6 | JL Audio - XD1000/5v2 Owner ’ s Manual
7
ENGLISH
INPUT SECTION
Th e X D 100 0/5v2’ s i nput sec t ion a ll ows
you to se nd sig na ls to t he a mpli f ier
se ct ion t hrou gh t he u se of t wo, fou r or
si x di f ferent ia l-ba la nc ed input s.
Input c onne ct ions a re v ia up to t h ree pa ir s of
tr ad iti ona l RCA-ty p e jack s.
Remote
Level
Mode
Mode
All
|
Sub Ch.
Input Mode
2 Ch.
|
4 Ch.
|
6 Ch.
Rem.
|
Oset
|
Signal
Input Voltage
Low
|
High
CH. 1 & 2
CH. 3 & 4 SUB CH.
CH. 2
(
R
)
HP Filter Mode
Filter Freq. (Hz)
Input
Sens.
O
|
x1
|
x10
Filter Mode
HP Filter Freq. (Hz)
Input
Sens.
O
|
BP
|
HP
LP Filter Mode
LP Filter Freq. (Hz)
Input
Sens.
O
|
12dB
|
24dB
Mono Subwoofer Output
(
L
)
(
R
)
CH. 1
CH. 2
CH. 3
CH. 4
SUB
SUB
INPUT SECTION
+12 VDC Ground Remote
5 Channe l Amplif ier with 2-Way / 3-Way Crossover
If you w i sh to sen d six d i scre te cha n nels i nto t he
X D 10 00/5v2 , simply u se a l l six i nputs a nd set t he
“Input Mode ” sw itc h in t he “6 Ch.” posit ion. T he
a mpli f ier w il l autom atic a l ly combi ne t he lef t a nd
r ig ht “Sub Ch. ” i nput sig na ls to mono. I f you have
on ly one cha n nel of subwo ofer sig na l ava i lable ,
it is ac ce ptabl e to onl y use one of t he “Sub Ch. ”
input s, but for op ti ma l ga in , we recom mend u sin g a
Y -ad aptor a nd feed i ng bot h “S ub Ch.” i npu ts .
If you pre fer to us e onl y four ch an nel s of input
into t he X D1 0 0 0/5v2, s et t he “Input Mo de ” sw itch
in t he “4 Ch.” po sit ion and u se t he C h 1 & 2 a nd
Ch 3 & 4 I nputs . In t h is mo de, t he X D1 0 0 0/5 v 2
w il l de rive it s subwo ofer cha nn el sig na l f rom a
su m of a ll fou r i nput sig na ls. T he ba ss w i l l not
fad e when t he sig na l is f ade d by the h ead u nit
f rom front to r ea r .
Y ou may a ls o choo se to apply on ly t wo
cha n nels of i nput to del iver s ign al t o al l f ive
a mpli f ier ch an nels . T o do t hi s, se t t he “Input
Mode” sw itch t o “2 Ch.” and u se on ly t he input s
to cha n nels 1 & 2. I n th is mo de, Ch an nel 3 w il l
oper ate w it h t he Cha nn el 1 sig na l a nd Cha nn el
4 w il l op erate w it h t he Ch an nel 2 sig na l . The
a mpli f ier w il l autom atic a l ly combi ne t he ma in
input s ign al s to mono for t he Subwo ofer Cha n nel.
Input V oltage Range:
Input V olt age R a nge: A w ide r an ge of sig na l
input vo ltag es ca n be a ccom mod ated b y the
X D 10 00/5v2’ s i nput se ct ion (20 0m V – 8V).
Th is w ide r a nge is spl it up i nto two s ub-r ange s,
acc es sible v ia t he “I nput V olta ge” s wit ch:
“L ow ”: for prea mp leve l sig na ls
“ H i g h ”: for spe a ker le vel sig na ls
Remote
Level
Mode
Turn-On
Mode
All
|
Sub Ch.
Input Mode
2 Ch.
|
4 Ch.
|
6 Ch.
Rem.
|
Oset
|
Signal
Input Voltage
Low
|
High
CH. 3
(
L
)
CH. 4
(
R
)
CH. 1
(
L
)
CH. 1 & 2 CH. 3 & 4 SUB CH.
