“Volts: SET”
is the voltage level in which the “Low Battery” or “Very Low Battery” condition
becomes true, and the protective action takes place. Hence,
you must choose the voltage level
that you consider that the battery is running low / very low.
“Volts: Clear”
is the voltage level in which the “Low Battery” or “Very Low Battery” condition is
cleared, and the protective action is undone. Hence,
you must choose the voltage level that you
consider that the battery is not low / very low anymore.
“Action to take”
is the protective action that takes place automatically in case a Low / Very
Low Battery condition is true. The action will be undone (Cleared) once the Low / Very Low Battery
condition is false. Different actions can be selected: Gain attenuation from -3dB up to -24dB and
amplifier Shutdown.
The CORE-1 will automatically take protective actions
in case of a “Low
Battery” or “Very Low Battery” condition. The goal is that under a worst-case-
scenario situation, your sound system will not operate with dangerously low
voltage, which causes distortion and speaker damage, nor your car will be
unable to start the engine afterwards. In order to assure that CORE-1 will be
able to protect your electrical system, it is very important that the voltage
settings for “Low Battery” and “Very Low Battery” conditions are set properly.
Settings will vary according to the brand / model of your vehicle, battery and
ultimately, car audio components. By default, the voltage levels suggested by
CORE-1 will guarantee a decent degree of protection.
Once the
“Low Battery”
condition is true, which means that the
voltage rea
ding is equal or lower than “Volts: SET” of the “Low Battery” group
box, the selected protective action will take place. You will be notified by the
correspondent Power Indicative
LED as it becomes Orange
. By default, the
selected action is “Gain -6dB”, which means that
the volume will be put
down by 6dB
. If the sound system continues to operate (with engine off and
no battery charger), most likely the voltage level will continue to drop, leading
to the condition described below:
Once it drops to equal or
lower than “Volts: SET” of the
“Very Low
Battery”
group box, the selected protective action will take place. You will be
notified by the correspondent Power Indicative
LED as it becomes Red.
By
default, the selected action is to
shutdown the entire audio system
, to
ensure no damage to the battery and / or car audio components.
The
“Power Source”
selection will determine if the automatic
protective actions will take place based on the “Battery-1 (Main)” or “Battery-2
(Auxiliary)” battery voltage readings. Hence, you should select it according to
which battery your amplifier is connected to. By default “Battery-1 (Main)” is
selected, which will work for most cases.
