Kicker KQ5 Owner's Manual
KQ5
PREAMP EQUALIZER
Features & Controls
Congratulations! You have just purchased the one of latest products
in signal processing technology to carry the famous KICKER name.
Your KICKER KQ5 is designed and built to give you years of troublefree performance. This installation manual contains valuable information on how to get the most out of your new KQ5 Preamp equalizer.
Thanks for buying KICKER. Enjoy!
Virtually any car stereo system will benefit from the addition of a Kicker KQ5
Preamp/Equalizer. The built-in preamplifier stage raises the signal level of your
head unit before sending it on to the amplifier(s). This reduces the noise floor of
your system and increases the dynamic range. The equalizer portion of the
Kicker KQ5 has five bands carefully placed across the audible spectrum to allow
you to boost or cut specific frequencies and fine-tune your system’s performance. Each band has a control which moves its center frequency up and down to
precisely target the portion of the music you wish to control. Each band also has
a control that allows you to boost or cut information at the chosen frequency
up to 12dB.
Other features include illumination in a choice of amber or green, a remote
bass level controller for the Kicker KX amplifiers, dual input capability, front to
rear fader, and clipping indicator lights for input and output. All this housed in an
attractive 1/2 DIN chassis with a fully isolated DC to DC power supply.
Back Panel Features
+12V
Remote Turn-On
Ground
Illumination Selector Switch
Line 2 Input Right
Line 2 Input Left
Line 1 Input Right
Line 1 Input Left
Output Rear Right
Output Rear Left
Output Front Right
Output Front Left
Remote Bass Level
A G
Front Panel Features
Volume/Fader Control
Input Selector
EQ Bypass
Remote Bass Level Control
Bass Controls
Mid Bass Controls
Lower Midrange Controls
Upper Midrange Controls
High Frequency Controls
Wiring Configurations
The KICKER KQ5 goes in the signal chain between the head unit(s) and the system’s amplifiers. The most basic connection will be with one source unit and one
amplifier:
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When only one source unit is used it doesn’t matter which set of input jacks
are used. Just make sure the input selector switch on the KQ5 front panel is in
the correct position(in for Line 2 input, out for Line 1 input). Likewise, if only one
set of RCA cables are run to your amplifier(s), make sure the Fader Control is
turned to the direction that gives you output to the jacks being used (clockwise
for rear, counter-clockwise for front).
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Variable Frequency Ranges
Band 1 (40-90Hz) Cut/Boost - 12dB/12dB
Band 2 (125-250Hz) Input Sensitivity - 950mV-6V
Band 3 (300-750Hz) Output Voltage - 7.0Vrms
Band 4 (1-4kHz) Signal-to-Noise Ratio - >95dB
Band 5 (6-20kHz)
Specifications
fm
Stereo
DX
100.5KIKR
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man
RCA's OUT
REMOTE
L
FRONT
TURN-ON
REMOTE
BATTERY
OUTPUT
REAR
LINE 1
INPUT
LINE 2
GROUND
REMOTE TURN-ON
18"
or less
+12V
+12V
FUSE
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
GROUND
GROUND
-
R
R+
L
-
L+
INPUT
SPEAKERS
3
fm
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Additional Wiring Configurations:
If you are using a source unit that does not have RCA jacks, a Line Level
Converter must be connected between the speaker output leads and the KQ5.
This is to prevent damage to the source unit.
Stereo
DX
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SPEAKER LEADS
LINE LEVEL
CONVERTER
TURN-ON
REMOTE
FRONT
OUTPUT
REAR
LINE 1
INPUT
LINE 2
GROUND
REMOTE TURN-ON
REMOTE
OUT
L
R
L
R
IN
L
R
L
R
+12V
GROUND
GROUND
-
R
R+
INPUT
L
-
SPEAKERS
L+
+12V
BATTERY
18"
or less
FUSE
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