CH. 2
(
R
)
HP Filter Mode
Filter Freq. (Hz)
Input
Sens.
O
|
x1
|
x10
Filter Mode
HP Filter Freq. (Hz)
Input
Sens.
O
|
BP
|
HP
LP Filter Mode
LP Filter Freq. (Hz)
Input
Sens.
O
|
12dB
|
24dB
Mono Subwoofer Output
(
L
)
CH. 1
CH. 3
SUB
SUB
INPUT SECTION
+12 VDC Ground Remote
5 Channe l Amplif ier with 2-Way / 3-Way Crossover
Th e “L ow ” pos ition on t he “I nput V olta ge”
sw itc h selec t s an i nput sen sit iv ity r a nge bet we en
20 0m V and 2V for a l l i nput cha n nels . T hi s mea ns
t hat t he “Input S ens . ” rot ar y c ontrol for e ach
cha n nel se ct ion w il l op erate w it h in t hat volt age
w indow. If you a re usi ng a n a f ter ma rket s ource
un it , wit h conve ntiona l pre amp -leve l output s, t h is
is mo st li ke ly t he posit ion t hat you w i l l use .
Th e “Hi g h” po sition on t he “I nput V olt age ”
sw itc h selec t s an i nput sen sit iv ity r a nge bet we en
80 0m V a nd 8V for a l l input c ha nne ls. Th is i s
us ef ul for c er ta i n hig h-out put pre amp le vel
sig na ls a s wel l as s pea ke r-level out put fr om sou rce
un it s and sm a ll a mpl if ier s. T o u se spe a ker-leve l
sou rce s, spl ice t he sp ea ker out put w ir es of t he
sou rce u nit or sm a ll a mpl if ier onto a p ai r of RCA
ca bles or plug s or us e the J L Aud io ECS S pea ke r
Wir e to RCA adap to r (XD-CLRAIC2- SW) .
Li ne Out put C onver ters a re us ua l ly not nee ded
w ith th e X D 100 0/5v2 . If you f ind t hat the output
ca n not be redu ced su f f icie ntly w it h a d ire ct
spe a ker le vel sig na l appl ied to t he a mpli f ier a nd
t he “Input V olta ge” s w itch i n its “H ig h” posit ion,
you may u se a “ li ne out put conver te r” or volt age
di v ider to redu ce t he sig na l leve l.
TURN ON OP TIONS
Th e X D 100 0/5v2 c an b e sw itc hed on a nd of f
usi ng one of t h ree met ho ds , dete rm ine d by the
pos ition of t he a mpli f ier ’ s “ T ur n-O n Mode”
sw itc h. Plea se re ad t he se opt ions a nd d ecide
wh ich is b est s uite d for you r spec if ic s ys tem.
1 ) + 12V remote t u rn- on lead
2) Signa l-s ensi ng t ur n-on c irc uit .
3 ) DC o ff set-se nsi ng t ur n-on c irc uit
Remote
Level
Mode
Turn-On
Mode
All
|
Sub Ch.
Input Mode
2 Ch.
|
4 Ch.
|
6 Ch.
Rem.
|
Oset
|
Signal
Input Voltage
Low
|
High
CH. 3
(
L
)
CH. 4
(
R
)
CH. 1
(
L
)
CH. 1 & 2 CH. 3 & 4 SUB CH.
CH. 2
(
R
)
HP Filter Mode
Filter Freq. (Hz)
Input
Sens.
O
|
x1
|
x10
Filter Mode
HP Filter Freq. (Hz)
Input
Sens.
O
|
BP
|
HP
LP Filter Mode
LP Filter Freq. (Hz)
Input
Sens.
