Dual DSEQ505BT Owner's manual

INSTALLATION / OWNER'S MANUAL

Wireless Smart EQ Processor

DSEQ505BT

FCC ID : GJW-SBT504

IC ID : 4038A-SBT504

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Preparation

TYPICAL MOUNTING METHOD

Please read the entire manual before installation.

It is highly recommended that your Smart EQ be installed by a professional installer

or an authorized dealer due to the highly technical nature of this product.

Before Installing

s$ISCONNECTTHENEGATIVEBATTERYTERMINALCONSULTAQUALIFIEDTECHNICIANFOR

instructions if necessary).

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IEDIRECTSUNLIGHT

s5SEEXTREMECAUTIONWHENDRILLINGHOLESTOAVOIDDAMAGINGFUELLINESOREXISTING

VEHICLEWIRING

Mounting Location

s4OFUNCTIONPROPERLY3MART%1HASTOBEINSTALLEDBETWEENTHEHEADUNITANDTHE

amplifier.

s)TISRECOMMENDEDTOINSTALL3MART%1NEARTHEAMPLIFIERTOMINIMIZEINTERFERENCE

and facilitate the installation.

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Connection Descriptions

Power Wire (+12V)

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#ONSULTAQUALIFIEDTECHNICIANIFNECESSARY

s0LANOUTTHEWIREROUTINGBEFORECUTTINGANYWIRESTOLENGTH

"EGINBYROUTINGTHEPOWERWIREFROMTHEBATTERYTO3MART%14HEPOWERWIRECAN

be pigtailed from the amplifier.

s!LWAYSUSEAGROMMETWHENRUNNINGWIRESTHROUGHTHEFIREWALLORANYMETAL

OPENINGS!VOIDRUNNINGTHEPOWERWIRENEARTHEEXISTINGVEHICLEWIRINGTOPREVENT

noises from entering the audio system.

s5SEEXTREMECAUTIONWHENDRILLINGHOLESTOAVOIDDAMAGINGFUELLINESOREXISTING

VEHICLEWIRING

Ground Wire (GND)

s#HOOSEANUNPAINTEDSECTIONOFMETALORVEHICLECHASSISANDCLEANTHESECTIONOF

any dirt or grease before installing the ground connection.

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ACC Wire (+12V)

s!##WIREHASTOBECONNECTEDTOTHEACCESSORYLINEOFVEHICLE

Remote Turn-on Wire (REM)

s4HEREMOTETURNONWIRECONNECTSTOTHEREMOTETURNONTERMINALONTHEAMPLIFIER

4HISISUSEDTOTURNTHEAMPLIFIERONWHENASIGNALISDETECTEDBY3MART%1

Input/Output

s4HE3MART%1SINPUTCONNECTSTOTHEHEADUNITSLOWLEVEL2#!ORHIGHLEVEL

SPEAKERWIREOUTPUTS

s"ECAUSETHELOWLEVELINPUT2#!DELIVERSTHEBESTPERFORMANCEALWAYSCONNECTTO

3MART%1VIA2#!WHENPOSSIBLE/NLYUSETHEHIGHLEVELINPUTWHENLOWLEVELINPUT

ISUNAVAILABLEIEINTERFACINGWITHFACTORYHEADUNITS

s3MART%1SOUTPUT2#!CONNECTSTOTHEAMPLIFIERSLOWLEVELINPUT2#!

CAUTION

s$ONOTUSEBOTHLOWANDHIGHLEVELINPUTS#ONNECT3MART%1TOONLYONEINPUT

source at a time.

s+EEPTHELOWLEVELINPUTAWAYFROMANYPOWERWIRESTOAVOIDENGINEINDUCEDNOISE

s.EVERRUNANYWIRESUNDERNEATHOROUTSIDETHEVEHICLE

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Inputs/Output Panel Description

,OW,EVEL)NPUT2#!

(IGH,EVEL)NPUT

0OWER,%$

0OWER#ONNECTOR

2ESET

2%-/UTFOR!MPLIFIER

,INE/UTPUT&RONT

,INE/UTPUT2EAR

,INE/UTPUT3UBWOOFER

INPUT

OUTPUT

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Typical Wire Routing

REM Out (Remote Turn On/Off)

FUSE

12V BATTERY

(Maximum)

+12V DC

(Power)

ACC

[Head Unit]

[Mono Amplifier]

[4-Channel Amplifier]

[Smart EQ]

RCA (Low Level Input)

[Subwoofer]

[Front Speakers]

[Rear Speakers]

RED

(ACC)

BLACK

(GND)

Yellow (B+)

18” (1.5 feet)

No more than 36"

(3 feet)

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Input Connections

High Level Input

(speaker wires)

Low Level Input

(RCA)

Low Level Input (RCA)

s,OWLEVELINPUT2#!ISPREFERRED

for the best performance.

