Audiotec Fischer Match PP 52DSP User Manual

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Dear Customer,

Congratulations
lity

MATCH product.

With the
dards

General

PP

in

the

installation

on

your purchase

52DSP,

evolving plug

MATCH is setting new stan-

instructions

&

play

of

this high-qua-

market.

for

components

To

prevent damage to the unit and
read this
on

instructions. This product has been checked for
proper function prior to shipping and
against manufacturing defects.

Before

the
damage

a proper performance and to ensure
coverage, we
duct

Install
ficient air
equipment. The amplifier should
a

solid

hardware. Before mounting, carefully
area around and behind the proposed
on

location to insure that there are no
cables or components, hydraulic
part
surface. Failure
damage to these components and
repairs to the vehicle.

manual carefully

starting

your

battery's negative

to

the

unit, fire

strongly recommend to get this pro-

installed by

your

mounting surface using proper mounting

of

the

an

authorized MATCH

PP

52DSP

circulation

fuel

tank

to do so may

and

installation,

terminal

and/or

in

a dry

for proper cooling

located

behind the mounting

result

possible

follow all installati-

is

guaranteed

disconnect

to

prevent

risk

of

injury.

full

warranty

dealer.

location

be secured to

brake

in

possible costly

with suf-

examine the

installati-

electrical

lines

unpredictable

MATCH

injury,

For

of

the

or any

We

wish you many hours

new MATCH
Yours,

AUDIOTEC FISCHER

General
52DSP

The

PP
which have a negative ground
Any other system may cause damage to the
amplifier

Use

only

nection

cables
fier,

the

PP

instruction

amplifier

52DSP

and the

the

provided

of

the

can

result

head

52DSP.

may

electrical

PP

unit

for

only

be

system

MATCH

52DSP.

in

damage

I

radio

of

enjoyment with your

connecting

installed

electrical

of

cable

The use

of

or

the connected

the

the

the

in

vehicles

system.

vehicle.

for

of

ampli-

PP

con-

other

loudspeakers!

Prior to

avoid any
All cabling should
crushing or pinching hazards.
cables close
electric
vehicle

The fuse
identically

the

amplifier.

installation, plan

possible

to

motors, high power accessories and other

harnesses.

may

rated

damage to the wire harness.

be

potential

only

fuse

(20

the wire routing to

protected against

Also

avoid routing

noise sources such

be

replaced

A)

to

avoid damage

possible

as

by

an

of

13

Connectors and

control

units

CD

®

Subwoofer Output

Connector for a passive
PP

AUX

3,5 mm jack for an external

MP3-player navigation device , etc

a
put can either be activated
via

subwoofer.

Input

optional cable

an

MATCH

remote

audio source

This in-

..

automatically

control.

like

or

System

Connector for the MATCH cable

Make sure that you
ble that comes with the

the

Remote Output

The remote output has to be used to turn on/

external amplifiers

off
the

Connector

use the

only

amplifier

PP 52DSP with your car radio.

that are connected to

RCA line

outputs.

harness.

original ca-

to connect

®
®

0

®

14

USB Input (slave only)

52DSP

Connects the

Status LED

This LED indicates the operating mode
amplifier

Control

Use this button to either switch between the
setups

MicroSD card reader

MicroSD
setups to the

or

PP

and which setup has been chosen.

pushbutton

initiate a reset

reader to copy

Card

PP 52DSP.

to your pc.

the device.

of

vehicle specific

of

the

®

@

@

Control Input

Multifunction

remote

MODE Switch

Allows
fer gain as well

remote

Line Output

Line outputs for connecting

fiers . Make sure that the ,Remote

used to turn on these devices.

control

modifying

control URC

interface for e.g. the

or other accessory.

2A

U RC

amplifier

functionality

as

gain and subwoo-

of

2A.

external ampli-

optional

the optional

Output"

is

CD

Subwoofer

This output provides for the connection

Plug

&

Play subwoofer like

or

PP

7S-D.
always
When using a subwoofer, we
to connect the PP
ce. Refer to connection instructions
page 19.

