JL Audio XD200/2 manual

Th ank you f or purcha si ng a JL Audi o amplif ie r for your au tomotive so und sys tem . Y our amp lif ier h as be en d esig ned a nd manu fact ured to e xa cting stan dard s in orde r to en sure ye ars of mu si cal e njoym ent in you r vehicl e. For ma xim um per fo rma nce , we highly re comme nd that y ou have your ne w ampl ifi er in stal led[...]

2 | JL Audio - XD200/2 Owner ’ s Manual PR OTE C T YOUR H EA R IN G! W e v a lue you as a long-t erm c us tomer. For t hat rea son, we u rge you t o prac tic e res tr ai nt in t he oper ation of t h is pro duct s o as not to d a mage you r hea ri ng a nd t hat of ot hers i n you r veh icle. St udie s have show n t hat c onti nuous ex po su re to [...]

3 PLANNING Y OUR INST ALLA TION It is i mpor ta nt t hat you t ak e t he ti me to re ad t hi s ma nua l a nd th at you pla n out you r in st al l ation c ar ef ul ly. The fol low in g are s ome cons iderat ion s th at you must t a ke i nto acc ount when pl an n ing you r i nst a ll ati on. Cooling Efficie ncy Considerations: Th e outer she ll of yo[...]

4 | JL Audio - XD200/2 Owner ’ s Manual PRODUCT DESCRIP TION Th e JL Aud io X D20 0/2 is a t wo -ch an nel, f ul l-ra nge au dio a mpl if ier ut i l izi ng J L Aud io Nex D™ u lt ra-h igh s pee d sw itch i ng tec hnolo g y to del iver out st and i ng f idel it y an d ef f icienc y. Th e XD 20 0/2 ca n be op erat ed w it h a wid e va ri et y of [...]

5 POWER CONNECTIONS Befo re ins ta l l ing t he a mpl if ier, di scon nec t t he negat ive ( grou nd) w ire f rom t he veh icle ’ s bat te ry. Th is w i l l prevent ac cide nta l da ma ge to t he sy stem , t he vehi cle a nd your b ody du ri ng i ns ta l lat ion. Th e XD 20 0/2’ s “ +12 V D C ” a nd “ Ground ” con nec tion s are d esi g[...]

6 | JL Audio - XD200/2 Owner ’ s Manual TU RN  ON L EA D Th e XD 20 0/2 us es a conve ntiona l + 12V remot e tu r n-on le ad, t y pic a lly c ontro lle d by t he sou rce un it's remot e tu rn- on out put. T he a mpli f ier w i ll tu r n on when + 12V is pre sent at it s “ Remote ” input a nd t ur n of f when + 12V is sw itc hed of f. [...]

7 INPUT SENSITIVIT Y CONTROL Th e contro l labe led “ I nput Sen s. ” can b e us ed to matc h t he sou rce u nit ’ s out put volt age to t he input s ta ge of t he ampl i f ier for ma x imu m cle a n out put. Rot ati ng t he cont rol cl ock w ise w i l l resu lt in h ig her se nsit iv it y (lou der for a g iven i nput volta ge ). Rotat i ng t[...]

8 | JL Audio - XD200/2 Owner ’ s Manual FIL TER CONTROLS Most s pea ke rs a re not des ign ed to repro duce t he f ul l r ange o f fre quenci es aud ible by t he hu ma n ea r. For th is re ason , most s pea ke r sys tems a re compr ise d of mult iple sp ea ker s, e ach de dic ate d to repro duci ng a sp eci f ic f reque ncy r an ge. Fi lters a re[...]

9 RE M OTE L EV EL C ON TRO L O PT IO NA L Wit h t he add iti on of the o ption al R emote Le vel C ontrol (H D -RL C), you ca n cont rol t he volu me of th e XD 20 0/2 f rom th e front of t he veh icle. T h is is u sef u l for subwo ofer leve l contr ol, rea r cha n nel le vel cont rol, ce nter-ch an nel le vel cont rol or eve n as a ma ste [...]

10 | JL Audio - XD200/2 Owner ’ s Manual SPEAKER OUTPUTS Th e XD 20 0/2’ s s pea k er outpu ts a re des igne d to ac cept 16 A WG - 8 A WG wi re. T o c onne ct t he spe a ker w ir es to t he a mpli f ier, fi rst b ack out t he se t scre ws on t he top of t he ter m ina l blo ck, u si ng t he suppl ied 2 .5 m m hex w renc h. St rip 1/2 i nch ( 1[...]

11 ST A TUS LED / PROTECTION CIRCUITRY Th ere is a si ng le mult i- color L ED on t he top su rf ace of t he a mpl if ier t o ind icat e th e ampl i f ier’ s oper ati ng stat us . 1 ) Fl ash ing Gre en: ampl i f ier is p oweri ng up, aud io output i s muted . 2) Const ant G reen : ampl if i er is on a nd f unc t ioni ng nor ma l ly , aud io out p[...]

12 | JL Audio - XD200/2 Owner ’ s Manual APPEN DIX A: Input Sensitivity Le vel Setting Fol lowi ng t he d ire ct ions b elow w il l a l low t he in st al ler t o adjus t the i nput se nsit iv it y of t he X D20 0/2 si mply a nd ea si ly in ju st a fe w mi nutes usi ng e quipme nt whic h is com mon ly ava i lable i n in st al l ation bay s. Necess[...]

13 APPEN DIX C: XD 200/2 Specifications General Specif ications: Recommended F use V alue: 20A Recommended F use T ype: MAX I® or AGU Input Sections: No. of I nput s: On e Stereo Pair I n p u t Ty p e : Di f ferential -b alance d with RC A jack in put s Input Range: 1 00 mV - 4V RMS Amplifier Sec tion: Amplifier T opo logy: NexD™ U ltra -Hig h S[...]

14 | JL Audio - XD200/2 Owner ’ s Manual “H ow do I pro per ly set t he in put se nsi tivi ty o n my ampl ifi er?” Plea se re fer to Appe ndi x A (pa ge 12 ) t o set t he i nput sen siti vit y for ma x imu m, low-d is tor tion out put . “My am pli fie r doe sn’t tu rn on.” Check t he f us e, not ju st v isu a ll y , but w it h a cont in[...]

15 “My am pli fie r shut s of f onc e in a whi le, us uall y at high er volu mes .” Check you r volta ge sou rce a nd g round i ng poi nt. T he power su pply of t he X D20 0/2 w i ll op erat e wit h c har gi ng s yst em volta ges dow n to 10 V . Shutdow n proble ms at h ighe r volume l evel s ca n oc cu r when t he c ha rg ing s ys tem volt age[...]

16 | JL Audio - XD200/2 Owner ’ s Manual INSTALLA TI ON NOTES: Use t hi s di ag ra m to do cu ment you r ampl if i er’ s s w itch a nd cont rol po sition s.[...]

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