AudioControl EQS Owner's Manual

6 channel pre-amp equalizer

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  • Page 2 Six Channel Pre-Amp Equalizer Owner’s Enjoyment Manual ® making good stereo sound better ® ® 22410 70th Avenue West • Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 • Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166...
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  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Whether this is your first product from A Guided Tour of the EQS ......5 the rainforest dwellers of AudioControl or you are already a Installation .
  • Page 5: Features And Highlights

    Auto Select Inputs offers an ideal level of control. · Voltage indicator LED’s 13 Volt Pre-Amp Line Driver: The EQS offers a high · Speaker level inputs quality line driver that takes the low output voltage of a · PFM subsonic filter source unit and increases it up to 18dB (13 volts peak).
  • Page 6 However, unlike some of the cheesy speaker EQS should stop working, we will back it with a limited five level line output converters available, the EQS offers a very years parts and labor warranty.
  • Page 7: Quick Installation Information

    For those of you short on time but high on ambition we 4. Level match the inputs of your EQS to your source and offer the following section to speed up your installation of then adjust the outputs to match with your amplifier the EQS: inputs.
  • Page 8: A Guided Tour Of The Eqs

    15Hz-63Hz subwoofer pre-amp outputs, connect them to identical Input Grounding Balanced Unbalanced inputs on your EQS. If the source unit only has front and rear inputs, don’t worry about losing your bass equalization, Ground Isolation Isolated 200ohm the Auto Mode...
  • Page 9 EQS. 6. Outputs: These RCA connectors should be con- nected to the next component after the EQS, such as a crossover or amplifier. Do not connect any speakers directly to your EQS or to any home appliances, like your toaster.
  • Page 10 Make sure your system is turned OFF before you move these jumpers. 3. PFM Subsonic Filter: The EQS utilizes the world Balanced famous AudioControl, PFM (Programmable Frequency Figure 3: Cut away of inside of EQS...
  • Page 11: Installation

    WARNING: Failure to disconnect the negative terminal of Up to this point everything you have read has served to your battery prior to the installation of you EQS can result in a educate you on the operations of EQS. We are sure that you warm tingly feeling.
  • Page 12: Audio Wiring

    Spend a little quality time planning out your system and even sketching it out on paper. The following diagrams are just a few of the system options: Figure 5: EQS with Four Channel Source Unit and 3XS crossover Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
  • Page 13 ® Figure 6: EQS with THREE.1 Figure 7: EQS with factory installed source unit Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
  • Page 14: Level Matching

    D. Level Matching 4. Starting with the EQS “Front Input” gain control, increase or decrease the “Input Gain” control until the If you have ever listened to a friend’s “killer” car audio “Overload” LED begins to flicker steadily with the music. Do system and heard lots of hiss, clicks or pops, then you have the same for the “Rear Input”...
  • Page 15: Equalization Adjustment

    You can certainly adjust your EQS using your ears, however 10. At this point you may find yourself going back and an RTA will give you the best results.
  • Page 16 How else can you explain Liberace or rice cakes? The key folks that prefer their bass substantially louder. They key in is to use your EQS to help balance your system from one this area is to have enough speakers and power to produce frequency to the next and give your speakers the sparkle, the amount of bass you desire but don’t use the controls on...
  • Page 17: Pfm Subsonic Filter

    The EQS only gives you a few controls in this area because too much No Power: If the Power LED on your EQS will not turn boosting can really make a speaker sound un-natural.
  • Page 18 The THREE.1 is the perfect in-dash equalizer for those of the hot ticket. It puts the you who like the sound and detail of the EQS but want to woof back in your woofers! have some control of your system from the dash of your car.
  • Page 19: Warranty

    5. The warranty is also void if the serial number is altered on your EQS for one year from the date you bought it (five or removed, or if EQS has been used improperly. Now that years if it is installed by an authorized United States Audio- sounds like a big loophole, but here is all we mean by it.
  • Page 20: Specifications

    Weight ........... 3.25 lbs Not affilated with Microsoft, Starbucks or other seattle area companies — at least not today. © 2001, AudioControl, a division of Electronic Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. All rights reserved Owner’s Enjoyment Manual...
  • Page 21 Heffeweizen’s were cold...like our weather. ® making good stereo sound better ® 22410 70th Avenue West Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 USA 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166 www.audiocontrol.com © 2001, AudioControl, a division of Electronic Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. All rights reserved 9130640...

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