KQ5
PREAMP EQUALIZER
Features & Controls
Congratulations! You have just purchased the one of latest products
in signal processing technology to carry the famous KICKER name.
Your KICKER KQ5 is designed and built to give you years of trouble-
free performance. This installation manual contains valuable informa-
tion on how to get the most out of your new KQ5 Preamp equalizer.
Thanks for buying KICKER. Enjoy!
Virtually any car stereo system will benefit from the addition of a Kicker KQ5
Preamp/Equalizer. The built-in preamplifier stage raises the signal level of your
head unit before sending it on to the amplifier(s). This reduces the noise floor of
your system and increases the dynamic range. The equalizer portion of the
Kicker KQ5 has five bands carefully placed across the audible spectrum to allow
you to boost or cut specific frequencies and fine-tune your system’s perform-
ance. Each band has a control which moves its center frequency up and down to
precisely target the portion of the music you wish to control. Each band also has
a control that allows you to boost or cut information at the chosen frequency
up to 12dB.
Other features include illumination in a choice of amber or green, a remote
bass level controller for the Kicker KX amplifiers, dual input capability, front to
rear fader, and clipping indicator lights for input and output. All this housed in an
attractive 1/2 DIN chassis with a fully isolated DC to DC power supply.
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Ground Illumination Selector Switch
Line 2 Input Right
Line 2 Input Left
Line 1 Input Right
Line 1 Input Left
Output Rear Right
Output Rear Left
Output Front Right
Output Front Left
Remote Bass Level
Back Panel Features
Front Panel Features
Volume/Fader Control
Input Selector
EQ Bypass Remote Bass Level Control
Bass Controls Mid Bass Controls Lower Midrange Controls
Upper Midrange Controls
High Frequency Controls
