remote In
).
Please note that it is possible to connect a
source to the digital input and the highlevel
loudspeaker inputs at the same time.
Important:
The signal of a digital audio source
normally does not contain any information about
the volume level. Keep in mind that this will
lead to full level on the outputs of the MATCH
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This may cause severe damage to your speak-
ers. We strongly recommend to use an optional
remote control for adjusting the volume level of
the digital signal input!
Information:
The M 5DSP can only handle
uncompressed digital stereo signals in PCM
format with a sample rate between 6 kHz and
96 kHz. Neither Dolby-coded signals nor com-
pressed MP3-/WMA- or AAC-audio formats will
be accepted.
4.
Connection to power supply
Make sure to disconnect the battery before
installing the MATCH M 5DSP!
Connect the +12 V power cable (yellow) to
the positive terminal of the battery. The posi-
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er terminals needs to have an inline fuse at a
distance of no more than 12 inches (30 cm)
from the battery. The value of the fuse is cal-
culated from the maximum total current input
of the whole car audio system. If your power
wires are short (less than 1m / 40”) then a wire
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all other cases we strongly recommend gaug-
es of min. 6 mm² / AWG 10! The ground cable
(black / same gauge as the +12 V wire) should
be connected to a common ground reference
point (this is located where the negative termi-
nal of the battery is grounded to the metal body
of the vehicle), or to a prepared metal location
