RADICAL AUDIO RA16RF Manual de usuario
INSTALLATION GUIDE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction .....................................................3
Package Contents.................................................3
Technical Design Features ..........................................4
Installation Considerations..........................................5
Mounting Location ................................................5
Mid/wooferInstallation ............................................6
CrossoverWiring.................................................6
TweeterInstallation ...............................................7
Fine Tuning of Tweeter Level........................................8
Fine Tuning of Presence Level.......................................9
Technical Specifications...........................................17
MountingDimensions............................................18
LimitedWarranty ................................................19
Einleitung......................................................10
Lieferumfang....................................................10
Technische Merkmale/Features .....................................11
Montagehinweise & Tipps .........................................12
Installation der Tiefmitteltöner......................................13
Anschluss/Montage der Frequenzweichen............................14
Montage der Hochtöner...........................................14
Feineinstellung des Hochtonpegels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Feineinstellung des Präsenzbereiches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Technical Specifications...........................................17
Einbaudimensionen .............................................18
Garantiebestimmungen ...........................................19
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INTRODUCTION
Dear Customer,
Congratulations on your purchase of a Radical Audio Inc. loudspeaker system.
Your new component system is comprised of loudspeakers and crossovers,
that have been precision engineered to produce the highest quality audio for
your vehicle.
This owner’s manual provides detailed information on the features, installation
and adjustment of the Radical Audio Reference component system. The Radical
Audio RA16RF compo is a high performance loudspeaker. To reach optimum
performance i.e. best sound reproduction quality, we strongly recommend to
have this system installed by a skilled professional installer. This manual assu-
mes that the installer has sufficient in-depth knowledge and experience instal-
ling high quality component speaker systems!
Please read this manual carefully! It is suggested to retain this manual and the
purchase receipt – as well as the original carton – for possible future use.
If, after reading this manual, you still have questions regarding this product, we
strongly recommend to see your nearest authorized Radical Audio Inc. dealer.
PACKAGE CONTENTS
(2) RA16RF (16.5cm) Neodymium Mid/Woofers
(2) RA28RF 28mm Neodymium Soft Dome Tweeters
(2) RA16RF 2-Way Crossovers
(2) MassBelt Steel Rings (13cm or 16.5cm)
(1) Foam Mounting Gasket Set
(1) Driver Mounting Hardware Kit
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TECHNICAL DESIGN FEATURES
MID/WOOFER RA16RF
■16.5 CM EURO-DIN ALUMINUM DIE-CAST BASKET
■ADVANCED NEODYMIUM MAGNET MOTOR
■FARADAY AND KELLOG COPPER SHORTING RINGS
■CARBON FIBER COMPOUND CONE
■BACKVENTED BASKET DESIGN
■NBR NITRILE RUBBER SURROUND
■YELLOW NOMEX™SPIDER
■36 MM 2-LAYER CCA-WIRE VOICE COIL
■POLYIMIDE VOICE COIL FORMER
■GOLD PLATED MOULDED TERMINAL
TWEETER RA28RF
■28 MM NEODYMIUM SOFT DOME TWEETER
■SYNTHETIC SILK DOME DIAPHRAGM
■NdFeB NEODYMIUM MAGNET MOTOR
■FARADAY COPPER SHORTING RINGS
■FERROFLUID COOLED CCAW VOICE COIL
■ALUMINUM VOICE COIL FORMER
CROSSOVER RA16RF
■BI-AMPING / BI-WIRING INPUT & OUTPUT
■TWEETER ATTENUATION BY 4-POSITION JUMPER
■PRESENCE ATTENUATION BY 2-POSITION JUMPER
■FR4 GLASS FIBER EPOXY CIRCUIT BOARD
■HIGH QUALITY INDUCTORS / CAPACITORS
■GOLD PLATED MOULDED TERMINAL
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INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS
GENERAL SUGGESTIONS
1Make sure you have enough high quality speaker wire at hand, to reach all
the drivers and crossovers from their intended mounting locations! The
preferable cross-section is 2x2.5mm². Please note that for quality reasons,
speaker wire – e.g. to connect the amplifier to the crossover(s) - must be
purchased separately.
