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Connecting the Unit
ENG/MASTER 96
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Terminal
screw
Connecting the Power Terminal
• Always use the recommended battery and ground
wire, which is sold separately. Connect the bat-
tery wire directly to the car battery positive termi-
nal (+) and the ground wire to the car body.
• Recommended wires size (AWG: American Wire
Gauge) is as follows. The battery wire, the
ground wire and the optional direct ground wire
must be same size.
• Use a 10 AWG to 20 AWG wire for the system
remote control wire.
Battery Wire and Ground Wire Size
Wire Length less than 3.6 m less than 6.4 m
less than 12 ft. less than 21 ft.
Wire Size 6 AWG 4 AWG
1. Pass the battery wire from the
engine compartment to the interior
of the vehicle.
• After making all other connections to the
amplifier, connect the battery wire terminal
of the amplifier to the positive (+) terminal of
the battery.
2. Expose the end of wires using nip-
pers or a cutter.
• Battery wire, ground wire:
18 mm to 20 mm (3/4 in.)
•
System remote control wire:
14 mm to 16 mm
(1/2 in. to 5/8 in.)
3. Connect the wires to the terminal.
• Fix the wires securely with the terminal
screws.
WARNING
Failure to securely fasten the battery wire to the ter-
minal using the terminal screws could cause the ter-
minal area to overheat and could result in damage
and injury including minor burns.
4. Put the wire ties in the slits and
wrap the wire ties around the wires.
• Wrap the wire tie around the wire insulation,
not the stripped wire.
• Cut off any excess portions of the wire ties.
Wire tie
Engine
compartment
Interior of
the vehicle
Drill a 14
mm (1/2 in.)
hole into the
vehicle body.
Insert the O-ring rubber
grommet into the vehicle
body.
Positive (+)
terminal
Fuse 200 A
Each amplifier must
be SEPARATELY
fused at 200 A.
The maximum length of the wire between
the fuse and the positive (+) terminal of the
battery is 45 cm (1 ft. 6 in.).
GND
terminal
System remote
control terminal
Terminal
screw
Ground wire
System remote
control wire
Battery wire
Power terminal
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