@

AUX

This input automatically detects input signals
ternal devices
etc. and switches to
gnal

for more than 2 seconds on the AUX input, the
amplifier automatically switches back to the radio
signal.

If

the

MODE
automatic input detection will
case it is possible
using the optionally available
2A.

The car-specific setups on our website

mention the recommended subwoofer type.

Input

like

switch no. 5 is set to

Output

of

a passive

the

MATCH

strongly

52DSP

MP3-players, navigation devices,

to

directly to a 12 Volt

"AUX mode". If

"on"

be deactivated.

manually

switch to AUX input

remote

PP 7E-D

recommend

sour-

in

section 3b,

of

ex-

there is no si-

position, the

In

this

control URC

@

Status

The status LED indicates the operation mode
amplifier. Green means that setup 1 ( af1) is loaded,
orange means that setup 2 (af2) is loaded.
If it

lights

protection is active or an overheating is detected.

A flashing red

In

that case

software or the internal microSD card reader.

(j)

Control

The control pushbutton
between two loaded
To

switch between the setups, the button has to be
pressed and
is indicated by a singular red flash
LED. Pressing the button for 5 seconds
erases the internal memory. This is indicated by a
constant

Attention:

the PP

until

52DSP will

a new setup is loaded.

LED

of

the

up red constantly, either the undervoltage

light

indicates that no setup is

please load

a new setup via the

loaded.

PC tool

pushbutton

allows

setups

held

for approx. 1 second. Switching

flashing

of

the

Status

After erasing the setups from memory

not reproduce any audio output

the user to

,af1" and ,af2".

of

the Status

completely

LED.

toggle

@

System

Please use this terminal

the

cable
the amplifier. Never ever use any other harnesses
to connect the

Caution:

one that is
severe harm to the amplifier, your car radio and your
loudspeakers.

@

We strongly recommend to use this output for tur­ning on/off additional amplifiers that are connected
to the
to avoid any undesired pop noises during
or

software update process. Additionally
will
page 17)

@

Connect your
using the provided

software to configure this amplifier can be downloa­ded from the Audiotec Fischer website.

Please

storage devices etc.

The use

Remote

line

be turned off when the

of

USB

note:

Connector

only

in combination with

harness that

MATCH

supplied with the amplifier may cause

In

is

included

PP

52DSP

of

other harnesses than the

any case the warranty

Output

outputs

of

the PP 52DSP. This is essential

"Power Save Mode"

the amplifier is active.

Input

personal

It

is not possible to connect any

computer to the PP

USB cable.

in the delivery

to your car radio.

will

be void!

DSP

boot

this output

(see

52DSP

The required

USB

of

PC

®

MicroSD card reader

The microSD card reader
copy car-specific setups to the amplifier. First you
have to download a sound setup (e.g. from our
website www.audiotec-fischer.com) and copy it to
a microSD card. After having inserted the microSD
card into the card
be

automatically
the amplifier.
tus LED flashes red.
once the process is finished. Now the microSD card
can be safely removed.
Attention: Never remove the MicroSD
the copy process is
The PP
files. They are marked with the

I

,ac1"

I

,ac2"

note: Do not store more than one

one

at a time.

You

microSD card on www.audiotec-fischer.com.
Please

se setups with the

52DSP

(stored
(stored

"af2"

or

can download

be aware that it is not possible to modify the-

slot

copied to the internal memory

While

,ac2" setup

the copy is

in

can manage two different setup

in

memory 1

in

memory 2

the car-specific setup

PC-tool

allows

of

the PP 52DSP, the

It

changes to green or orange

progress.

of

file

software!

the user to

in

progress, the sta-

file

extensions

the amplifier) or ,.af2"

of

the amplifier). Please

"af1"

or

on the microSD card

easily

file will

Card while

,.af1"

,ac1" and

files

of

to a

15

Control Input

®

designed for

This multi-functional connector
MATCH accessory products like the cable remote

With this remote it is possible to

control URC
control several features

two rotary controls and one toggle switch.

of

Note that it
URC 2A either by setting MODE switch no.6 to
position or by the appropriate command
vice Configuration
As long as car-specific setups are used, the func­tions of the remote control are defined as
and cannot

CONTROL

- eliminates the need to adjust the volume
external source

CONTROL
fer channels.
MODE
system
without any
specific
ses.

