Jbl GTO923, GTO422, GTO622 User Manual

GRAND TOURING SERIES

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Automotive Loudspeakers

GTO422, GTO522, GTO622 & GTO923

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Removable Mounting Ears on
GTO422

Bend up and down repeatedly
to break off or use tin snips.

• Some Toyota installations may require mounting ears
to be removed from opposite sides.

• Some European car installations may require all
four ears to be removed.

Mounting Ears Removed

Grille
Screen

Trim Ring

Car Door

Grand Touring Series multi-element
automotive loudspeakers. We’ve
organized this manual to make your
installation as simple and trouble-free
as possible. Please read through it
completely before proceeding. If, after
having read it, you decide that you
would rather leave installation to a
professional, consult your JBL Grand
Touring Dealer.

Installation of the GTO422 speakers as shown in Figures 1a and 1b.

Figure 1a

Typical installation of the GTO923, 522, and 422
speakers with grilles as shown in Figure 2.

Autosound at its Best

Your JBL GT series multi-element
speakers are built to meet the same
rigorous standards of construction and
performance that have long established
JBL’s renowned home and professional
speakers.
These speakers incorporate advanced
materials and construction especially
suited to the unique acoustic environ­ment of modern vehicles. They are
engineered to provide excellent
dispersion, wide frequency response,
and high power handling.

Two-Screw Mounting Configuration

Figure 2

Figure 1b

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Figure 3a

Hole Cutout

Clips

Mounting
Surface

Figure 3d

Mounting
Hooks

Foam
Gasket

Mounting
Slots

Front View

Rotate

to Lock
Slots for
Mounting
Hooks

Rotate
to Lock

Mounting
Hooks

Mounting for US 6-1/2"
Honda/Toyota
Factory Location

Rear View

Mounting
Ring

Foam Gasket

Rotate
to
Lock

Figure 3b

Mounting Ring

Installation of the GTO622 speakers with the Intermount II
(pat. pend.) mounting system as shown in Figures 3a, b, c.

Figure 3c

Hole

Grille
Trim Ring

Cutout

Match Notch on
Speaker with
Notch on Trim Ring

Grille
Screen

Front Mounting

Mounting the GTO622 in
165/170mm DIN (European)
installations using the
Intermount II clips

Figure 3e

Rear Mounting

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Speaker Placement

Aim Triangle of Tweeter Diffuser

Toward Listener

Because of the GT Series speakers’ versa­tile mounting options, there are many
placement options which will achieve
excellent sound quality in your vehicle.
Please consider the following to help you
get the most from your speakers.

1. The most spacious stereo image is
achieved when the left and right speakers
are placed as wide apart as possible.

2. The best center image will be achieved
when the distance from the left speaker
and the right speaker are as equal as pos­sible from your listening position. This is
most easily achieved by placing the
speakers as far forward as possible.

3. Treble is directional in nature. This
means that high frequencies are reduced
as you move off the tweeter’s axis. If pos­sible, rotate the speakers so that the angle
of the tweeter points across the car to the
listener on the opposite side. This will
make each listener slightly off-axis to the
tweeter that is closest to that listener, but
on axis to the most distant speaker, which
helps compensate for the fact that each
listener is always closer to one speaker
than to the other (see Figures 4a and 4b).
Choosing mounting locations which satis­fy all of the above criteria will provide the
most satisfying performance.

Figure 4a

Figure 4b

System Design

A more advanced system design can be
achieved by adding a GT, GTX, GTi, or
equivalent subwoofer to your GT series
speakers. In this case the GT series multi­element speakers will be used as high
and midbass frequency drivers and
should have their extremely low frequen­cies blocked by electrical means. Active
or passive crossovers can be used in
order to achieve the best system fidelity
and widest dynamic range. A crossover
frequency of between 80Hz and 120Hz is
recommended for the best imaging and
widest dynamic range.

Installation Warnings
and Tips

• Be careful not to cut or drill into fuel
tanks, fuel lines, brake or hydraulic lines,
vacuum lines or electrical wiring when
working on your vehicle. Inspect behind
panels before you cut or drill.

