Pioneer PRS-D3000SPL User Manual

Thank you for purchasing this PIONEER
product. It is designed to give you many
years of enjoyment.
PIONEER SUGGESTS USING A PRO­FESSIONAL INSTALLER DUE TO THE
COMPLEXITY OF THIS PRODUCT.
Please read all instructions and WARN-
INGS in this manual before attempting
operation. Should you have any questions,
contact your nearest Pioneer authorized
dealer or installation specialist.

Information to User

Alteration or modifications carried out
without appropriate authorization may
invalidate the user’s right to operate the
equipment.

Important

The serial number of this amplifier is writ­ten on the bottom of the unit. For your
own security and convenience, write it
down on the enclosed warranty card. Keep
the card handy for future reference.

Before Using This Product

After-sales service for Pioneer
products

Please contact the dealer or distributor from where
you purchased the product for its after-sales ser­vice (including warranty conditions) or any other
information. In case the necessary information is
not available, please contact the companies listed
below:
Please do not ship your product to the companies
at the addresses listed below for repair without
advance contact.

7 U.S.A.

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT DIVISION
P.O. Box 1760
Long Beach, CA 90801-1760
800-421-1404

7 CANADA

Pioneer Electronics of Canada, Inc.
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
DEPARTMENT
300 Allstate Parkway
Markham, Ontario L3R OP2
1-877-283-5901

For warranty information please see the Limited
Warranty sheet included with your product.

Published by Pioneer Corporation.
Copyright © 2004 by Pioneer Corporation.
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CLASS D MONO AMPLIFIER

AMPLIFICATEUR MONO DE CLASSE D

Owner’s Manual

PRS-D3000SPL

Mode d’emploi

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About This Product

This product is a class D amplifier for the
subwoofer. If both L (left) and R (right)
channels are connected to the RCA input
of this product, output is mixed because
this product is a mono amplifier.

CAUTION

Never replace the fuse with one of greater
value or rating than the original fuse. Use
of an improper fuse could result in over­heating and smoke and could cause dam­age to the product and injury including
burns.

WARNING

• Handling the cord on this product or cords associ­ated with accessories sold with the product will
expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State
of California and other governmental entities to
cause cancer and birth defects or other reproduc­tive harm. Wash hands after handling.

• Always use the recommended battery wire and
ground wire, which is sold separately. Connect the
battery wire directly to the car battery positive ter­minal (+) and the ground wire to the car body.

• Do not touch the amplifier with wet hands.
Otherwise you may get an electric shock. Also, do
not touch the amplifier when it is wet.

• For traffic safety and to maintain safe driving
conditions, keep the volume low enough so that
you can still hear normal traffic sound.

• Check the connections of the power supply and
subwoofer if a fuse for the separately sold battery
wire blows. Detect the cause and solve the prob­lem, then replace the fuse with another one of the
same size and rating.

• To prevent malfunction of the amplifier and sub­woofer, the protective circuit will cut the power
supply to the amplifier (sound will stop) when an
abnormal condition occurs. In such a case, switch
the power to the system OFF and check the
connection of the power supply and subwoofer.
Detect the cause and solve the problem.

• Contact the dealer if you cannot detect the cause.

• To prevent an electric shock or short-circuit
during connection and installation, be sure to
disconnect the negative (–) terminal of the battery
beforehand.

• Confirm that no parts are behind the panel when
drilling a hole for installation of the amplifier. Be
sure to protect all cables and important equipment
such as fuel lines, brake lines and the electrical
wiring from damage.

• DO NOT allow amplifier to come into contact
with liquids due to, for example, the location
where the amplifier is installed. Electrical shock
could result. Also, amplifier and speaker damage,
smoke, and overheating could result from contact
with liquids. In addition, the amplifier surface and
the surface of any attached speakers could become
hot to the touch and minor burns could result.

CAUTION:

To prevent damage and/or injury

• Do not ground the speaker wire directly or con­nect a negative (–) lead wire for several speakers.

• This unit is for vehicles with a 12-volt battery and
negative grounding. Before installing it in a recre­ational vehicle, truck or bus, check the battery
voltage.

• If the car stereo is kept on for a long time while
the engine is at rest or idling, the battery may go
dead. Turn the car stereo off when the engine is at
rest or idling.

• If the system remote control wire of the amplifier
is connected to the power terminal through the
ignition switch (12 V DC), the amplifier will
always be on when the ignition is on— regardless
of whether the car stereo is on or off. Because of
this, the battery could go dead if the engine is at
rest or idling.

• DO NOT connect a subwoofer with a lower
impedance than specified in the “Connecting the
Unit” section. Amplifier damage, smoke, and
overheating could result from a non-specified con­nection. The amplifier surface could also become
hot to the touch and minor burns could result.