O
|
12dB
|
24dB
Mono Subwoofer Output
(
L
)
(
R
)
CH. 1
CH. 2
CH. 3
CH. 4
SUB
SUB
INPUT SECTION
+12 VDC Ground Remote
5 Channe l Amplif ier with 2-Way / 3-Way Crossover
+ 12 V Remote T ur n- On: T hi s is t he prefer red
met hod for t u rn ing t he a mpl if ier on /off. T he
a mpli f ier w il l t ur n on whe n + 12 V is pres ent at
its “Rem ote” i nput a nd tu r n of f when + 12 V i s
sw itc hed of f. T hi s + 12V remote tu r n-on sig na l is
t y pica l ly cont rol led by a s ourc e un it’s remote
tu r n-on w i re. T he X D 100 0/5 v2’s “Remote ” tu r n-
on con nec tor w i ll acc ept 18 A W G – 12 A W G
w ire . T o conne ct t he re mote tu r n-on w ire t o
t he ampl i f ier , f ir st bac k out t he set s cre w on the
top of t he t erm i na l bloc k, u sing the suppl ied 2 .5
mm h ex w rench . Str ip 1/2 inc h ( 12m m) of wi re
a nd in ser t t he ba re wi re i nto th e ter mi na l bloc k,
se ati ng it f i rm ly so t hat n o bar e wi re is e xp ose d.
W hi le hold in g the w i re in t he t erm in a l, ti ghte n
t he set s cre w fi r mly, ta k in g ca re not to st r ip th e
hea d of the s cre w and m ak i ng su re t hat t he w ire
is f i rm ly g rip ped by t he se t scr ew.
If a sou rce u nit do es not have a de dic ated
remote t ur n-on out put, con sider one of t he
fol lowi ng a ltern ative t ur n-on opt ions:
Th ese me t hods a re u sef u l when a c onvention al
+ 12 V remot e tu rn- on sig na l is not av ai la ble in a
sy stem . The se a l low you to ope rate t he a mpli f ier
w ithou t hav ing to l ocat e a remote t ur n-on le ad at
t he sou rce u nit , wh ich ca n be ve r y use fu l w hen
int erf aci ng t he a mpli f ier w it h OEM (fac tor y)
aud io sys tem s th at do not us e convent iona l + 12 V
tu r n-on lea ds .
Dep end ing on t he cha ra cte ri st ics of t he au dio
sig na l, one of t he fol low ing m et hods m ay work
bet te r t ha n t he ot her. W e re comm end t r yi ng D C
Of fs et-Sen si ng f ir st as it d oes not re qui re a long
del ay to tu rn t he s yst em of f af t er t he sig na l is
shut of f.
DC Of fset-Sensing: T he a mpli f ier w i ll t u rn on
a nd off by d ete ct in g the pre senc e of a ver y sma l l
DC si gn al ( of fs et) th at is t y pic a l in th e audio
out put of most OE M ( fac tor y) sou rce un it s and
a mpli f iers . The a mpl if ier w i l l tu r n on and of f i n
reac t ion to t he pre senc e or ab sence of t hi s DC
Of fs et . The s ensit iv it y of t hi s ci rcu it is de sig ned
for hi gh-le vel ( sp ea ker le vel) sig na ls , not for low-
leve l (preamp le vel) sig na ls . Th e ci rcu it sens es t he
“Ch. 1 ” ( lef t) input sig na l on ly .
Sign al- Sensin g: The a mpl if ier w i l l tu rn on
a nd off by d ete ct in g the pre senc e of a f ul l-ra nge
au d i o si gnal at i ts “ Ch 1 ” (left ) inp ut. After sev eral
mi nute s of no sig na l, t he a mpli f ier w il l shut of f.
Th e sens itiv it y of t hi s ci rcu it is de sig ned for
hi gh-le vel ( sp ea ker le vel) sig na ls , not for low-level
(prea mp level) si gna l s. T he ci rcu it is t un ed to
reac t to si gna l s at mid-r ang e fre quenci es. T h is
prevent s fa ls e sw itch i ng fr om sig na ls cre ated by
mov in g loudsp ea ker s t hat ar e in pa ra l lel w it h t he
a mpli f ier’s input sig na l.
In si gnal and DC se nsing app licati ons, the
a m p l i f i e r ’s “Remote” t u rn- on term i na l bec omes
a remote t u rn- on output . Th is a l lows t he
X D 10 00/5v2 to t u rn on oth er a mpli f iers i n t he
aud io sys tem t hat do not h ave sig na l sen sin g.