Pioneer GM-D8601: Connecting the units

Section

03

Connecting the units

7 Car stereo with RCA output jacks (sold sepa-

Connection diagram

rately)

8 External output

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9 Connecting wire with RCA pin plugs (sold se-

2

3

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parately)

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a Amplifier with RCA input jacks (sold sepa-

rately)

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b

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b Bass boost level remote control

c

c Bass boost level remote control wire (5 m)

d RCA input jack

a

e RCA output jack

f System remote control wire (sold separately)

Connect male terminal of this wire to the sys-

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tem remote control terminal of the car stereo.

The female terminal can be connected to the

e

d

i

auto-antenna relay control terminal. If the car

h

stereo lacks a system remote control terminal,

j

connect the male terminal to the power term-

inal via the ignition switch.

g Speaker output terminals

Please see the following section for speaker

f

connection instructions. Refer to Connections

g

when using the speaker input wire on page 8.

1 Battery wire (sold separately)

h Fuse 40 A × 2 (GM-D8601) / 40 A × 3 (GM-

! The maximum length of the wire be-

D9601)

tween the fuse and the positive + term-

i Front side

inal of the battery is 30 cm.

j Rear side

! For the wire size, refer to Connecting the

power terminal on page 8. The battery

wire, the ground wire and the optional

Before connecting the

direct ground wire must be same size.

amplifier

After making all other connections at

the amplifier, connect the battery wire

WARNING

terminal of the amplifier to the positive

! Secure the wiring with cable clamps or adhe-

+ terminal of the battery.

sive tape. To protect the wiring, wrap sections

2 Fuse 100 A (GM-D8601) / 150 A (GM-D9601)

in contact with metal parts in adhesive tape.

(sold separately)

! Never cut the insulation of the power supply

Each amplifier must be separately fused at

to feed power to other equipment. Current ca-

100 A (GM-D8601) / 150 A (GM-D9601).

pacity of the wire is limited.

3 Positive (+) terminal

4 Negative (*) terminal

CAUTION

5 Battery (sold separately)

6 Ground wire, Terminal (sold separately)

! Never shorten any wires, the protection circuit

The ground wires must be same size as the

may malfunction.

battery wire.

! Never wire the speaker negative cable directly-

Connect to metal body or chassis.

to ground.

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! Never band together multiple speaker’s nega-

When connecting to one speaker

tive cables.

! If the system remote control wire of the ampli-

fier is connected to the power terminal via the

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

main on with the ignition whether the car

stereo is on or off, which may exhaust battery

if the engine is at rest or idling.

! Install and route the separately sold battery

wire as far as possible from the speaker wires.

Install and route the separately sold battery

wire, ground wire, speaker wires and the am-

plifier as far away as possible from the anten-

na, antenna cable and tuner.

Speaker output

When connecting to two speakers

The output from two speakers is the same as

Connecting the speakers

that of one speaker.

This amplifier can be connected to two speak-

ers in parallel. Connect the speaker leads to

suit the mode according to the figure shown

below.

Precautions for parallel connection

! When wiring two speakers in parallel, make

sure that the synthetic impedance is from

1 W to 8 W to prevent the amplifier from

catching fire, generating smoke and/or

being damaged.

! When connected in parallel with the syn-

thetic impedance less than 1 W, as a nor-

mal function, this amplifier may

automatically be set on mute if outputting

Speaker output

high volume sound. Turn down the volume

until the mute function is canceled.

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