AE402C - Car hands-free kit Axton - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL AE402C Axton

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Thank you and congratulations on your purchase of this AXTON 2-way component system. This loudspeaker system exclusively uses high quality parts and components. As with all high-quality car audio components, professional installation is highly recommended. If you plan on installing this component system by yourself, please read the following installation guide carefully, before you attempt the installation. You should retain this manual, the packing and the purchasing receipt for future reference. For any further information about mounting, connecting or adjusting this speaker system, please contact your authorized AXTON dealer.

UNPACKING THE SYSTEM

Carefully remove the loudspeakers, crossovers and the accessories from the giftbox and check whether all parts are in good undamaged condition, and match with the set contents listed below:

■ 2 mid/woofers
■ 2 grilles
■ 2 tweeters
■ 2 inline crossovers with wires for tweeter and mid/woofer
■ 1 set of tweeter & mid/woofer mounting hardware
■ 1 instruction manual

Please contact your authorized AXTON dealer if the content of this set is incomplete or parts of it show signs of transport damage.

BEFORE YOU START

The first step is to choose the most suitable or best sounding location for the speakers to be installed. Keep in mind that the best looking spot might not be the one that gives you best sound. The factory OEM speaker cutouts usually provide space and a stable platform for fast and convenient mounting of new mid/woofer units. To use the OEM speaker cutouts is highly advantageous in most cases and it will also prevent you from having to cut new holes. For the tweeter mounting, some extra care to find the best spots will usually pay back in form of improved front staging or/and better resolution.

CROSSOVER WIRING

The crossover can be mounted in almost any location inside the vehicle. Just make sure not to install the crossover units, where they may be exposed to dirt or water.

Maintain polarities all the way – double check for correct connection. It is very important to make sure that all the connections are electrically in phase, which means positive wire (+ or red) is connected to positive terminal, and negative wire (- or black) is connected to the negative terminal. The wires are equipped with the right fast-on connectors, to make sure polarity is correct. Reverse polarity connections of the inline crossover to the amplifier, will cause a very low bass output and a messed up front staging.

MOUNTING THE MID/WOOFERS

Remove the factory grilles of the door – or if necessary – the complete door panels. The EURO-DIN frame mid/woofer units provide bolt and screw holes to fit a great variety of OEM standard patterns, making them ideal for a direct replacement of factory installed speakers in European or Asian cars.

■ Remove the factory installed mid/woofers or fullrange speakers. Before you attempt to install the new AXTON mid/woofers, you must check the available installation depth of the left and right front door. To do this, slide down both windows and hold the AXTON mid/woofers in place to reassure the available installation depth does suffice. This test is important, failure to do this may let you end up with an impaired window function!
■ Connect the wire from the inline crossover to the main speaker wire in the door. For this purpose, crimp connectors are suited best. Do this for both front doors.
■ Connect the crossover wires to the blade connector terminals of the mid/woofer units.
■ Pull the tweeter wire coming from the inline crossover into the location, where the tweeter shall be mounted later on. If you fail to do so, you will have to remove the mid/woofer in a later step.
- Check that there are no gaps between the speakers and the mounting surface in the doors. Note that some (newer) cars will require the use of car-specific mounting adapters made of pastic material. Without them, the Euro-DIN mid/woofers will not fit to the OEM cutout, or the available installation depth will not be sufficient. Such adapters are usually available from your authorized AXTON dealer.
■ The cone and surround material of the mid/woofers is 100% water proof. However a direct exposure of the mid/woofer to water inside the doors should be avoided. In most cases, protection foils are pre-installed to protect the OEM full-range speaker. Do not rip this foil out of the doors, it is there for a purpose!
- Fix the mid/woofer to the speaker mounting hole using the provided screws. If the mid/woofers are directly screwed onto the sheetmetal of the door, use the metal clips included with the mounting hardware. You can now reinstall the factory plastic grilles, but make sure the surrounds of the mid/woofers do not come in touch with plastic parts standing off on the backside of the grilles.
■ In case you have chosen a new location for your mid/woofers (other than factory cut-out), use the speaker protection grilles. Just mount them on top of the mid/woofers.

TWEETER MOUNTING LOCATION

The tweeter positioning does exhibit a direct and profound influence on the front staging of your component system. Depending on the chosen location where the tweeters will be installed, different loudness levels in the high-frequency region will result.

■ To determine the best tweeter location, it may be necessary to carry out short listening tests with the tweeter mounted to different locations inside the vehicle. For this, double sided tape adhesive can be used.
■ Set all tone controls, i.e. pre-EQ, treble/bass and loudness functions of your headunit to the neutral position first, before you attempt any listening test of the speakers installed in your car.

