PIONEER GM-232/XR/UC
Manual de Servicio

Connecting the Unit

CAUTION Connection Diagram
Special red battery wire [RD-222] (sold separately). unit. handbrake or seat sliding mechanism. connect battery wire terminal of the amplifier to tape. To protect the wiring, wrap adhesive tape tion circuit may fail to work when it should.

Remove negative (�) terminal of the battery to � Make sure that wires will not interfere with mov-

avoid risk short-circuit and damage to ing parts of vehicle, such as the gearshift, Grommet

Secure wiring with cable clamps or adhesive � Do not shorten any wires. Otherwise the protecAfter making all other connections at the amplifier,

around them where they lie against metal parts. � Never feed power to other equipment by cutting Fuse (30 A) positive (+) terminal of the battery. Connect to metal body or chassis. the insulation heats up, it may become damaged, will be exceeded, causing overheating.

� Do not route wires where they will get hot, for insulation of the power supply wire to tap

example where heater will blow over them. If from wire. The current capacity of the wire Ground wire (black) [RD-222] (sold separately).

resulting in a short-circuit through the vehicle body.

Do not ground speaker directly or con� Install and route the sold separately battery wire plugs (sold separately).

To prevent damage Connecting wires with RCA pin

nect a negative (�) lead wire for several speakers. far away as possible from the speaker wires.

� This unit is for vehicles a 12-volt Install and route the sold separately battery wire Car stereo with

negative grounding. Before installing it in a recreground wire, speaker wires, and the amplifier RCA output jacks ational vehicle, truck, or bus, check battery far away as possible from the antenna, antenna voltage. cable and tuner. External Output

If car stereo is kept on for a long time while � Speakers be connected to the amplifier should

engine is at rest or idling, battery may go conform with the standards listed below. dead. Turn car stereo off when engine is at Otherwise damage will occur to the speaker. The rest or idling. speaker impedance must be 1 ohms. (2 to 8 �

� If system remote control wire of the amplifier for stereo, monaural and other bridge connec-

is connected to power terminal through the tions.) ignition switch (12 V DC), the amplifier will always be on when the ignition is on� regardless whether the car stereo is on or off. Because of this, battery could go dead if the engine is at rest or idle. RCA input jack

Channel Speaker Type Power

Two-channel

Sub-woofer Nominal input: Min. 35 W

Other than sub-woofer Max. input: Min. 70 W

One-channel

Sub-woofer Nominal input: Min. 100 W Fuse (20 A)

Other than sub-woofer Max. input: Min. 200 W

Speaker terminal See �Connecting the Speaker wires� section for speaker connection System remote control wire (sold separately) Connect male terminal of this wire to the system remote coninstructions. trol terminal of the car stereo (SYSTEM REMOTE CONTROL). The female terminal can be connected to the auto-antenna relay control terminal. If the car stereo does not have a system remote control terminal, connect male to the power terminal through the ignition switch.

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