!TYPICALTRUNKMOUNTINSTALLATION

REQUIRESAFOOT2#!CABLE

5SINGATWISTEDPAIRCONSTRUCTION

2#!CABLEWILLMINIMIZENOISE

High Level Input (head unit speaker wires)

s(IGHLEVELINPUTSHOULDBEUSEDONLYWHEN

2#!OUTPUTSARENOTAVAILABLEONTHEHEAD

UNIT4OUSETHEHIGHLEVELINPUTCONNECTTHE

HEADUNITSPEAKEROUTPUTTO3MART%1gS

HIGHLEVELINPUTCONNECTORASSHOWN

.OTE$ONOTCONNECTBOTHLOWANDHIGHLEVELINPUTSATTHESAMETIME

Terminal

Block

L’CH.

R’CH.

TO CHASSIS

GROUND

4HEINPUTSOURCEFOR3MART%1CANBETHEHEADUNITVIA2#!ORHIGHLEVELINPUTSORA

PAIREDANDCONNECTED"LUETOOTHMEDIADEVICE

.OTE4HEDEFAULTSETTINGFORTHEINPUTSOURCEISTHEHEADUNIT4OCHANGETHESOURCE

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.OTE'ROUNDWIREISUSEDFORVOLTAGEMISMATCHBETWEENTHESOURCEUNITANDTHE

AMPLIFIERS)FTHEREISENGINENOISEWHENUSINGHIGHLEVELINPUTWITHOUTGROUND

CONNECTTHEGROUNDANDVICEVERSA

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Output Connections

Amplifier Connection

s2EMOTE4URNONOFF

4HEREMOTEOUTPUT2%-/54OF3MART%1HASTOCONNECTTOTHEREMOTEINPUT2%-).

TERMINALOFANAMPLIFIERASBELOW7HENCONNECTEDTHISSIGNALCONTROLSTHEPOWERTO

the amplifier and turns it on if an audio signal is detected by Smart EQ.

s,INE/UTPUT2#!

4HE2#!&RONT2EARLINEOUTPUTSHOULDCONNECTTOAMULTICHANNELAMPLIFIERTHAT

CONTROLSYOURFULLRANGESPEAKERSINTHEVEHICLE

s3UBWOOFER/UTPUT

4HESUBWOOFEROUTPUTSHOULDCONNECTTOACH-ONOAMPLIFIERTHATCONTROLSYOUR

SUBWOOFER

[Smart EQ] [Amplifier]

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Using Application

sSmart EQ App

!LLOF3MART%1gSSETTINGSANDCONFIGURATIONSCANBEACCESSEDANDCONTROLLEDBY

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ENABLEDI/3!NDROIDDEVICE

7HENTHEUNITISPAIREDANDCONNECTED

ITWILLSHOWTHENAMEOFTHE3MART%1

3ELECTTHEINPUTSOURCEBYSELECTINGEITHERTHE(EAD5NIT

or Bluetooth Streaming button.

4OCONTROLTHEBAND%1SLIDETHE%1FREQUENCYBARSUP

ANDDOWN

4OSELECTAPREDEFINED%1SETTINGINCLUDINGTHESAVED

SETTINGSPRESSTHERIGHTSIDEOFPREDEFINED%1ORSCROLL

USINGTHELEFTRIGHTARROW

4OMAKEAPERSONAL%1SETTINGSLIDEANDADJUSTTHE%1

BARSTHENTHECUSTOM%1SETTINGWILLBEDISPLAYEDAS

g4EMPORARYg0RESSTHEg3AVEgBUTTONTOSAVETHE

customized EQ setting. 4OMAKEAPERSONAL%1SETTING

SLIDEANDADJUSTTHE%1BARSANDTHE%1SETTINGWILLBE

DISPLAYEDASg4EMPORARYg0RESSTHEg3AVEgBUTTONTO

SAVETHEPERSONALIZED%1SETTING

4OCONTROLTHE3UBWOOFER6OLUMESLIDETHE

corresponding bar left and right.

