AXTON AE402C, AE502C, AE652C User Manual [de]
■ AE402C ■ AE502C ■ AE652C
2-WAY COMPONENT SYSTEMS
EINBAUANLEITUNG / INSTALLATION GUIDE
Dear Customer,
Thank you and congratulations on your purchase of this AXTON 2-way component
system. This loudspeaker system exclusively uses high quality parts and components.
As with all high-quality car audio components, professional installation is highly
recommended. If you plan on installing this component system by yourself, please read
the following installation guide carefully, before you attempt the installation. You should
retain this manual, the packing and the purchasing receipt for future reference. For any
further information about mounting, connecting or adjusting this speaker system, please
contact your authorized AXTON dealer.
UNPACKING THE SYSTEM
Carefully remove the loudspeakers, crossovers and the accessories from the giftbox and
check whether all parts are in good undamaged condition, and match with the set
contents listed below:
n 2 mid/woofers
n 2 grilles
n 2 tweeters
n 2 inline crossovers with wires for tweeter and mid/woofer
n 1 set of tweeter & mid/woofer mounting hardware
n 1 instruction manual
Please contact your authorized AXTON dealer if the content of this set is incomplete or
parts of it show signs of transport damage.
BEFORE YOU START
The rst step is to choose the most suitable or best sounding location for the speakers to
be installed. Keep in mind that the best looking spot might not be the one that gives you
best sound. The factory OEM speaker cutouts usually provide space and a stable platform
for fast and convenient mounting of new mid/woofer units. To use the OEM speaker
cutouts is highly advantageous in most cases and it will also prevent you from having to
cut new holes. For the tweeter mounting, some extra care to nd the best spots will
usually pay back in form of improved front staging or/and better resolution.
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CROSSOVER WIRING
The crossover can be mounted in almost any location inside the vehicle. Just make sure
not to install the crossover units, where they may be exposed to dirt or water.
Maintain polarities all the way – double check for correct connection. It is very important
to make sure that all the connections are electrically in phase, which means positive wire
(+ or red) is connected to positive terminal, and negative wire (- or black) is connected to
the negative terminal. The wires are equipped with the right fast-on connectors, to make
sure polarity is correct. Reverse polarity connections of the inline crossover to the amplier, will cause a very low bass output and a messed up front staging.
MOUNTING THE MID/WOOFERS
Remove the factory grilles of the door – or if necessary – the complete door panels. The
EURO-DIN frame mid/woofer units provide bolt and screw holes to t a great variety of
OEM standard patterns, making them ideal for a direct replacement of factory installed
speakers in European or Asian cars.
n Remove the factory installed mid/woofers or fullrange speakers. Before you attempt
to install the new AXTON mid/woofers, you must check the available installation depth
of the left and right front door. To do this, slide down both windows and hold the AXTON
mid/woofers in place to reassure the available installation depth does sufce. This test is
important, failure to do this may let you end up with an impaired window function!
n Connect the wire from the inline crossover to the main speaker wire in the door. For this
purpose, crimp connectors are suited best. Do this for both front doors.
n Connect the crossover wires to the blade connector terminals of the mid/woofer units.
n Pull the tweeter wire coming from the inline crossover into the loacation, where the
tweeter shall be mounted later on. If you fail to do so, you will have to remove the mid/
woofer in a later step.
n Check that there are no gaps between the speakers and the mounting surface in the
doors. Note that some (newer) cars will require the use of car-specic mounting adapters
made of pastic material. Without them, the Euro-DIN mid/woofers will not t to the OEM
cutout, or the available installation depth will not be sufcient. Such adapters are usually
available from your authorized AXTON dealer.
n The cone and surround material of the mid/woofers is 100% water proof. However a
direct exposure of the mid/woofer to water inside the doors should be avoided. In most
cases, protection foils are pre-installed to protect the OEM full-range speaker. Do not rip
this foil out of the doors, it is there for a purpose!
n Fix the mid/woofer to the speaker mounting hole using the provided screws. If the mid/
woofers are directly screwed onto the sheetmetal of the door, use the metal clips included
with the mounting hardware. You can now reinstall the factory plastic grilles, but make
sure the surrounds of the mid/woofers do not come in touch with plastic parts standing
off on the backside of the grilles.
n In case you have chosen a new location for your mid/woofers (other than factory
cut-out), use the speaker protection grilles. Just mount them on top of the mid/woofers.
TWEETER MOUNTING LOCATION
The tweeter positioning does exhibit a direct and profound inuence on the front staging
of your component system. Depending on the chosen location where the tweeters will
be installed, different loudness levels in the high-frequency region will result.
n To determine the best tweeter location, it may be necessary to carry out short listening
tests with the tweeter mounted to different locations inside the vehicle. For this, double
sided tape adhesive can be used.
n Set all tone controls, i.e. pre-EQ, treble/bass and loudness functions of your headunit
to the neutral position rst, before you attempt any listening test of the speakers installed
in your car.
Attention: The inuence of the tweeter mounting location on the front staging remains –
and care must be taken to achieve a good compromise between unobtrusive mounting
and good sound quality.
Examples of different tweeter mounting locations, and the results that are most frequently
obtained, are explained below:
1 A-Pillar
Best option concerning the depth of image and overall sound balance of the
component system. Not that easy to get right, i.e. serious mounting efforts involved.
2 Dash Board
Sometimes aggressive sound and overly brilliant treble reproduction caused by the
horn loading effects of the front window. Setting tweeter ATT switch to -3 dB may help
to get rid of it.
3 Window Triangle
Bright sound combined with a high soundstage, sometimes sounding a bit “nervous”
with some side biasing too.
4 On the upper end of the door panel
Balanced sound with good staging qualities
5 Right on top of the mid/woofer
Good staging, but often “dull” sound, especially with a person sitting on the
passenger's seat.
Note: A “on-axis” installation (with tweeters directly pointing at the listener) is not required, neither recommended. Tweeters directly aiming at the listener’s ears are usually
responsible for the unwanted “side-biasing” effect, where the sound seems to originate
from the drivers, instead of oating on top of the dashboard.
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TWEETER INSTALLATION
There are two ways to install the tweeters of this component set: Surface or fully recessed
mounting.
Flat Surface Mounting
Disassemble the angled surface mount adaptor.
Mark and drill holes where you want to x the tweeters. You can use the base cap directly
as a template. Three holes need to be drilled, one main hole for the cable routing and two
small pilot holes for xing the base to the surface. You’ll need 2.5 mm and 6 mm drill bits
and a power drill. After drilling the holes, mount the at base cap to the surface, using the
two self tapping screws contained in the accessory set. Feed the tweeter wire through the
center hole and connect the tweeter extension wire from the crossovere to the tweeter.
Place the upper ring shaped adapter over the tweeter and press down to lock it in place.
Recessed Tweeter Mounting
After choosing a mounting location with at least 19.5 mm clearance behind the panel,
the tweeter must be disassembled to nd the best mounting location. Pre-drill small pilot
holes on the driver and passenger sides where the tweeters shall be mounted. The pilot
holes must now be enlarged to 46.5 mm diameter with a core drill. Reassemble the main
tweeter unit into the recessed mounting adaptor. Insert the tweeter assembly into the hole
you have cut. Use the toothed ring to x the tweeter in place by pushing the toothed ring
over the backside of the mounting adaptor. You can now connect the tweeter extension
wire to the wire coming from the crossover. Remount the panels, you’re done.
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