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CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations for choosing an Xtreme extrusion with black chrome trim Series power amplifier, by Directed panels, Xtreme power amplifiers will Audio. This high performance product excite and delight car audio enthusiasts has been designed and engineered by with years of high performance audio Directed Electronics, the industry leader reproduction. in high quality automotive security and Xtreme Series amplifiers come with a audio equipment since 1990. With the two-year limited
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LIMITED TWO-YEAR CONSUMER WARRANTY Directed Electronics, Inc. promises to the WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OF original purchaser, to replace this product INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ARE EXPRESSLY should it prove to be defective in workman- EXCLUDED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ship or material under normal use, for a ALLOWED BY LAW, AND DIRECTED period of two years from the date of NEITHER ASSUMES NOR AUTHORIZES purchase by the dealer as indicated by the ANY PERSON TO ASSUME FOR IT ANY date code marking of t
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FEATURES High-speed MOSFET power supplies +6 or +12 dB switchable bass boost (4600X switchable +12dB) Complimentary bipolar transistor outputs Adjustable input gain Mono/stereo/mixed mono opera- Power/status LED's tion (1500X mono only) Thermal, short-circuit, over-current, 2 ohm stereo stable/4 ohm mono and reverse polarity protection stable (1500X 2 ohm mono Gold-plated RCA inputs stable) Heavy duty screw terminals accept Built-in 2-way variable crossovers up to 8 AWG cables (1500X
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6. The amplifier should be grounded not current limited by the power with a short, heavy gauge wire and ground supply wires. connected directly to the car at a 8. This amplifier is designed to drive a bare metal surface, preferably speaker load that measures from 2 scraped body sheet metal. Do not to 8 ohms. Keep in mind that heat use factory ground locations, seat is the long-term enemy of automo- bolts, or brackets that are tive electronics and the lower your spotwelded. speaker load, the more
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FRONT PANEL CONNECTIONS/CONTROLS N NO OT TE E:: The step numbers listed below are referenced on the Input Wiring Diagram. 1. R RC CA A IIn np pu ut t J Ja ac ck ks s -- Accepts line level 5. B Ba as ss s E EQ Q S Sw wiit tc ch h - Adds an additional 6 or 12 db of bass boost to the outputs from head units or signal speaker output (4600X 12 db processors at voltages between only). 150mV and 4 volts. 6. S St ta at tu us s L LE ED D - Will light BLUE to indi- 2. IIn np pu ut t G Ga aiin n A
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INPUT WIRING DIAGRAMS 5 4 X-OVER 1 2 3 6 5 4 LPF HPF 1 2 3 6 3 7 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc
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FOUR CHANNEL 4600X 5 4 5 4 6 6 POWER PROTECT LPF HPF 1 2 3 3 2 1 8 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc
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CROSSOVER SETTINGS AND GAIN ADJUSTMENT Your Xtreme Series power amplifier by Directed Audio needs to be adjusted carefully to achieve maximum performance. These are some guidelines to follow when fine-tuning the amplifier. For full-range and simultaneous stereo/mono bass applications, the crossover selec- tion switch should be set to FLAT. If the amplifier is driving your subwoofers, set the switch to LPF, and for mid-bass/midrange output, set to HPF. The crossover frequency control needs to b
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REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS 1. S Sp pe ea ak ke err O Ou ut t T Te errm miin na alls s - Connect the remote turn on lead of the head unit or signal source. If a (+) 12 the speakers to these terminals. volt remote turn lead is not avail- (Refer to the Speaker Connection able, a Remote Power Adapter section of this guide.) (P/N #55000) can be used to P Po ow we err F Fu us se e -- 2. This fuse protects the supply a remote turn on signal. DO amplifier against internal electrical NOT connect this t
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SPEAKER CONNECTIONS MONO CHANNEL 1500X TWO SPEAKER CONNECTION SPEAKER 4 Ohm 25A fuses FUSES SPEAKER 4 Ohm ONE SPEAKER CONNECTION SPEAKER 2-4 Ohm 25A fuses FUSES 11 © 2003 Directed Electronics, Inc
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TWO CHANNEL 2300X 25A fuse FOUR CHANNEL 4600X 25A fuses FUSES BRI BRI Note that the two speakers & four Connecting the speakers in this manner speakers have been connected to the assures that the two speaker cones will four terminal following the (+) and (-) move in and out together according to graphic. Your speaker terminals may be the original recording. If one of the two marked (+) and (-) or there may be red speakers is reversed, stereo imaging dot by one terminal which means the and bass r
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BRIDGE MODE TWO CHANNEL 2300X SPEAKER 4 Ohm 25A fuse FOUR CHANNEL 4600X SPEAKER 4 Ohm 25A fuses FUSES BRI BRI SPEAKER 4 Ohm Note that the two speakers & four Connecting the speakers in this manner speakers have been connected to the assures that the two speaker cones will four terminal following the (+) and (-) move in and out together according to graphic. Your speaker terminal may be the original recording. If one of the two marked (+) and (-) or there may be red speakers is reversed, stereo i
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SPECIFICATIONS Xtreme models 1500X 2300X 4600X Type Mono block 2-channel 4-channel Maximum Power 500 watts 300 watts 600 watts Continuous Power @ 4 ohms 150 x 1 50 x 2 50 x 4 (watts RMS) Continuous Power @ 2 ohms 250 x 1 75 x 2 75 x 4 (watts RMS) Damping Factor >50 >50 >50 Frequency Response 20Hz-20kHz 20Hz-20kHz 20Hz-20kHz +/- 1dB +/- 1dB +/- 1dB S/N Ratio -90dBA -90dBA -90dBA (Full power into 4 ohms) Crossover LP 50-250Hz Variable Variable 12dB Slope HP/LP HP/LP 50-250Hz 50-250Hz 12dB Slope 1
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