.OTE4OCONTROLTHE3MART%1-ASTER6OLUMEUSETHE

VOLUMECONTROLBUTTONSONTHEHEADUNITORYOURI/3

!NDROIDDEVICECONNECTEDTO3MART%1VIA"LUETOOTH

4OCONTROL"ALANCE&ADERSLIDETHECORRESPONDINGSLIDE

BARUPANDDOWN

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Using Application

Bluetooth Pairing

#ONNECT3MART%1TO"LUETOOTHENABLEDI/3!NDROIDDEVICEINORDERTOCONTROL

Smart EQ.

sPairing the Smart EQ with Your Device

0AIRINGISTHEPROCESSOFCONNECTINGTWODEVICESOVER"LUETOOTHANDALLOWINGTHEMTO

COMMUNICATE9OUWILLNEEDTOGOTHROUGHTHEPAIRINGPROCESSWITHEACHDEVICEYOU

USEWITH3MART%1

.OTE)FYOURDEVICEREQUIRESAPASSCODETOCONNECTDURINGTHEPAIRINGPROCESSUSE@

0LEASENOTETHAT3MART%1CANONLYBEACTIVELYCONNECTEDTO/.%DEVICEATATIME

4OCONNECT3MART%1TOANEWDEVICETHElRSTDEVICES"LUETOOTHFUNCTIONMUSTBETURNED

OFFORBEOUTOFRANGEOFTHE"LUETOOTHSIGNAL4HE3MART%1WILLALWAYSREMEMBERTHELAST

CONNECTEDDEVICE7HEN3MART%1ISTURNEDONITWILLlRSTATTEMPTTORECONNECTTOTHELAST

CONNECTEDDEVICEBEFOREATTEMPTINGTOCONNECTTOANEWDEVICE

sPairing Smart EQ with iOS Devices

.OTE4HESEINSTRUCTIONSWEREWRITTENUSINGI/3ANDMAYDIFFERDEPENDINGONTHE

VERSIONOFI/3ONTHEDEVICE

'OTO3ETTINGS Bluetooth

4URN"LUETOOTHON4HEI/3DEVICEWILLAUTOMATICALLYBEGINLOOKINGFOR3MART%1

3TARTTHEVEHICLEORSETTHEKEYIN!##POSITION3MART%1gS0OWER,%$WILLTURNONRED

/NTHEg/THER$EVICESgSECTIONOFI/3"LUETOOTHSETTINGS3MART%1WILLAPPEARAS

g3MART%1XXXXXXgTHELASTDIGITSARE"LUETOOTH)$ANDWILLVARYFROMDEVICETODEVICE

4APONg3MART%1XXXXXXgFROMTHELISTOFg/THER$EVICESgTOCONNECT

)FPASSCODEISREQUIREDENTER@

/NCECONNECTEDg3MART%1XXXXXXgWILLMOVETOTHELISTOFg-Y$EVICESgANDWILLSHOW

STATUSASg#ONNECTEDg

s Pairing Smart EQ with Android Devices

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ANDMAYVARYDEPENDINGONTHEDEVICEAND!NDROIDVERSION

%NTERTHEDEVICEgS"LUETOOTHSETTING-ENU Settings Connections tab Bluetooth)

ANDMAKESURETHAT"LUETOOTHISTURNEDON

)Fg3MART%1XXXXXXgDOESNgTSHOWUPONg!VAILABLEDEVICESgPRESSg3CANgONTHEBOTTOM

OFTHESCREENAND3MART%1WILLAPPEARONTHELISTASg3MART%1XXXXXXg

4APg3MART%1XXXXXXgTOCONNECT%NTERPASSCODEIFNECESSARY

g3MART%1XXXXXXgWILLNOWBESEENONTHEg0AIREDDEVICESg

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Troubleshooting

Problem Cause Action

Unit will not turn on

(Power LED is off)

6WIRENOTCONNECTEDORINCORRECT

VOLTAGE

#HECK connections for proper

VOLTAGE^6$#

'.$ WIRE not connected #HECK connection to ground

!##WIRENOTCONNECTED #HECKCONNECTIONTO!##LINE

Power LED is on

solid red, but

there is no sound

Engine noise

Distorted audio

output

Low audio output

2%-/54WIRENOTCONNECTED

#HECKTHE2%-CONNECTIONBETWEEN

Smart EQ and the amplifier.

!UDIOOUTWIRENOTCONNECTED

#HECKAUDIOOUTCONNECTION

BETWEEN3MART%1ANDthe amplifier.

