Kicker KQ9 User Manual
KQ9
PREAMP EQUALIZER
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in signal processing technology to carry the famous KICKER name.
Your KICKER KQ9 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 KQ9 Preamp equalizer.
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Feat ures & Co n t r ols
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8 Band s of equalization cen t ered at 125Hz, 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1kHz, 2kHz, 4kHz,
8kHz and 16 kHz wit h a range o f +12 t o - 12dB
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One variable f requency 40 t o 60 Hz sub-bass equalizer
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Low pass elect ronic cro ssover - 60- 120 Hz @18 dB/ oct ave
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High p ass elect ro n ic crossover- 100 Hz @ 18 d B/ o ct ave
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Front and Rear RCA out p u t s
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Sep arate sub-bass-RCA o ut p u t level co n t ro l: 0 t o +6 dB
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Equalizer def eat swit ch
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Dual illu m in at io n colors
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Half DIN chassis
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High an d lo w level inp u t s f or co m patibilit y w it h all head unit s
Wir in g Con f ig ur at ions
Pow er connect ion is qu it e sim ple f or t h e Kicker KQ9. The red wire co nnect s t o
a const ant sou r ce of +12 volt s and t he b lack wire co nnect s t o g round. There are
t w o o t her wires t hat are part of t he t urn - o n circuit ry. The solid b lu e wire co n nect s to t h e t u rn-o n connect ion o n your head u n it . In t h e even t yo u d on’t have
an am plif ier t u rn-o n connect ion on your head u n it , t his wire can be hooked t o a
swit ch ed source o f +12 vo lt s such as an accessory w ire. The blu e w ire wit h a
whit e stripe is t h e t urn-o n o u t put w ire. It can be used t o t urn o n o n your am plif ier (s).
The Kicker KQ9 equalizer is designed t o go inline f ro m t he h ead u nit t o t he
amplif ier(s). Low level RCA and high level (speaker level) in p u t s are provided f or
universal connect ion t o a variet y of d if f erent h ead u n it s.
The o u t p u t RCAs m ay b e used for one, t wo or t h ree am plif iers. The m ost basic
system will u se t he Fro n t out p u t s o n ly. Shown belo w.
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Ad d it i o n a l W i r in g Con f i g u r at i o n s:
Using m ore t h an one am plif ier wit h t he KQ9 is very sim ple. It h as out put s f o r a
f ront am plif ier, a rear am p lif ier and a subwoof er am plif ier. You can build a basic
bi-am p system u sing t h e Front and Su b o u t put s. If yo u d o n’t have a ded icat ed
sub w o of er amplif ier yo u can st ill use t he Front and Rear out p u t s t o power f o u r
speakers w it h t w o st ereo am p lif iers or on e f o u r ch annel am plif ier.
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