Audio Control 6XS Owner's Manual

Six Channel Electronic Crossover

Owners Enjoyment Manual

ongratulations on your purchase of the 6XS, the world’s
first six channel, 24 dB/octave crossover with subwoofer

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level control. Whether this is your first product from the
rainforest dwellers of AudioControl or you are already a firm
believer, you will definitely enjoy the 6XS, as it quite honestly may
be the last electronic crossover you will ever need to buy . All of
this comes from AudioControl, the experts at designing and manu­facturing performance autosound crossovers, equalizers and mea­surement tools.

Now before you start salivating too much just thinking about
what the 6XS can do for your system, take a few minutes to sit
back, have a cold beverage, and read through this manual. It
contains lots of useful facts and information (and besides, we spent
a lot of time writing it)!

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FEATURES AND HIGHLIGHTS OF 6XS

Here are some of the cool features that make your 6XS crossover
so special:

AutoMode

six outputs, the 6XS will automatically switch the inputs to match.

24 dB/Octave Linkwitz-Riley Alignment Crossover: The
programmable 24 dB/Octave audiophile caliber crossover in the
6XS is the same topology as in many other award winning Audio­Control components. Needless to say, it is a far cry from the
wimpy crossovers that find their way into many amplifiers these
days. What is the benefit of fine tuning your system if you cannot
accurately route the proper frequencies to the proper amplifier
channels?

Remote Mounted Subwoofer Level Control: Need a little more
bass to impress your buddies? Or maybe you want to tone it down
to not scare off your date. Whatever the case, the 6XS has a
subwoofer output level control that allows you to control the
amount of signal that goes to your subwoofer outputs. In addition,
you have the ability to mount the chassis of the 6XS in the rear of
the car (we recommend staying away from the bumper), and mount
the dash control in some easily accessible location. The dashboard
of your car comes to mind.

13 Volt Pre-Amp Line Driver: The 6XS offers a high quality
line driver that takes the low output voltage of a source unit and
increases it up to 13 volts peak. This allows you to maximize the
signal-to-noise of your system and drive your amplifiers to their
maximum output without clipping. No hiss, clicks, or pops plus
maximum sound quality .

PFM Subsonic Filter: This unique feature is legendary with
many AudioControl fanatics for it’s ability to fine-tune the bass
response of any system. No need to waste power on nasty subsonic
information when your Programmable Frequency Match (PFM)
filter will help you clean things up.

Bulletproof W arranty: The most important feature of all. Every
AudioControl product is thoughfully designed and manufactured by
the occupants of our rainforest factory. We make every effort to
insure that you will have many years of enjoyment out of your 6XS.

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Inputs: Whether your source unit has two, four, or

W e also highly recommend that you allow your
authorized AudioControl dealer to per­form the installation of your 6XS to
maximize the performance of this
nifty device. Not only do they have
all the right knowledge and tools, but in the unlikely chance
your 6XS should stop working, we will back it with a limited
five years parts and labor warranty . Should you choose to install it
yourself, we will still give you one-year parts and labor warranty .
To activate your warranty, you need to FILL OUT AND SEND

IN YOUR WARRANTY CARD!

W e also recommend that you save your invoice or

sales slip as proof of installation and ownership. Not

only is it necessary for warranty purposes, but should

your 6XS “disappear” one day while your car is

parked at your local latte’ stand, you will find

insurance companies very unforgiving without
proof of purchase.

QUICK INSTALL INFORMATION

We interrupt your reading of this manual to provide the
impatient people with “Quick Install” information and
guidelines:

1) Using the following system drawings as reference, decide
where in the signal path to place the 6XS. It needs to be
before your amplifiers, but after your source unit, equalizers,
CD player, VCR or blender.

2) Connect the input RCA connectors on your 6XS to your
source unit.

3) Connect the output RCA connectors from your 6XS to your
amplifier(s). You will want the “Highpass” outputs to
go to your midrange and/or tweeter amplifier(s) while your
“Subwoofer” output connects to the subwoofer amplifier . If
you value your speakers, you will want to be careful here.

4) Connect the + 12 volt power, ground, and remote
turn-on to the appropriate connections and turn the system on.

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Important Note: If any of the previous QUICK INSTALLATION

information does not make sense, than immediately STOP what
you are doing and read the rest of this manual. If it still does not
make sense, you will want to run to your nearest authorized Audio­Control dealer to have them install your 6XS. Heck, if you don’t
think you need to know more, you should still read on, because you
can never know too much.

Figure 1: Six channel 6XS System

Figure 2: Two Channel 3-Way system

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GUIDED TOUR OF 6XS

The Top View

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Figure 3: Top View Of The 6XS

1) Inputs: The 6XS has three pairs of inputs; FRONT, REAR,

AND SUBWOOFER. These inputs should get their signals from
the main source unit/head unit. If your source unit has front, rear,
and subwoofer outputs (aka “six channel”), connect them to the
identical inputs on your 6XS. However, if you are only using front
and rear signals (four channel) or just two channels, the Auto Mode
circuitry in your 6XS will automatically feed your subwoofer
channel with signal from your front inputs.

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