• Connect either of two subwoofers to the amplifier;
1: a subwoofer with a 500 W or larger nominal
input and an impedance 4 Ω, or 2: a subwoofer
with a 1,000 W or larger nominal input and an
impedance 2 Ω. If the nominal input and imped­ance are out of the above ranges, the subwoofer
may catch fire, emit smoke or become damaged.

• Install and route the separately sold battery wire
as far away as possible from the speaker wires.
Install and route the separately sold battery wire,
ground wire, speaker wires and the amplifier as
far away as possible from the antenna, antenna
cable and tuner.

• Cords for this product and those for other prod­ucts may be different colors even if they have the
same function. When connecting this product to
another product, refer to the supplied Installation
manuals of both products and connect cords that
have the same function.

Connecting the Unit

CAUTION

• Disconnect the negative (–) terminal of the battery
to avoid the risk of short-circuit and damage to
the unit.

• Secure the wiring with cable clamps or adhesive
tape. To protect the wiring, wrap adhesive tape
around it where they lie against metal parts.

• Do not route wires where they will get hot, for
example where the heater will blow over them. If
the insulation heats up, it may become damaged,
resulting in a short-circuit through the vehicle
body.

• Make sure that wires will not interfere with mov­ing parts of the vehicle, such as the gearshift,
handbrake or seat sliding mechanism.

• Never feed power to other equipment by cutting
the insulation of the power supply wire to tap
from the wire. The current capacity of the wire
will be exceeded, causing overheating.

• Never replace the fuse with one of greater value
or rating than the original fuse. Use of an improp­er fuse could result in overheating and smoke and
could cause damage to the product and injury
including burns.

Setting the Unit

Connection Diagram

Bass Boost Frequency Control

You can select a bass boost frequency
from 40 to 120 Hz with the bass boost
control.

Power Indicator

The power indicator lights when the
power is switched on.

Bass Boost Level Control

Bass boost level control can boost the
level around the frequency selected by
the bass boost frequency control from 0
to 12 dB.

Cut Off Frequency Control for LPF

You can select a cut off frequency from
40 to 240 Hz.

Gain Control

If the sound level is too low, even when
the volume of the car stereo used along
with this power amplifier is turned up,
turn gain control on the front of the
power amplifier clockwise. If the sound
distorts when the volume is turned up,
turn the gain control counter-clockwise.

• When using with an RCA equipped car
stereo (standard output of 500 mV), set
to the NORMAL position. When using
with an RCA equipped Pioneer car
stereo with max. output of 4 V or
more, adjust level to match the car
stereo output level.

• For synced amplifier’s gain control,
see the “Setting the Gain for Synced
Amplifier” section.

Subsonic Select Switch

The subsonic filter cuts inaudible fre­quencies below 20 Hz to eliminate
unwanted vibrations and minimize
power loss.

MODE SELECT Switch

You can select amplifier’s sync mode
from MASTER, SYNC and SYNC INV.
For the position of the MODE SELECT
switch, see the “Connecting the Speaker
Wires” section.

Grommet

Battery wire (sold separately)
For the wire size, see the
“Connecting the Power Terminal”
section. The battery wire, the ground
wire and the optional direct ground
wire must be same size.
After making all other connections
at the amplifier, connect the battery
wire terminal of the amplifier to the
positive (+) terminal of the battery.

Ground wire (sold separately)
The ground wires must be same size
as the battery wire.
Connect to metal body or chassis.

Car stereo with
RCA output
jacks

External Output
(Subwoofer output)

Connecting wire with RCA
pin plugs (sold separately).

RCA input jack

Speaker terminal
See the “Connecting the
Speaker Wires” section for
speaker connection instruc­tions.

System remote control wire (sold separately)
Connect the male terminal of this wire to the system remote control termi­nal of the car stereo (SYSTEM REMOTE CONTROL). The female termi­nal can be connected to the auto-antenna relay control terminal. If the car
stereo does not have a system remote control terminal, connect the male ter­minal to the power terminal through the ignition switch.

Grommet

Reverse side

The maximum length
of the wire between the
fuse and the positive
(+) terminal of the bat­tery is 45 cm (18 in.).

Positive (+)
terminal

Negative (–)
terminal

Battery

Optional direct ground
wire (sold separately)
When chassis ground­ing is not sufficient,
direct grounding
should be used. The
wire size should be
same size as the bat­tery wire.

Fuse (100 A)
Each amplifier must be SEPARATELY
fused at 100 A.

SYNC OUTPUT /
SYNC INPUT jack
See the “Connecting the
Speaker Wires” section
for SYNC OUTPUT /
SYNC INPUT jack con­nection instructions.

Grommet

Connecting the Speaker Terminals

1. Expose the end of the speaker wires
using nippers or a cutter by about
10 mm (3/8 in.) and twist.

2. Attach lugs to speaker wire ends.
Lugs not supplied.

• Use pliers, etc., to crimp lugs to wires.