2Before you attempt to mount the tweeter(s) or mid/woofer(s) to the doors
of your vehicle, check the available mounting depth! Always make sure the
speakers or crossovers do not impair the door or window functions.
3Before you start any wiring work, speaker mounting etc, disconnect the
negative main wire lead from the battery! For your own safety…
4Never run speaker wires over or through sharp edges. Use rubber grommets
to protect wires routed through sheet metal.
MOUNTING LOCATION
A solid front stage with good stereo imaging is the most difficult task to
achieve in a vehicle! Mostly because the speakers are placed where they will fit
easily, as opposed where they can perform best. In most cases, the
factory cutouts in the front doors of a vehicle – offer a stable and conveni-
ent mounting platform for the mid/woofers. In some cases you will need to
purchase car specific plastic adaptors that enable mounting Euro-DIN style mid/
woofers to the factory speaker cutouts.
The mounting location for the tweeters does have a profound and direct effect
on the stereo imaging of your component system install. Therefore, after
mounting the mid/woofers and crossovers – it is recommended to provisionally
fix the tweeters to different locations, to be able to choose the mounting spot
that offers best possible imaging.
Some mounting tips:
1Place the tweeters where they have a direct and unobstructed path to the
listening area. The best visual location may not be the best sounding one!
2Listen to the system with both tweeters connected to the crossovers in phase
(to , to ) AND reversed, before setting tweeter level attenuation.
3Be sure to use the supplied foam gaskets when mounting the mid/woofers.
These gaskets enable an airtight seal between the mid/woofer mounting rim
and the speaker mounting hole, which is important to obtain the maximum
dynamic range in the upper bass range!
4The installation of your component set is carried out best, following
the sequence below: Removal of Factory Speakers ➝Wire Routing ➝
Installation of the Mid/Woofers ➝Mounting of the Crossovers ➝Mounting
of the Tweeters
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MID/WOOFER INSTALLATION
You can install the Radical Audio mid/woofers directly to the factory speaker
mounting holes, because their Euro-DIN basket bolt hole configuration will fit to
a great variety of European and Asian cars.
1Remove the plastic grille (front door) and unscrew the factory installed 16cm
fullrange speaker unit.
2Place the Radical Audio Inc. mid/woofer over the mounting hole and see
if the existing screw mounting holes and the basket mounting holes align
properly. If not, you have to drill new screw mounting holes! Double check
if the mounting clearance is sufficient to fit the mid/woofers! Otherwise you
risk to impair the window or door function of your vehicle.
3If the available clearance between the surround of the mid/woofer and the
original factory plastic grilles is big enough, you can use the “MassBelt”
steel rings supplied with this set. The rings are “sandwiched” between the
mounting hole and the mid/woofer unit.
4Attach the wires to the mid/woofer unit. Double-check for correct speaker
polarity! Place the speaker into the mounting hole and screw the speaker
into place. Don’t forget to use the supplied foam gasket for an airtight seal!
5Remount the factory plastic grilles. While doing this, check for the clearance
between surround and backside of the grille. You will need at least 6mm of
clearance between surround and the backside – or the surround may hit the
grille when the speaker system is pushed hard.
Note ➔If one of the mid/woofers is wired out of phase (inverted), the
resulting sound is very diffuse and the bass is almost nonexistent!
CROSSOVER WIRING
1Wire the crossover unit as shown in the schematic diagram on the next page.
Be sure to maintain speaker polarity at the input/output terminals of the
crossover!
2Fix the crossover in place with the provided self-tapping screws – and avoid
installing the crossovers in locations where they could be exposed to water,
excess humidity or other fluids.
Note ➔It is best to have the crossovers mounted in a location that allows easy
access. It may be necessary to re-adjust tweeter attenuation and presence level,
after the speaker break-in period.
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AMP
RA16RF
MID/WOOFER
RA16RF
CROSSOVER
RA28RF
TWEETER
Fig.:CrossoverWiring
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TWEETER INSTALLATION
The tweeter units come with an aluminium main housing and a front rim that
features three mounting holes. After you have determined the best sounding
tweeter location, you can cut two holes with 48.5mm diameter, using a hole-
saw attachment for your power drill.