Bad ground connection

-AKESURE3MART%1ANDTHE

amplifier are grounded to clean

bare metal surface.

3IGNALGROUNDLOOPOR2&)

RADIOFREQUENCYINTERFERENCE

&ORTHELOWLEVELINPUT2#!CHECK

THECONNECTIONSON2#!PLUGSAND

MAKESURETHECONNECTIONISSOLID

&ORTHEHIGHLEVELINPUTIFTHEINPUT

GROUNDPINISCONNECTEDDISCONNECT

the pin. If the input ground pin is not

CONNECTEDCONNECTTHEPIN

Incorrect input signal type or input

LEVELTOOHIGH

#HECKCONNECTIONSANDREDUCE

ADJUSTTHEINPUTLEVEL

Incorrect input signal type or input

LEVELTOOLOW

#HECKCONNECTIONSANDINCREASE

ADJUSTTHEINPUTLEVEL

2ADIATEDNOISEFROMPOWERCABLES

7HENROUTINGWIRESKEEPTHE6

CABLESPOWERREMOTETURNON

AWAYFROMTHEAUDIOSIGNALCABLES

LOWHIGHLEVELASFARASPOSSIBLE

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Specifications

Dimensions (HxWxD)

sMMXMMXMM

Power

s6$#66

Bluetooth

s!$0!62#0AND300SUPPORT

s"LUETOOTH%$2

sI/3AND!NDROIDSUPPORT

s2ANGEUPTOFEETMETERS

Audio input

s,OWLEVEL662-3

s(IGHLEVELUPTO62-3

s&REQUENCY2ESPONSE(ZnK(Z

Audio output

s,INEOUTPUTIMPEDANCEOHM

s4($TOTALHARMONICDISTORTION K(Z62-3

s3.2SIGNALTONOISERATIOD" AWEIGHTED

s#HANNELSEPARATIOND" K(Z

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Compliance

ICC Compliance

4HIS#LASS;"=DIGITALAPPARATUSCOMPLIESWITH#ANADIAN)#%3

FCC Compliance

4HISDEVICECOMPLIESWITH0ARTOFTHE&##2ULES/PERATIONISSUBJECTTOTHEFOLLOWING

TWOCONDITIONS

THISDEVICEMAYNOTCAUSEHARMFULINTERFERENCEAND

THISDEVICEMUSTACCEPTANYINTERFERENCERECEIVEDINCLUDINGINTERFERENCETHATMAY

cause un-desired operation.

7ARNING#HANGESORMODIFICATIONSTOTHISUNITNOTEXPRESSLYAPPROVEDBYTHEPARTY

RESPONSIBLEFORCOMPLIANCECOULDVOIDTHEUSERSAUTHORITYTOOPERATETHEEQUIPMENT

.OTES4HISEQUIPMENTHASBEENTESTEDANDFOUNDTOCOMPLYWITHTHELIMITSFORA#LASS

"DIGITALDEVICEPURSUANTTO0ARTOFTHE&##2ULES4HESELIMITSAREDESIGNEDTO

PROVIDEREASONABLEPROTECTIONAGAINSTHARMFULINTERFERENCEINARESIDENTIALINSTALLATION

4HISEQUIPMENTGENERATESUSESANDCANRADIATERADIOFREQUENCYENERGYANDIFNOT

INSTALLEDANDUSEDINACCORDANCEWITHTHEINSTRUCTIONSMAYCAUSEHARMFULINTERFERENCE

TORADIOCOMMUNICATIONS(OWEVERTHEREISNOGUARANTEETHATINTERFERENCEWILLNOTOCCUR

INAPARTICULARINSTALLATION)FTHISEQUIPMENTDOESCAUSEHARMFULINTERFERENCETORADIOOR

TELEVISIONRECEPTIONWHICHCANBEDETERMINEDBYTURNINGTHEEQUIPMENTOFFANDON

THEUSERISENCOURAGEDTOTRYTOCORRECTTHEINTERFERENCEBYONEORMOREOFTHEFOLLOWING

measures:

s2EORIENTORRELOCATETHERECEIVINGANTENNA

s)NCREASETHESEPARATIONBETWEENTHEEQUIPMENTANDRECEIVER

s#ONNECTTHEEQUIPMENTINTOANOUTLETONACIRCUITDIFFERENTFROMTHATTOWHICHTHE

RECEIVERISCONNECTED

s#ONSULTTHEDEALERORANEXPERIENCEDRADIO46TECHNICIANFORHELP

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