MODE

the

If
function

this case it

In
AUX input.

2A.

the amplifier.

of

necessary to activate a connected

is

Menu"

changed:

be

Adjusting the volume

I:

Adjusting the volume of the subwoo-

II:

switch: Toggling between the original sound

processing and the optimized car

DSP

sound setup for demonstration purpo-

DSP

switch

the switch

of

possible to

is

of the PC-tool software.

set to

is

5

no.

the URC 2A will

on

is

the AUX input

of

,ON"

manually

consists

It

"ON"

the De-

in

follows

the

on

position, the

change.

activate the

DIP Schalter

MODE Switches

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The six
fier gain and the functionality of the optional remote
control, which is
with car-specific setups where the PC-tool software

cannot
MODE
all
MODE
subwoofer channels
MODE
gle switch

MODE

te

®

The two Line Outputs A and B are floating-ground
low-level outputs (max 3 Vrms) for connecting ad­ditional power amplifiers.
lanced Dual Audio Transformers" avoid any ground­loops that may cause undesired alternator noise.

Please make sure that you always turn on/off exter­nal amplifiers using the
52DSP. Never directly control the external amps by
a signal from the ignition switch

MODE

be
switch nos. 1 and 2 adjust the overall

amplifier channels including line outputs.

switch nos. 3 and 4 adjust the gain of the

switch

switch

control.

Line Output

switches allow adjusting the ampli-

especially

used.

5 defines the function

no.

the remote control

on

6 activates/deactivates the remo-

no.

I

combination

important

Specially designed

"Remote Output"

in

your car!

of

the tog-

of

of

of

gain

,Ba-

the PP

setup of your own then it

If you create a
possible to change the remote's functionality with
the PC-tool software.

16

DSP

will

be

MODE Switches

Affects

all seven output

channels!

S

witch

OFF

ON

no.

5

Mode

Mode switch on
MATCH

Mode
input if pressed

switch

URC

2A

sou nd optimization if pressed

sw

itch on

remote·

tr

emote

control

control

bypasses

activates

AUX

Onyl

affects subwoofer channels!

Unique Features

Power

The
specific setups as
PC-tool
the power consumption
additional connected
put
that in many up-to-date cars with
other
radio (and therefore the
"invisibly" turned on for up to 45 min. after

Save Mode

Power Save

software.

signal

for more than

internal

bus structures it may happen that the

Mode is incorporated

well
It allows

of

the PP

as

in

the basic setup

to

significantly

of

the

PP 52DSP

52DSP

in

all car-

reduce

(or any

amplifier) once there's no in-

60

seconds.

PP

52DSP as

Please

"CAN"

well)

or

remains

leaving
the car!
Once
stages

the

"Power Save

of

the

PP 52DSP

Mode is active the output

and its

"Remote Output"
will be turned off, thus reducing current draw to
than

250

mA. The amp
on within 2 sec. if a music signal
It is

possible

60

sec. or

made"

via the

to either modify the turn-off time

completely

PC-tool

will

turn again to full

is

applied.

deactivate the

operati-

"Power Save

of

note

any

less

the

MODE

deactivated via

Please
It

ches no.5 and 6 via the

MCM power

This
ly voltage
dent on any

Switch no. 5 has no function

MODE

note:

is possible

to deactivate

supp ly technology

technology delivers a

for the

internal amplifier

fluctuation
during cranking the car's engine.
Like

all

other

MATCH amplifiers
perfectly prepared for cars with start-/stop feature.
Please
Nevertheless
protection.

