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Page 2 - Table of Contents

Table of Contents Welcome to Club GTi ............................................3About this Manual .................................................3Autosound at its Best ............................................4Designing Your System .........................................4Component Placemen...

Page 3 - Welcome to Club GTi; Thank you for purchasing the finest; About This Manual; Because of the performance capability

Welcome to Club GTi Thank you for purchasing the finest automotive woofer/midrange JBL has everproduced. As a GTi Competition Seriesowner, you are a member of a select groupof people who enjoy the most advancedmobile audio products available. We callthis group “Club GTi.” By sending in thecustomer i...

Page 4 - Autosound at its Best; The small size of the GTi; Designing Your System; The availability of separate

Autosound at its Best The 400 and 500GTi’s are built to meet the same rigorous standards ofconstruction and performance that havelong established JBL’s renowned homeand professional speaker systems. The400 and 500GTi Woofer/Midrangesincorporate advanced JBL woven Kevlarcones which are especially sui...

Page 5 - Component Placement; The location of each of the; Installation Warnings and Tips

Woofer/Midrange, and a laboratory-optimized crossover. The most popularsystem configuration is a hybrid using anactive crossover for the subwoofer tomidrange crossover point, and a passivecrossover for the midrange to tweetercrossover. Your GTi Competition seriesdealer is uniquely qualified to help ...

Page 6 - Mounting Instructions; MOUNTING

Mounting Instructions Pick a mounting location after reading the recommendations in the ComponentLocation section of this manual. Mounting Speakers in Stock Hole Locations1. Access the stock speaker location andremove the stock speaker. The 400 and500GTi include mounting ring adaptorswhich allow the...

Page 7 - Wiring; Figure B

Note: The metal grille is designed so that it can be covered with grille cloth ifdesired. Simply remove the metal grillefrom the grille frame as shown in Figure C.Then use spray adhesive to glue and wrapthe grille cloth to the metal grille. Push themetal grille with cloth back in the plastictrim rin...

Page 8 - System Connections; There are a variety of system options

that the 400 and 500GTi should always beconnected in the same polarity as the tweeterhowever. It is possible, that due to thedifference in the distance the sound travelsfrom the woofer/midrange to your earscompared to the distance from the tweeters ina typical system, and the short wavelengths ofsou...

Page 9 - A Note on Power Handling; even if the rated power of the; In Case of Difficulty

to tweeter transition. Set the high crossoverfrequency at or above 5kHz if a 12dB peroctave crossover is used and at or above3.5kHz if you are using an 18 or 24dB peroctave crossover. For safety, the maximumrecommended amplifier power routeddirectly to the 400 and 500GTi Midrange is150 watts for the...