Insert the tweeter wire into the hole you have just cut, attach the tweeter
extension wire on the back and fix the tweeters in place using the cross bar,
provided by the mounting hardware set.
FINE TUNING OF TWEETER LEVEL
ATTENTION: Before you start to fine tune tweeter level and presence level, be
sure the following steps have been completed:
➔ All wiring work has been done (loudspeakers, crossovers, amplifier are wired
etc).
➔ Highpass and lowpass crossover frequency adjustments on the amplifier
have been carried out.
➔ Input gain level adjustment of satellite- and subwoofer channels (if
applicable) are set
➔ All tone controls – including the loudness function – have been reset to their
neutral / zero position.
Fig.:JumperpositionTweeterLevel
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1Four different tweeter attenuation levels can selected, to compensate for
different tweeter mounting locations and – of course – to suit personal
preferences.
2Slide back the transparent cover of the crossover unit and set the preferred
attenuation level by adjusting the jumper on the circuit board.
FINE TUNING OF PRESENCE LEVEL
1The presence level (3 – 5kHz) can be set by adjusting the jumper to “” or
““ depending on the tweeter mounting location and personal preferences.
2Slide back the transparent cover of the crossover unit and set the preferred
attenuation level by adjusting the “presence” jumper on the circuit board.
Set the jumper to “”, if your tweeters are mounted relatively far away from
the mid/woofers (like A-pillars or window triangle). Set the presence jumper
to ““ when the tweeters are mounted in close vicinity of the mid/woofers.
CAUTION: Both attenuation jumpers – for tweeter attenuation and presence
adjustment – must always be set to identical positions! The final tweeter and
presence level adjustments should be carried out best, after the installation is
complete with all the additional components being installed, like for example
subwoofer, amplifier(s) etc.
Fig.:JumperpositionPresenceLevel
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PRACTICE SAFE SOUND!
Abhörlautstärken von 100dB oder mehr können einen
permanenten Hörverlust verursachen! Komponentensysteme
von Radical Audio übertreffen diese 100dB Grenze.
Gebrauchen Sie gesunden Menschenverstand, Gehörschäden
sind irreversibel.
EINLEITUNG
Wir gratulieren Ihnen zum Kauf dieses Radical Audio Lautsprechersystems.
Ihr neues Komponentensystem, bestehend aus Einzellautsprechern und
Frequenzweichen, wurde spezifisch für bestmögliche Klangwiedergabe im
Fahrzeug entwickelt.
Die Komponentenlautsprechersysteme von Radical Audio sind ein Synonym
für den heutigen Stand der Technik in Bezug auf Materialtechnologie, fort-
schrittliche Klebetechniken und hochpräzise Fertigungsmethoden.
Das Manual enthält detaillierte Informationen zur technischen Konstruktion,
der Installation und der klanglichen Feinjustage dieses Radical Audio
Komponenten-Systems.
Das Radical Audio RA16RF System ist eine klanglich und technisch äusserst
ausgefeilte Komponente. Um das volle Potential dieses Lautsprechersystems
wirklich auszuschöpfen, empfehlen wir den Einbau durch den qualifizierten
Fachhandel, respektive durch einen erfahrenen Einbau-Spezialist. Falls Sie die-
ses System trotzdem selber einbauen möchten, lesen Sie in jedem Falle vorab
das ganze Manual aufmerksam durch, bevor Sie mit der Installation beginnen!
Falls Sie nach gründlichem Lesen dieser Installationsanleitung noch weitere
Fragen bezüglich der Einstellmöglichkeiten oder der Installation dieses Radical
Audio Produktes haben, lassen Sie sich von Ihrem Händler beraten.
LIEFERUMFANG
(2) RA16RF Tiefmitteltöner
(2) RA28RF 28 mm Kalottenhochtöner
(2) RA16RF Frequenzweichen
(2) MassBelt Stahlringe
(2) Schaumstoffdichtungen
(1) Set Montagezubehör
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