• Make sure that the speaker will
physically fit in the mounting location. If
door mounting, check for adequate clear­ance with the window in both closed and
open positions as well as for interference
with the window crank and power
window mechanism. If mounting else­where, check for clearance around rear
deck torsion bars, glove box or other
structural elements.

• Do not mount speakers where they will
get wet.

• Make sure that it will be easy to run
connecting wires to the speakers. Trace
speaker wire paths before you undertake
mounting.

• Always disconnect the ground wire from
the battery before doing any work on the
vehicle.

CAUTION: Fuel tanks are located directly
beneath the rear deck in some cars. Check
for adequate speaker basket clearance
before considering this location!

A Note on Power Handling

As a result of their high efficiency, all JBL
loudspeakers will produce reasonable
volume levels in the automotive environ­ment using very little amplifier power.
However, the use of a small amplifier to
attain very high volume levels could lead
to overdriving the amplifier. This will
generate high distortion levels which can
easily damage loudspeakers, even if the
rated power of the amplifier is below the
rated maximum power handling of the
loudspeaker!
As a general rule, do not turn up the
volume control past the point where
you hear distortion in the form of either
signal distortion from an overdriven
amplifier or mechanical noise from an
overstressed speaker.
For the best performance and speaker
reliability, you should select an amplifier
with an output rating slightly higher than
the maximum power likely to be used to
generate the desired volume levels. This
margin of reserve power will ensure that
the amplifier will not attempt to deliver
more power than its design allows.

WARNING: Playing loud music over
120dB can permanently damage your
hearing. The maximum volume levels
achievable with JBL speakers combined
with high power amplification may
exceed safe levels for extended listening.
When listening at high volume levels,
always use hearing protection or turn it
down!

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Specifications

Multi-Element Loudspeakers

With Injection-Molded Titanium Composite Woofer Cones and Butyl Rubber Surrounds

GTO923 GTO622 GTO522 GTO422

6" x 9" 3-way 6-1/2" 2-way 5-1/4" 2-way 4" 2-way

Super Tweeter 3/4" Solid-state

Tweeter Titanium Titanium Titanium Titanium

Tweeter Size 1-1/4" 3/4" 3/4" 3/4"

Speaker Impedance 4 Ohms 4 Ohms 4 Ohms 4 Ohms

Recommended Amplifier

Power Range 5 – 250W RMS 5 – 175W RMS 5 – 150W RMS 5 – 120W RMS

Frequency Response 25Hz – 22kHz 45Hz – 22kHz 55Hz – 22kHz 65Hz – 22kHz

Sensitivity 92dB 91dB 90dB 90dB

Mounting Depth

Drop-in 3-1/16" (78mm) 1-13/16" (46mm) 2-3/8" (60mm) 1-3/8" (35mm)

Bottom Mount 3-1/2" (89mm) 2-1/4" (57mm) 2-1/2" (64mm) 1-5/8" (41mm)

Service

Should your loudspeaker ever need ser­vice, return it to the JBL dealer from
whom it was purchased. If for some rea­son this is impractical, call 800-336-4JBL
for your nearest warranty station. Do not
return products to the JBL factory with­out prior authorization.

Titanium
Composite

Composite Composite Composite Composite
Balanced Dome Balanced Dome Balanced Dome Balanced Dome

General Care

The loudspeaker grilles may be cleaned
with a slightly damp cloth.

Do not use any cleaners or solvents on
the grilles or the speaker drivers.

Safety Note

To avoid the dangers of accidental suffo­cation, please properly dispose of the
plastic bag used in the speaker packaging.

Declaration of Conformity

We, JBL Europe A/S

Kongevejen 194B
DK-3460 Birkerød
DENMARK

declare in own responsibility, that the products
described in this owner’s manual are in compliance
with technical standards:
EN 50 081-1/1992
EN 50 082-1/3.1995

Steen Michaelsen

JBL Europe A/S

Birkerød. DENMARK. 3/97

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