Attention: The influence of the tweeter mounting location on the front staging remains – and care must be taken to achieve a good compromise between unobtrusive mounting and good sound quality.

Examples of different tweeter mounting locations, and the results that are most frequently obtained, are explained below:

1 A-Pillar

Best option concerning the depth of image and overall sound balance of the component system. Not that easy to get right, i.e. serious mounting efforts involved.

2 Dash Board

Sometimes aggressive sound and overly brilliant treble reproduction caused by the horn loading effects of the front window. Setting tweeter ATT switch to -3 dB may help to get rid of it.

3 Window Triangle

Bright sound combined with a high soundstage, sometimes sounding a bit “nervous” with some side biasing too.

4 On the upper end of the door panel

Balanced sound with good staging qualities

5 Right on top of the mid/woofer

Good staging, but often “dull” sound, especially with a person sitting on the passenger's seat.

Note: A “on-axis” installation (with tweeters directly pointing at the listener) is not required, neither recommended. Tweeters directly aiming at the listener’s ears are usually responsible for the unwanted “side-biasing” effect, where the sound seems to originate from the drivers, instead of floating on top of the dashboard.

TWEETER INSTALLATION

There are two ways to install the tweeters of this component set: Surface or fully recessed mounting.

Flat Surface Mounting

Disassemble the angled surface mount adaptor.

Mark and drill holes where you want to fix the tweeters. You can use the base cap directly as a template. Three holes need to be drilled, one main hole for the cable routing and two small pilot holes for fixing the base to the surface. You'll need 2.5 mm and 6 mm drill bits and a power drill. After drilling the holes, mount the flat base cap to the surface, using the two self tapping screws contained in the accessory set. Feed the tweeter wire through the center hole and connect the tweeter extension wire from the crossovere to the tweeter. Place the upper ring shaped adapter over the tweeter and press down to lock it in place.

Recessed Tweeter Mounting

After choosing a mounting location with at least 19.5 mm clearance behind the panel, the tweeter must be disassembled to find the best mounting location. Pre-drill small pilot holes on the driver and passenger sides where the tweeters shall be mounted. The pilot holes must now be enlarged to 46.5 mm diameter with a core drill. Reassemble the main tweeter unit into the recessed mounting adaptor. Insert the tweeter assembly into the hole you have cut. Use the toothed ring to fix the tweeter in place by pushing the toothed ring over the backside of the mounting adaptor. You can now connect the tweeter extension wire to the wire coming from the crossover. Remount the panels, you're done.

TESTING THE INSTALLED SYSTEM

Slowly turn up the volume of your head unit, and listen for distorted sounds. If everything appears to be okay and it just sounds right, check out the speaker balance of the left and right side by adjusting the balance control of your headunit. Shifting the balance to the left channel should provide you with sounds coming solely from the left speaker system, while shifting the balance to the right should do the same for the right speakers. If anything appears to be wrong, recheck the wiring of the x-overs, the amp or the mid/woofers.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

AE402C AE502C AE652C

Type Component Component Component
Nominal Size 4" (10 cm) 51⁄4" (13 cm) 61⁄2" (16.5 cm)
Configuration / System 2-Way 2-Way 2-Way
Nominal Power Handling 80 W 100 W 110 W
Crossover Slopes (MW/TW) 12dB / oct.	12dB / oct.	12dB / oct.
Frequency Response	95 Hz – 25 kHz	60 Hz – 25 kHz	60 Hz – 25 kHz
Nominal Impedance	4 Ohms	4 Ohms	4 Ohms
Sensitivity	87 dB	89 dB	91 dB

Mid/Woofer

Basket (EURO-DIN)	4” (10 cm)	5 14 ” (13 cm)	6 12 “ (16.5 cm)
Mounting Depth	41 mm	47 mm	56 mm
Mounting Diameter	93 mm	119 mm	143 mm

Tweeter

Mounting Cut-Out (recessed)	46.5 mm	46.5 mm	46.5 mm
Mounting Depth (recessed)	19.5 mm	19.5 mm	19.5 mm

AXTON warrants this 2-way component speaker system and it's parts to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for two years from the date of purchase at retail, contingent upon being properly installed and approved by an authorized AXTON dealer, granted to the original purchaser. AXTON Inc. will at its own discretion repair or replace any mechanically defective speaker unit or crossover during this warranty period.

Should your AXTON component system – or parts of it – require warranty service, please return it to the retailer from whom it was purchased. Please do not send any product to AXTON. Should you have difficulty in finding an authorized AXTON service center, details are available from the national distributor in the country of purchase.

Abuse of this component speaker system due to excessive amplifier power, improper installation, amplifier clipping or physical damage is not covered under warranty.