Rockford Fosgate 160X4 - Manuals

T E C H N I C A L D E S I G N F E AT U R E S – 3 – ◆ TRANS•ANA (TRANSconductance Active Nodal Amplifier) The TRANS•ANA (TRANSconductance Active Nodal Amplifier) is a circuit that allows the audio signal to pass through theamplifier at low voltage. The signal is directly level-shifted to the fixed hi...

◆ DSM (Discrete Surface Mount) Technology The DSM (Discrete Surface Mount) manufacturing process com- bines the advantages of both discrete components and integratedcircuitry. Rockford Fosgate is the only American amplifier manu-facturer to have invested millions into this process. DSM compo-nents d...

◆ RTP (Real Time Protection) NOMAD (NOn-Multiplying Advanced Decision) The Punch and Power amplifiers use an analog computer process to maximize safe output power under all operating conditions. Rock-ford Fosgate pioneered and developed RTP (Real Time Protection), a crucial element in the performanc...

D E S I G N F E AT U R E S 1. Cast Aluminum Heatsink – The cast aluminum heatsink of the Punch amplifier dissipates heat generated by the amplifier'scircuitry. The inherent advantage of casting provides a 30%improvement of cooling over conventional extrusion heatsinkdesigns. 2. End Caps – Interchang...

M O U N T I N G L O C AT I O N The mounting location and position of your amplifier will have a greateffect on its ability to dissipate the heat generated during normaloperation. The design of our cast aluminum heatsink serves to easilydissipate the heat generated over a wide range of operating cond...

U S I N G T H E XC ARD The crossover functions are controlled through the use of anXCard and can be set for high-pass, low-pass or full rangeoperation. Each crossover card has two faces: one face operatesFull Range, the other has arrows to indicate the edge for selectingHP (high-pass) or LP (low-pas...

B A S I C C O N N E C T I O N S *Keep grounds as short as possible. Power Connections REM Power Connect to remote turn-on lead of source unit Connect to B+ of battery with proper fuse Connect to chassis ground of vehicle* B+ GND Less than 18" P160x4 P240x4 - 30A - 50A – 15 –

Stereo Operation + L – + R – Input 2-Ch. { + – + – R e a r X C a r d F r o n t X C a r d 4 ohm 4 ohm *Note: XCard can be inserted in HP, LP, or Full Range Rear XCard* Front XCard* LP LP 2-Channel Input – R + – L+ • RCAs are connected to front inputs• Signal Input Switch set to 2-channel input• Gain ...

Mono Operation + L– + R– Input 2-Ch. { + – + – R e a r X C a r d F r o n t X C a r d 4 ohm 4 ohm *Note: XCard can be inserted in HP, LP, or Full Range Rear XCard* Front XCard* LP LP 2-Channel Input – L+ – R+ – 17 – • RCAs are connected to front inputs• Signal Input Switch set to 2-channel input• Gai...

4-Channel Stereo Operation + – 2 ohm + – 2 ohm + L– 2-Ch. { + – R e a r X C a r d F r o n t X C a r d 2 ohm *Note: XCard can be inserted in HP, LP, or Full Range Rear XCard* Front XCard* HP HP 2-Channel Input R e a r X C a r d F r o n t X C a r d *Note: XCard can be inserted in HP, LP, or Full Range...

4-Channel Stereo/Single Bridged Operation • RCAs are connected to front or front and rear inputs• Signal Input Switch is set to 2-channel or 4-channel input• Gain for front and rear operates independently• Impedance for front and rear stereo channel should be no less than 2 Ω • Impedance for rear br...

– + 2 ohm – + 2 ohm + L– 2-Ch. { + – R e a r X C a r d F r o n t X C a r d 2 ohm *Note: XCard can be inserted in HP, LP, or Full Range Rear XCard* Front XCard* FULL FULL 2-Channel Input R e a r X C a r d F r o n t X C a r d *Note: XCard can be inserted in HP, LP, or Full Range Rear XCard* Front XCar...

T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G Amplifier does notturn on(Power LED is off) Symptom Diagnosis Remedy Voltage applied to theREM terminal of theamplifier is not between10.5 and 15.5 volts ort h e r e i s n o v o l t a g epresent. Voltage to the B+ termi-nal of the amplifier isnot between 10.5 and15.5 vo...

Noise is radiating intoRCA signal cable. Bad component in the sig-nal chain. Noise is radiating intospeaker cables. Multiple grounds in theaudio system. Ground loop betweensource unit and antenna. Engine Noise Symptom Diagnosis Remedy Check connections, run theRCA cables on a differentroute away fro...

D Y N A M I C P O W E R M E A S U R E M E N T S About the Dynamic Power MeasurementsThe Audio Graph PowerCube is a test instrument used to measure theoutput of an amplifier in accordance with IHF-202 industry stan-dards. The IHF-202 standard is a dynamic power measurement andwas developed as a means...

Information CubedThe data acquired in the testing procedure is then graphed in the formof a 3-dimensional cube. Hence the name PowerCube. The Phase Angle is expressed on the horizontal axis, the Output Voltage is presented on the vertical axis and the Impedance isdisplayed on the Z axis. Output Powe...

160 X 4 S P E C I F I C A T I O N S Continuous Power Rating (Competition Standard) – Measured at 13.8VRMS continuous power per channel, all channels 20 Watts driven into a 4 Ω load from 20-20,000Hz with less than 0.05% Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) RMS continuous power per channel, all channels 40...

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