volts

note:

the

PP 52DSP

If the

supply voltage

for more than 5 seconds the amplifier

"Protect mode" (Status LED

MicroSD

The

microSD
the DSP
directly

of

number
on www.audiotec ­your desired setup and copy it to any
Finally

insert the
and the copy process
that the
tically upgrade the sound
audio system.

card reader

inside the

connecting a

of

car-specific setups is

amplifier without the need

personal

fischer.com.

microSD

will

amplifier

is

perfectly

if

remote

switch no.6

I

reactivate both Mode swit-

PC-tool

software.

perfectly stabilized supp-

stages indepen-

of

the battery voltage,

the

PP

52DSP is

has an undervoltage

lights

allows

drops

up red).

to

easily

below

configure

computer. A

available for free

Simply download

microSD card.

card into the

PP 52DSP

start automatically. After

programmed to drama-

quality

of

your car factory

control

is

even

9.6

goes to

of

large

17

car specific sound setup

Installation

of

The PP 52DSP offers the easy option
All you need is a MicroSD or

MicroSDHC

configuring the internal

of

memory card. The card may contain other data such as photos

files

DSP

from a digital camera, however, note that it may contain only one "af1"

amplifier to a specific vehicle type.

and one "af2"

setup file at a time.

most

The

3

1. Access the Audiotec Fischer website. Select
PP

model

,

make and

52DSP amplifier"

model.

Download and save the file to your

and

finally

your vehicle

computer.

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of

memory space.

3. Finally,

insert the card into the MicroSD slot

the PP 52DSP. The status LED will

blink red for a

of

few seconds. When the blinking stops the setup file

is saved in the amplifier and the microSd card can
be removed

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be connected

52DSP

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head

the

Caution:

require

order to avoid connection mistakes and/or dama-

ge, ask your
questions and follow all instructions
(see page 13).

After removing the radio from the dash using

1.

appropriate
from the radio. Next, connect the
to the male connector

see fig. 3

Depending

adaptor may be required.

of

list

A
found on www.audiotec-fischer.com.

2. Connect the

cable

dio,

3. There are two

in
to power. As

the PP

3b (depending

vehicle's

Short interrupts

ning

drops

cle cable

harness or the car-specific adaptor to the ra-

see fig. 3

sections

levels

on

PP

(radio) as

unit

Carrying out the following

special tools

dealer

disconnect the

tools,

G)

your car

on

cars and the respective adaptors can be

all

female

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alternatives

and 3b to connect the

3a

long

52DSP, we recommend to use

wire gauge and fuse rating

on

harness).

in

are an indicator for significant voltage
the power
harness dimension.

must

follows:

steps

technical knowledge.

and

for assistance if you have any

this

in

vehicle

vehicle

the MATCH cable

of

additional

an

the MATCH

connector

as a subwoofer is connected to

music reproduction at high

supply

due to insufficient vehi-

of

which are described

PP

to

will

In

manual

harness

harness

harness,

car-specific

52DSP

alternative

the

of

liste-

The constant positive wire is identified by a reading

12V even when the vehicle is turned off. After

of
measuring, connect

terminal

tive

identify

dealer

3b. Direct power supply

the power supply

If
vided via the vehicle cable
have to connect it directly to the car battery.
so, disconnect

the MATCH harness

of
ground
connected to a common ground reference point
(this is
battery is grounded to the

or to a prepared

cle),

chassis, i.e.

cle

paint residues.

all

of

(compare fig.

appropriate

the

help.

for

cable (min. AWG14

located

cable

of

joints®

where the negative

area which has been

an

@to

wires, please

via the battery:

the PP

harness (max.

(ground) and

(refer

metal location

Always

battery's negative terminal before

following

the

(min.

ble

the battery. The positive wire from the battery to

of

the PP

an

12

now unused connections

with tape or other appropriate material.

now reconnect the car battery.
extensions PP-EC
be used, the separate power
nected to the extension cable.