3. Connect the speaker wires to the
speaker terminals.

• Fix the speaker wires securely with the termi-

nal screws.

10 mm

Connecting the Unit

Connecting the Power Terminal

• Always use the recommended battery and ground
wire, which is sold separately. Connect the battery
wire directly to the car battery positive terminal
(+) and the ground wire to the car body.

• Recommended wires size (AWG: American Wire
Gauge) is as follows. The battery wire, the ground
wire and the optional direct ground wire must be
same size.

Battery Wire and Ground Wire Size

Wire Length less than 4 ft 4—7 ft 7—10 ft

less than 1.2 m 1.2—2.1 m 2.1—3.0 m

Wi re S ize 6 AW G 6 AWG 6 AW G

10—13 ft 13—16 ft 16—19 ft 19—22 ft

3.0—3.9 m 3.9—4.8 m 4.8—5.7 m 5.7—6.7 m

6 AW G 4 AW G 4 AW G 4 AW G

1. Pass the battery wire from the

engine compartment to the interior
of the vehicle.

• After making all other connections to the
amplifier, connect the battery wire terminal of
the amplifier to the positive (+) terminal of
the battery.

2. Expose the end of the battery wire
and ground wire using nippers or a
cutter by about 15–20 mm (5/8–3/4
in.) and twist.

3. Connect the wires to the terminal.

• Before connecting the wires to the terminals,

remove the endcap. After connecting the
wires to the terminals, attach the endcap.

• Fix the wires securely with the terminal

screws.

WARNING

Failure to securely fasten the battery wire to the ter­minal using the terminal screws could cause the ter­minal area to overheat and could result in damage
and injury including minor burns.

4. Put the wire ties in the slits and
wrap the wire ties around the wires.

• Wrap the wire tie around the wire insulation,

not the stripped wire.

15–20 mm

Engine
compartment

Interior of
the vehicle

Drill a 14
mm (1/2 in.)
hole into the
vehicle body.

Insert the O-ring rubber
grommet into the vehicle
body.

Positive (+)
terminal

GND terminal

Power
terminal

Battery wire

System remote
control terminal

System remote
control wire

Ground wire

Fuse 100 A
Each amplifier must
be SEPARATELY
fused at 100 A.

The maximum length of the wire between
the fuse and the positive (+) terminal of the
battery is 45 cm (18 in.).

Endcap

Terminal
screw

Setting the Gain for
Synced Amplifier

After connecting the speaker wires, adjust each
synced amplifier’s gain control. All synced ampli­fiers follow the master amplifier’s settings.

Quick Setup of the Gain

Set each synced amplifier’s gain control to the NOR­MAL position. This setting will balance output vol­umes sufficiently for most applications.

Advanced Setup of the Gain

Starting with the master amplifier, adjust the gain
control on each amplifier in order.

1. Output sin wave through this system at low output
level.

2. Use volt meter to measure the master amplifier’s
output voltage level.

3. Use volt meter to measure the synced amplifier’s
output voltage level.

4. Match the synced amplifier’s output to the mas­ter’s output using the gain control on the synced
amplifier.

5. Repeat for the each synced amplifier in the proper
order.

Connecting the Speaker Wires

Connect the speaker leads to suit the configuration according to the figures shown below and the next page.

Single Amplifier

• Speaker wire size must be 12 AWG minimum.

• Load may be any combination of speakers but impedance must be 2 Ω or larger.

MODE SELECT switch must be in
MASTER position.

2 Ω
minimum
1,000 W

Two Amplifier Bridged

• Speaker wire size must be 12 AWG minimum.

• Load may be any combination of speakers but impedance must be 4 Ω or larger.

Two Amplifier

• Speaker wire size must be 12 AWG minimum.

• Load may be any combination of speakers but impedance must be 2 Ω or larger.

MODE SELECT switch
must be in MASTER position.

4 Ω
minimum
2,000 W

MODE SELECT switch
must be in SYNC INV
position. Before setting
to the position, remove
the screw and the stop­per.

Connecting wire with
RCA pin plugs (sold
separately).

Connecting speaker
wire (sold separately).

2 Ω
minimum
1,000 W

2 Ω
minimum
1,000 W

MODE SELECT switch
must be in MASTER position.

Connecting wire with
RCA pin plugs (sold
separately).

MODE SELECT
switch must be in
SYNC position.

Wire tie

Slit

Twist

Speaker wire

Lug

(3/8 in.)

Twist

(5/8–3/4 in.)

Speaker
terminal

Terminal screw

Speaker wire

Connect to a car stereo.
For details, see the “Connection Diagram” section.

Connect to a car stereo.
For details, see the “Connection Diagram” section.

Connect to a car stereo.
For details, see the “Connection Diagram” section.