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CROSSOVER SETTINGS AND GAIN ADJUSTMENT

Your Viper Audio power amplifier needs to be adjusted carefully to achieve maximum

performance. These are some guidelines to follow when fine-tuning the amplifier.

For full-range and simultaneous stereo/mono bass applications, the crossover

selection switch should be set to FLAT. If the amplifier is driving your subwoofers,

set the switch to LPF, and for mid-bass/midrange output, set to HPF.

The crossover frequency control needs to be adjusted to suit your particular system.

For subwoofer applications, try to keep the setting low enough to prevent the

image smearing (you should not be able to hear male voices from the subwoofer)

but not so low as to create a gap between the subwoofer and the mid-

bass/midrange speakers. For mid-bass/midrange settings, try to keep the setting

low enough to keep your sound stage in front of you, without overdriving the

speaker. It will be to your advantage to spend some extra time with this adjust-

ment, listening to familiar music or system set-up discs to achieve the kind of

musical reproduction that you prefer.

The gain adjustment allows you to set proper signal match for clean, quiet ampli-

fier operation. For full-range and simultaneous stereo/mono bass applications,

start by playing some music you are familiar with. With the gain adjustment on

the amplifier in the middle of its rotation, bring up the volume on your head unit

to the 3/4 volume setting or until you start to hear distortion or clipping. If you

hear distortion before you reach the 3/4 volume setting of your head unit, reduce

the gain setting on the amplifier and start to raise the head unit volume again.

When you can listen to the music at or slightly above 3/4 on your head unit

without audible distortion, slowly raise the gain of the amplifier until distortion is

heard, then back off the gain until the distortion is not audible. This setting will

allow you to reach full output with all but the quietest of source material, while

avoiding excessive noise in the system.

The same procedure should be used for adjusting the amplifier when the on-board

crossover is set to LPF or HPF, but you will also have to take into consideration the

effect that gain adjustment has on system frequency response and imaging.

Again, plan on spending some time with music that you know, getting the gain

and crossover settings the way you like. Test discs and analyzers may help with this

process, but in the end it's your ears that count - listen to the music!