Pioneer GM-6500F: Connecting the units

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Connecting the units

Please see the following section for speaker

Connection diagram

connection instructions. Refer to Connections

when using the speaker input wire on page 9.

9 Speaker output terminals

Please see the following section for speaker

connection instructions. Refer to Connections

when using the speaker input wire on page 9.

a System remote control wire (sold separately)

Connect male terminal of this wire to the sys-

tem remote control terminal of the car stereo.

The female terminal can be connected to the

auto-antenna relay control terminal. If the car

stereo lacks a system remote control terminal,

connect the male terminal to the power term-

inal via the ignition switch.

b Fuse (25 A) × 2

c Fuse (30 A) × 2

d Grommet

e Rear side

f Front side

Note

INPUT SELECT (input select) switch must be set.

For details, see Setting the unit on page 4.

1 Special red battery wire

Before connecting the

RD-223 (sold separately)

After completing all other amplifier connec-

amplifier

tions, finally connect the battery wire terminal

of the amplifier to the positive (+) battery

WARNING

terminal.

! Secure the wiring with cable clamps or adhe-

2 Ground wire (Black)

sive tape. To protect the wiring, wrap sections

RD-223 (sold separately)

in contact with metal parts in adhesive tape.

Connect to metal body or chassis.

! Never cut the insulation of the power supply

3 Car stereo with RCA output jacks (sold sepa-

to feed power to other equipment. Current ca-

rately)

pacity of the wire is limited.

4 External output

If only one input plug is used, do not connect

CAUTION

anything to RCA input jack B.

! Never shorten any wires, the protection circuit

5 Connecting wire with RCA pin plugs (sold se-

may malfunction.

parately)

! Never ground speaker wire directly or band to-

6 RCA input jack A

gether multiple speakers’ negative (*) lead

7 RCA input jack B

wires.

8 Speaker input terminal (use a connector in-

cluded)

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! If the system remote control wire of the ampli-

About suitable

fier is connected to the power terminal via the

specification of speaker

ignition switch (12 V DC), the amplifier will re-

main on with the ignition whether the car

Ensure speakers conform to the following

stereo is on or off, which may exhaust battery

standards, otherwise there is a risk of fire,

if the engine is at rest or idling.

smoke or damage. Speaker impedance is 2 W

! Install and route the separately sold battery

to 8 W,or4W to 8 W for two-channel and other

wire as far as possible from the speaker wires.

bridge connections.

Install and route the separately sold battery

Subwoofer

wire, ground wire, speaker wires and the am-

plifier as far away as possible from the anten-

Speaker channel Power

na, antenna cable and tuner.

Nominal input:

Four-channel output

Min. 60 W

Nominal input:

About bridged mode

Two-channel output

Min. 180 W

Three-channel

Nominal input:

Speaker output A

Min. 60 W

Three-channel

Nominal input:

Speaker output B

Min. 180 W

Other than subwoofer

Speaker channel Power

Max. input:

Four-channel output

Min. 120 W

Max. input:

Speaker impedance is max. 4 W, please carefully

Two-channel output

Min. 360 W

check. Improper connection to the amplifier may

result in malfunction or personal injury due to

Three-channel

Max. input:

Speaker output A

Min. 120 W

burns from overheating.

For bridged mode for a two-channel amplifier,

Three-channel

Max. input:

with a 4 W load, either wire two 8 W speakers in

Speaker output B

Min. 360 W

parallel, Left + and Right * (Diagram A) or use a

single 4 W speaker. For other amplifiers, please

follow the speaker output connection diagram for

bridging shown on rear: two 8 W speakers in par-

Connecting the speakers

allel for a 4 W load or a single 4 W speaker per

channel.

The speaker output mode can be four-channel,

For any further enquiries, contact your local

three-channel (stereo and mono) or two-chan-

authorized Pioneer dealer or customer service.

nel (stereo or mono). Connect the speaker

leads based on the mode and the figures

shown below.

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Four-channel output

Two-channel output (Stereo)

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3

2

2

4

2

1

1 Speaker (Right)

1 Right

2 Speaker (Left)

2 Left

Two-channel output (Mono)

3 Speaker out A

4 Speaker out B

Three-channel output

1

3

2

1

1 Speaker (Mono)

4

1 Right

Connections when using

2 Left

the RCA input jack

3 Speaker out A

Connect the car stereo RCA output jack and

4 Speaker out B (Mono)

the RCA input jack of the amplifier.

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Four-channel / Three-channel output

! Slide INPUT SELECT (input select) switch

to 4CH position.

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3

1 RCA input jack A

2 RCA input jack B

3 Connecting wires with RCA plugs (sold sepa-

rately)

4 From car stereo (RCA output)

If only one input plug is used, e.g. when the

car stereo has only one output (RCA output),

connect the plug to RCA input jack A rather

than B.

Two-channel output (Stereo) / (Mono)

! Slide INPUT SELECT (input select) switch

to 2CH position.

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2 Connecting wire with RCA pin plugs (sold se-

parately)

3 From car stereo (RCA output)

Connections when using

the speaker input wire

Connect the car stereo speaker output wires

to the amplifier using the supplied speaker

input wire.

! Do not connect both the RCA input and the

speaker input at the same time.

1 Car Stereo

2 Speaker output

3 White/black: CH A, Left *

4 White: CH A, Left +

5 Gray/black: CH A, Right *

6 Gray: CH A, Right +

7 Green/black: CH B, Left *

8 Green: CH B, Left +

9 Violet/black: CH B, Right *

a Violet: CH B, Right +

b Speaker input connector

To speaker input terminal of this unit.

Connecting the power

terminal

The use of a special red battery and ground

wire RD-223, available separately, is recom-

1 RCA input jack A

mended. Connect the battery wire directly to

For two-channel output, connect the RCA

the car battery positive terminal + and the

plugs to the RCA input jack A.

ground wire to the car body.

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