52DSP

inline

inches

steps.

AWG14/2.5

harness connection needs to have

fuse (20 A) at a distance

em)

(30

Connect the +12V power ca-

2

mm

the battery.

from

of

PP-EC25 or PP-EC40 will

11,

the constant posi-

are unable

you

If

4).
your

ask

52DSP

I

metal body

to the positive terminal

)

the MATCH harness

supply

cannot be pro-

20

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5).

fig.

to

2

should be

2.5 mm

disconnect

If

)

terminal

of

on

you

no more than

of

Insulate

of

one

has to be con-

A), you

To

(+12V)

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of
the vehi­the vehi-

cleaned

the

execute

can

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cable

the

to

do

the

car

the

vehicle cable

3a. Power

this case the PP

In

from the

its wire gauge and fuse rating first.
significantly lower
mend
option 3b.
Depending on the
switched (ACC+) positive
sitive
not be powered using the switched positive terminal
as this might
tronic circuits. Verification
be made prior to activation
tions

supply

vehicles

terminal

(yellow)

®

via

52DSP will

radio harness.

than 20A then we

vehicle

can be different. The PP

da-mage to the

result

in

and

®

be

type, the connections for

terminal

the right

of

the unit at connec-

of

(blue)

harness:

directly

Carefully

If fuse rating is

strongly

and constant po-

with a

powered

check

recom-

52DSP must

vehicle's elec-

terminal must

voltmeter.

Connect the MATCH harness to the MATCH PP

4.

@.

fig. 3

52DSP,

Optimizing

Turn the car radio
ly.
dspeaker distortion becomes

volume range

nos. 1 and 2 (refer to page 17) to reduce the overall
gain

volume

can use the MODE switches to increase the am­plifier overall
this function.

see

amplifier

the

and the

on

Maximum

of

volume

of

52DSP. If

PP

the

without any distortion being

gain by +2 dB. Be

has been reached when

the radio use the MODE switches

your radio is at maximum

gain setting:

volume

audible.

audible,

careful

gradual-

up

lou-

increase

To

you

when using

19

Caution:

The PP 52DSP

power
the
this
take

hear
me
maging

output

OE

speakers

extra

care

strong

to

an

power

when

distortion,

appropriate

your

speakers.

amplifier

than

the

in

the

easily.

you

crank

typically

car

radio

car

will

Nevertheless

up

please

level

in

has a higher

itself.

be

able

the

volume.

reduce

order

to

Most

to

handle

please

If

the

volu-

avoid

of

you

da-

Note

-Cars

In

cars

equipped
mandatory
the

original
radio
which

connector

has a dedicated

equipped

with

to

unplug

radio

connector
of

with

MOST

the

the

MOST

fiber-optic

and

MATCH

recess

bus

insert

cable

for

bus:

structure

cable

it

into

harness,

this.

it

is

from

the

Fig. 3 Connection

of

the amplifier to the car radio

Female
tor

for

cable

harness

connec-

original

G)

The ISO female connector will either be plugged into the vehicle harness that has been dis-

connected from the car radio or a car-specific adaptor.

The

ISO male connector will either be plugged into the car radio
The 20-pole connector will be plugged into the MATCH PP 52DSP amplifier.
Optional : car-specific

~

provided PP 52DSP cable harness does not fit into your car radio.

