AudioControl Epicenter InDash Owner's Enjoyment Manual
InDash Bass Processor/SPL Meter
Owner’s Enjoyment Manual
C
ongratulations on your purchase of the world’s nest in-dash
bass restoration processor with an SPL (sound pressure level)
display. Whether this is your rst product from the rainforest
dwellers of AudioControl or you are already a rm believer, you
will denitely enjoy The Epicenter InDash. Remember, it comes
from AudioControl, the experts at bass enhancement and building
SPL displays and measurement tools.
Now before you start salivating too much just thinking about
what The Epicenter InDash can add to your system, take a few
minutes to sit back, have a latté, decaffeinated if necessary, and
read through this manual. It contains lots of useful facts and information (and besides, we spent a lot of time writing it)!!
Features Of The Epicenter InDash
Here are some of the cool features that are enclosed in this
magical box:
• AudioControl unique bass restoration circuit
• SPL display up to 160 dB
• Battery Voltage indicator
• Speaker level inputs
• Para-BASS Controls
• Balanced differential inputs
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FEATURES AND HIGHLIGHTS
AudioControl Bass Restoration: The Epicenter InDash contains the
most popular bass maximization circuitry in the world made famous by
The Epicenter. This circuit accurately recreates and injects low frequency information back into the signal path. What that means in everyday
terms is that The Epicenter InDash will give more bass impact to your
best compact discs, MP3 tracks or even your old tapes (if you happen to
have any lying around).
SPL display: AudioControl designs and manufactures a complete
line of professional real time analyzers/SPL meters and microphone calibrators that are used by professional sound contractors, studio engineers
and are the standard measurement tools for sound-off organizations like
IASCA and USACi. It is that background that lets us equip The Epicenter InDash with a 160 dB capable microphone and SPL display.
Battery Voltage Indicator: The Epicenter InDash gives you the
option of measuring the SPL output of your system and it also allows
monitoring of the battery voltage of your system. Wonder why your SPL
is a little lower this week versus last? Many times you should check your
cars electrical system to make sure it is still putting out like it used to.
Speaker Level Inputs: If you are like most people and like the
look and features of your factory installed source unit but feel it’s lacking power (and bass), we have good news. The Epicenter InDash has a
unique high impedance speaker level input that will interface with most
factory installed source units (even Bose) and let you add ampliers and
speakers to your hearts content. However, unlike some of the cheesy
LOC’s (line output converters) available, The Epicenter InDash offers a
very high delity sound quality input.
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Equalization: The Epicenter InDash will increase
your bass, and control it. The Epicenter InDash uses our Para- BASS
equalization circuit to help shape the enhanced bass to match with your
speaker system.
Bulletproof Warranty: The most important feature of all. Every
AudioControl product is selessly designed and manufactured by the
occupants of our rainforest factory. We take every effort
to ensure that you will have many years of enjoyment out of your The Epicenter InDash. To
ensure the performance of your new toy, we
highly recommend that you allow your
authorized AudioControl dealer to perform the installation.
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Not only do they have all the right knowledge and tools, but also in the
event The Epicenter InDash should fail, we will back it with a limited
ve years parts and labor warranty. Should you choose to install it yourself we will still give you one-year parts and labor warranty. To validate
your warranty, you need to visit http://audiocontrolregistration.com to
register The Epicenter InDash.
We 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 Epi-
center InDash turn up “missing” some day while you are
out watching the salmon run, you will nd insurance
companies are very unforgiving without proof of
purchase.
We interrupt your reading of this manual to provide the impatient people with “Quick Install” information and guidelines:
The AudioControl Epicenter InDash was designed to produce bass
like you have never heard before. With that said it is important to take
the following precautions during its use.
1. If you have an equalizer in your system, turn down any bass
tone controls and initally use The Epicenter InDash to pump
up your bass. Otherwise, the results could be, shall we say...
interesting.
2. You will want to reduce any bass tone control, loudness con-
trol, or other secondary bass controls prior to turning on The
Epicenter InDash. Once your system is up and running, you
may then opt to use them again, although we doubt it!
3. Good bass response requires an appropriate choice of speakers
and amplication. Since the bass frequencies always require
more power and cone area than higher frequencies...BE PREPARED. Small speakers (smaller than 6x9 or 8”) and lack of
power will be detrimental to your system (and themselves).
Now back to your previously interrupted Owner’s Enjoyment Manual
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Quick Install Information
The Epicenter InDash needs to be installed in the signal path between
a source unit and an external amplier(s). Although it can be installed
after an equalizer, it must be installed BEFORE A CROSSOVER.
Once this is done, you need to hook up + 12 volt power, -12 volt
ground, remote turn-on, and connect the illumination wire. If you need
to know more, then read on. Heck, if you don’t think you need to know
more, you should still read on, because you can never know too much.
FACTORY SETTINGS
Shipped Options Page #
Para-BASS
Frequency Center 40Hz 27Hz-63Hz 9
Para-BASS Bandwidth Wide Range from 30Hz-250Hz 9
Input Grounding Balanced Unbalanced 7
Ground Isolation Isolated 200ohm or Ground 7
Choice of beverage Micro-brew Latté 16
Note: Moving jumpers or adjusting the Para-BASS controls can
change these congurations.
Figure 1: Basic Epicenter InDash System
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Figure 2: The Epicenter InDash Front Panel
A GUIDED TOUR OF The Epicenter InDash
The Front Panel
➊ Bass Restoration Control a.k.a. “The Knob”: This knob controls
how much of the restored bass is added to your audio signal. Being that it
is a knob, this means you can SLOWLY increase or decrease the amount of
processed bass. (Read as: LISTEN FIRST, CRANK SECOND!)
➋ Restoration: By pushing in this switch you engage the bass restora-
tion circuit.
➌ Para-BASS Controls: These two knobs control the Para-BASS equal-
ization functions of The Epicenter InDash. The “Frequency” knob allows
you to select the center frequency that you want The Epicenter InDash bass
maximization circuit to affect. The “Width” knob adjusts how wide of a range
around the center frequency The Epicenter InDash will affect.
➍ dB/Volts: Although this sounds like a new heavy metal group, this
switch allows you to select whether the display on your Epicenter InDash is
showing SPL levels in dB (decibels) or electrical levels in volts. Rock on!
➎ Peak Hold: If you ever got high score on Space Invaders but nobody
was there to watch, you know what this switch is for. When engaged, the display on your Epicenter InDash will show the highest SPL or voltage reading
that it measured (as long as your Epicenter InDash is turned on).
➏ SPL/Voltage Display: This super bright display will show either the
sound pressure levels or battery voltage depending on where the dB/Volts
switch is set.
➐ Bass Restoration Indicator: If this light is ashing, your car should be
bump’n!
➑ High SPL Warning Indicator: Since you will probably brush over
our warning about SPL and potential hearing damage, this indicator light
comes on at 120 dB to give you a gentle warning about how loud your system
is.
➒ 160 dB Microphone: Behind this tiny little hole is the microphone
element that measures your systems SPL. Should you wish to have very low
readings make sure you cover this opening.
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