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OWNER’S MANUAL
C400.4 Carbon Series
4/3/2 Channel Amplifier
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Polk Audio—A Passion for Sound Getting Started Please inspect your new amplifier(s) carefully. Notify your Polk Audio dealer if you notice Welcome to the Polk Audio family! For over thirty years, George Klopfer and I, and all any damage or missing items. Keep the carton and packing material; this will do the best the people at Polk Audio, have been designing and building sound equipment for job of protecting your equipment if it must be transported. people like you: the person who demands high
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All Carbon Series Amplifier Models Feature: Read This First • Polk’s Maximum Dynamic Headroom (MDH) Power Supply allows Polk/MOMO Amplifiers to Installing a car audio system is a serious project. If you have any doubts about your ability to deliver more instantaneous power peaks, easily driving your speakers during musical peaks. Get execute any of the installation steps found in this manual, save yourself a lot of grief and contact “max headroom” (!) and more power for low impedance loads. a
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Notes About Electrical Installation Installing Your New Polk Audio Amplifier • ALWAYS DISCONNECT YOUR VEHICLE’S BATTERY GROUND BEFORE WORKING WITH YOUR Before installing your new amplifier, carefully choose the location for the installation. The VEHICLE’S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. amplifier should have at least 2" (5cm) of ventilation space on all sides to allow heat to rise and • This amplifier is designed for use in vehicles with 12-volt, negative-ground electrical systems. Use dissipate away from t
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Typical Installation Typical Installation, continued ALWAYS DISCONNECT YOUR VEHICLE’S BATTERY GROUND BEFORE WORKING WITH YOUR For the ground connection, also use the largest gauge cable available. Connect to the terminal VEHICLE’S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. marked GND and then connect this cable directly to your car’s chassis. Keep the length of the GND connection as short as possible, ideally under 6", to avoid ground loops and engine noise ALWAYS BE AWARE OF THE LOCATION OF HIDDEN WIRES, CABLES AND FL
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Front Rear Front Rear BATTERY LEAD GROUND LEAD REMOTE TRUN-ON LEAD Wire Routing Options R For Flush Mount installations (where amp sits directly on solid surface), route wiring through side vents of end caps BEFORE wiring into the amp. R For Stealth installations, route wiring down through bottom opening under removeable plate. 10 11 POLK/MOMO: CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE WWW.POLKAUDIO.COM/AMPS Complete Amp Panel Layout Front Rear Front Rear LR L R TOP VIEW RCA RCA SPEAKER PRE-OUT INPUT OUTPUT T
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Detailed Adjustments for the Amp Panel Detailed Adjustments for the Amp Panel continued 1 REMOTE BASS GAIN MODULE JACK midrange and high frequencies from the subwoofer. If it amplifier will be used to drive full range speakers with no LOW position, as the most popular head unit output con- Accepts telephone jack input connection from the remote is set too high, you’ll hear voices and other midrange subwoofer in the system. The full frequency bandwidth nections are low voltage. To use HIGH level
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BATTERY BATTERY 14 15 POLK/MOMO: CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE WWW.POLKAUDIO.COM/AMPS 4-Channel MOMO Components (active crossover) Full range output from headunit RCA "Y" adapters DIST. FUSE BLOCK Remote turn on from source unit LR LR Front Rear Polk/MOMO Polk/MOMO Tweeter Woofer Warning: Tweeters can only be Polk/MOMO hooked up to FRONT channel when Tweeter using the Pre-EQ active crossover. Polk/MOMO Woofer Front and Rear Coax Hook-Up Rear Front Output from Output from headunit headunit DIST. Fro
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BATTERY BATTERY Ω 16 17 POLK/MOMO: CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE WWW.POLKAUDIO.COM/AMPS Front Coax and Rear Subwoofer Hook-Up Channel 1/2 Front Channel 1/2 Rear 2 2 2 2 Full Range Subwoofer Output from Output from headunit headunit 3 3 3 3 DIST. FUSE BLOCK 4 4 Remote turn on from source unit 5 5 LR LR Front Rear Optional Coax remote gain for Driver Rear channel Subwoofer Subwoofer impedance Coax should be 4 or greater. Driver Front Polk/MOMO Components with Rear Subwoofers Full Range Subwoofer Fro
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Power Connection Details Sketch Your Custom Install Configuration for Future Reference Here: Before installing your amplifier, disconnect the negative (ground) wire from the vehicle’s battery and secure it away from the battery. This will prevent accidental damage to the system. And to yourself as well. This amplifier’s “+12 VDC” and “GROUND” (chassis ground) connections are designed to accept 4 AWG power wire or smaller. We recommend a power wire of at least 8 AWG. Bigger power wire means mo
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C400.4 Specifications Protect Your Hearing! Power Output: ...................................................RMS Continuous Power Now that you’ve got Polk Audio equipment in your car you’re a valued member of the Polk Audio (at 14.4V at the input terminals, 20Hz - 20kHz) family. We want you, and your hearing, to be around for a long, long time. We urge you to practice Per Channel into 4 Ohms (0.1% THD+N) .......75W Per Channel into 2 Ohms (1% THD+N) ..........100W restraint in the operation of t
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Polk/MOMO Series Limited Warranty Polk Audio, Inc., warrants to the original retail purchaser This warranty does not include service or parts to repair only. This warranty will terminate automatically prior to its damage caused by accident, disaster, misuse, abuse, stated expiration if the original retail purchaser sells or negligence, inadequate packing or shipping procedures, transfers the Product to any other party. commercial use, voltage inputs in excess of the rated maximum of the unit,
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5601 Metro Drive Baltimore, Maryland 21215 (800) 377-7655 www.polkaudio.com www.polkmomo.com Contact Polk Audio Customer Service 800-377-7655 (M-F, 9-6 EST, US only) or via email polkcs@polkaudio.com. Outside the US, call 410-358-3600. “Polk,” “Polk Audio,” “The Speaker Specialists” and “Dynamic Balance” are registered trademarks of Polk Investment Corporation used under license by Polk Audio Incorporated. “MOMO” is a registered trademark of MOMO Design, Italy. RM0658-2