20

adaptor-

Male

and

female

for

original

car-specific

or

into a car-specific adaptor.

such an adaptor may be required if the ISO connectors

connector

cable

adaptor

harness

or

of

the

Fig. 4

MATCH cable

harness-

switching

of

constant

plus and switched

plus terminal

Fig. 5

ISO female
ISO male
Yellow

Blue
+12
stant

Possibility

connector

connector

wire-

wire -

Volts

plus terminal

for direct power

ex works connected

ex

works

power wire

of

the MATCH cable

of

the MATCH cable

left

open

of

the

amplifier-

of

your car.

supply

from the battery

harness

harness

to

the power supply cable

make sure that this

of

the

amplifier

is

connected to con-

0

This side

you have to separate the

®

After separating the joints
insulated with tape
The +12
The ground wi
directly to the car 's chassis

of

the

cable

or

volts

wire has to be connected to the positive

re

has either to be connected to the negative

harness

other appropriate material.

cable

I

and

will

be directly

joints

I and

H

the unused open wire ends have to be

connected to the car's battery. Therefore

H.

terminal

terminal

properly

of the car's battery

of the battery or

21

Connection to a PC

freely

possible

is

It

DSP PC-tool

our
signed for easy
to individually

Prior to connecting the
website and

software. Check from time to time for software

tool
updates in order so that your
to-date .

will

You

manual

strongly recommend to

We

manual
order to avoid any
Make sure that the
your computer before the software and

installed!

is

to

adjust

download

find the software and the respective user

on www.audiotec-fischer.com.

before using the software for the first time in

configure the PP

software. The user interface is de-

all functions and allows

handling

complications

of

all seven DSP channels.

amplifier to your PC, visit our

version

latest

the

amplifier

carefully

amplifier

is not connected to

52DSP

of

always

is

read the user

failures.

and

USB driver

with

the PC-

up-

To

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

install

the software follow the next steps:

Download the

site www.audiotec-fischer.com

Install
that process the required USB driver
tomatically installed
After the software installation
completed you can now connect the

your PC using the provided
Turn the

ware.

latest version it

the

You

according to your demands.

the software on your computer. During

the firmware

If

currently selected

are now ready to configure the PP 52DSP

PC-tool

amplifier on and then start the soft-

will automatically be updated on

software from the web-

well.

as

the

of

memory position.

will

processed is

amplifier to

USB cable .

amplifier

is not the

be au-

Channel
configuration

Highpass filter

Low pass

filter

Equalizer

ATF

DSP PC-Tool

Device

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Output power

•

Front

I

Rear channels @ 4

•

Front

I

Rear channels @ 2 Ohms:

•

Subwoofer

RMS

I

max:

output@

2

Ohms:

Ohms:

............................. 4

............................. 4

.................................... 1 x 160

x 35

x 50

I

70 Watts

I

100

Watts

I

320

Watts

(4

channels each

40/80

Watts)

Frequency range .............................................................

Number of input channels ................................................ 4

DSP

resolution ................................................................. 56 Bit

DSP

processing power .................................................... 172 MIPS

Total harmonic distortion (THO) .......................................

Signal-to-noise ratio .........................................................

Damping factor ................................................................

Input

impedance ..............................................................

Undervoltage
Dimensions

detection .................................................... 9,6 Volts (max. 5 sec. down to 6 Volts)

(H

x W x

D)

.................................................. 44 x 185 x 154

Additional features ...........................................................

20Hz-

22.000

Hz

x highlevel, 1 x Aux

<

0,01

o/o

>

1 03 dB

>

100

30 Ohms

mm

I

1,73 x 7,28 x

fully

stabilized internal power supply with start-/

6,06"

stop capability, 56 bit digital signal processing,
internal memory for 2 different sound setups,

USB

input, AUX input, input for optional remote
control, stereo line outputs with balanced output
transformers (floating ground).

The limited

warranty comply with legal regulations.
Failures or damages caused by overload or impro­per use are not covered by the warranty.
Please return the defective product only with a

valid proof

of

purchase and a detailed malfunction
description.
Technical specifications are subject

Errors are reserved!

to

change!

For damages

on

the vehicle and the device, caused
by handling errors of the device, we can't assume
liability.

All MATCH amplifiers are tagged with a E-Certifi-

cation number and also a CE-Certification mark.

Thereby these devices are ceritified for a use
inside vehicles inside the European Union (EU).

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