ARC Audio 430-8-01 Car Amplifier User Manual


 
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FRONTORREARCHANNELS
4HEh).054SELECTIONSWITCHFUNCTIONSLIKEINTERNAL9
CONNECTORS)Nh#(vALL2#!SORCHANNELSFROMTHE
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COMESFROMTHEFRONTCHANNELSBUTWITHh"!33"//34vON
THEREARONLY)FYOUAREBRIDGINGTHEUNITONALLCHANNELS
ITMAYBEDESIRABLETOHAVEh"!33"//34vONALL
CHANNELS5SETHEh#(""!,,vFORTHESETUP
"ASS"OOST
4HISAMPHASAFULLYADJUSTABLEBASSBOOST"OTHTHE
FREQUENCYANDTHELEVELOFTHEBOOSTAREADJUSTABLE3TART
WITHASMALLINCREASEINTHELEVELCONTROL4HENhSWEEPv
THEFREQUENCYUPANDDOWN,ISTENCAREFULLYFORAN
IMPROVEMENTINTHESOUNDOFTHEBASS)FYOUDONOTHEAR
ANYIMPROVEMENTTHENTHEWOOFERDOESNOTNEEDANY
BOOST
5SE"ASS"OOSTCAREFULLY4HE
DEMANDSONPOWEROUTPUT
ARETREMENDOUS4RYTO
MINIMIZETHEUSEBY
CHANGINGWOOFERPOSITIONOR
THEENCLOSURESIZE
$IAGNOSTIC-ODE
!LL3IGNATURE%DITIONAMPLIFIERSINCLUDEADIAGNOSTIC
MODETHATWILLFLASHFAULTCODESWHENEVERTHEAMPLIFIER
GOESINTOPROTECTION
4HEh!2#!UDIOvLOGODISPLAYWILLBEGINTOFADESLOWLY
FROMBLUETOREDWHENTHEUNITREACHESDEGREES
&AHRENHEIT!STHEAMPHEATSUPITWILLCHANGEFASTER
7HENITISFLASHINGQUICKLYTHISISYOURFIRSTINDICATIONTHAT
ITISBEGINNINGTOOVERHEAT
#ODE3HORT0ROTECTION
)FANYCHANNELOFTHEAMPLIFIERDETECTSANOHMLOADLOWER
THENOHMITWILLGOINTOh3HORT0ROTECTIONv4HISCOULDBE
CAUSEDBYASHORTEDh"LOWNvSPEAKERASPEAKERWIRE
THATISTOUCHINGTHEMETALOFTHECARBODYORTOOMANY
SPEAKERSONTHECHANNEL
#ODE4HERMAL0ROTECTION
3HOULDTHEAMPOVERHEATANDSHUTOFFTHEDISPLAYWE
TURNREDANDBEGINTOFLASHACODE4HISISFLASH!
SHORTPAUSEFOLLOWEDBYFLASHES4HEFANWILLCONTINUETO
RUNANDCOOLTHEAMPOFFVERYQUICKLY9OUSHOULDTURNTHE
VOLUMEDOWNUNTILTHEDISPLAYORSTATUSLIGHTISFLASHING
SLOWLY
$ISPLAY#OLOR
4HECOLOROFTHEDISPLAYCANBECHANGEDFROMTHEDEFAULT
COLOR"LUETOREDORANYCOLOROFPURPLEINBETWEEN
4OCHANGETHEDISPLAYCOLORUNPLUGTHELEVELREMOTEIFIT
ISINSTALLEDANDTURNTHEAMPLIFIERON!FTERTHEUNITIS
POWEREDUPPLUGTHELEVELREMOTEBACKIN4HEKNOBNOW
CHANGESTHEDISPLAYCOLOR4OEXITTHISMODESIMPLYTURN
THEAMPBACKOFF9OUMAYREMOVETHEREMOTEATANY
TIME!SLONGASYOUDONOTPLUGITINWITHTHEUNITONIT
WILLNOTENTERTHEDISPLAYMODE
)NPUT-ODE3WITCH
!LL!2#!UDIOAMPLIFIERSINCLUDEANINPUTMODESWITCH
4HISSWITCHCONTROLSTHESIGNALBEINGSENTTOTHEAMPLIFIER
SECTIONS-OSTCHANNELAMPLIFIERSCANBEBRIDGEDINTOA
SINGLECHANNELHOWEVERIFTHESIGNALTOTHECHANNELSISNOT
EXACTLYTHEDISTORTIONWILLINCREASESIGNIFICANTLY4HE
MODESWITCHSOLVESTHISPROBLEMBYOFFERINGMODESOF
OPERATION
3TEREO
4HISISSIMPLECHANNELSTEREOOPERATION5SETHISSETTING
FORMOSTAPPLICATIONSTHATDONOTINVOLVEBRIDGINGTHE
OUTPUT
"RIDGE
/NACHANNELAMPYOUCANSELECTTOHAVEONLYTHELEFTOR
RIGHTCHANNELINPUTSENTTOBOTHOUTPUTS9OUNEEDONLY
USETHEONEGAIN4HISISREPEATEDONTHECHANNELBUT
YOUHAVEINDIVIDUALSWITCHESFORFRONTANDREAR
,235--/./
4HISISTHEMODEFORBRIDGINGASUBWOOFER"OTHTHELEFT
ANDRIGHTCHANNELSARECOMBINEDINTOAMONOSIGNALTHAT
ISTHENSPLITANDSENTTOBOTHOUTPUT4HISWILLGIVEYOUA
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