Kicker SX-Series Amplifiers Owner's manual

Brand: Kicker

Model: SX-Series Amplifiers

Type: Owner's manual

Kicker SX-Series Amplifiers are high-performance car amplifiers engineered to deliver superior sound quality and power. With their advanced features and versatile connectivity options, these amplifiers offer a wide range of possibilities for customizing your car audio system.

Key Features:

UltraMatch Gain Structure: Featuring both a digital input gain attenuator and 12dB of "tweakable" gain adjustment, the SX Amplifiers provide a wide adjustment range to optimize performance with various head units.
Multiple Memory Presets: Store and recall up to four custom amplifier settings, each tailored to specific audio sources or listening preferences.

Key Features:

UltraMatch Gain Structure: Featuring both a digital input gain attenuator and 12dB of "tweakable" gain adjustment, the SX Amplifiers provide a wide adjustment range to optimize performance with various head units.
Multiple Memory Presets: Store and recall up to four custom amplifier settings, each tailored to specific audio sources or listening preferences.

WARNING!!! READ THIS!

This is your “EMERGENCY, I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR INSTRUCTIONS,

ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING NOW”,

QUICK-START GUIDE:

OK…Now that we’ve got your attention…By following the steps in this quick-start guide you’ll be able to get your hot new

SX amplifier kickin’ faster than you can say “Livin’ Loud!”

STEP 1: DOUBLE CHECK ALL CONNECTIONS AND POWER UP THE AMPLIFIER • NOTE: You are now in the Default screen.

STEP 2: SELECT A MEMORY PRESET TO SETUP BASIC FUNCTIONALITY • NOTE: You can fine tune these settings later.

NOTE: You MUST go to two different locations in the programming to correctly adjust the gain.

You MUST perform BOTH STEP 3 AND STEP 4.

STEP 4: SET GAIN

Now that you have completed STEP 3 and properly set the GAIN

RANGE you can now adjust the GAIN.

(From the Main menu)

A. Press the

DOWN

keys until the display

reads

GAINand press the

ENTER

key.

B. If you have a .2 or a .4 amplifier, decide if you want to adjust the left

or right channels separately or both channels at the same time. For a

.1 series amplifier skip steps B-I and B-II and go directly to step B-III.

B-I. For a .4 amplifier, you will need to select either

AMP1 (front channels) or AMP 2(rear channels)

before moving to step B-II. Use the

DOWN

keys to select AMP1or AMP 2and then press

ENTER

B-II. For a .2 or .4 amplifier, use the

DOWN

keys to select LEFT, RIGHTor BOTHchannels. Press

ENTER

B-III. Use the

DOWN

keys to adjust the gain

of the amplifier to desired level.

0 is recommended

for best signal-to-noise ratio. Increase from there if

necessary...using the lowest setting possible.

B-IV. Press the

ESCAPE

key once to save your

setting. For .1 Series amplifiers you can now proceed

to step

B-V. For .2 and .4 series amplifiers you can select

LEFT, RIGHTor BOTHif you wish to adjust another

channel. Select a channel using the

DOWN

keys, press

ENTER

and start back at step B-III.

B-VI. For .4 series amplifiers press

ESCAPE

return to step B-I and select another amplifier for

adjustment. For .2 series amplifiers, pressing

ESCAPE

will return you to the GAINmenu

C. Press

ESCAPE

each time you want to back up one level.

Pressing and holding the

HOME

key for 2 seconds will take you

directly back to the Main menu. Your current settings are automatically

saved.

STEP 3: SET GAIN RANGE

The SX Amplifiers’ UltraMatch gain structure features both a digital

input gain attenuator with five selectable Gain Ranges (1 volt, 2 volt,

4 volt, 8 volt and 16 volt) AND 12dB of “tweakable” Gain adjustment in

each range! This super wide adjustment range allows SX amplifiers to

crank with anything from budget head units to the highest power

factory decks!

In “Gear-Head” terms, the Gain Range and Gain adjustments can be

compared to the gear box and gas pedal of a race car. The Gain

Range represents what gear you’re in and the Gain represents

stepping on the gas. Just like a race car, THE GAIN RANGE OF

YOUR AMPLIFIER NEEDS TO BE CORRECTLY ADJUSTED TO

PROVIDE MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE! Here’s how to do it:

(From the Default screen)

A. Press the

ENTER

key to access Main menu.

B. Scroll through the Main menu using the

DOWN

key until the display reads SYSTEMand press

the

ENTER

key to access SYSTEMmenu.

C. Use the

DOWN

keys until the display reads

GAIN RANGE. Press

ENTER

to select the GAIN

RANGE

menu.

D. A standard car radio or head unit typically produces

less than a 4 volt RCA output. Use the

DOWN

keys until the display reads 1 V RANGE.If your radio is

actually capable of providing an RCA output voltage

equal to or greater than 2 volts, adjust the gain range as

necessary. If using speaker level signals, set the

GAIN RANGEto 8V RANGEor 16V RANGE

E. Press the

ESCAPE

key twice to return to the

MAIN menu. (Your

GAIN RANGE setting will be

automatically saved)

HOME

ENT

ESC

HOME

ENT

ESC

HOME

ENT

ESC

HOME

ENT

ESC

HOME

ENT

ESC

(x 2)

HOME

ENT

ESC

HOME

ENT

ESC

HOME

ENT

ESC

HOME

ENT

ESC

HOME

ENT

ESC

HOME

ENT

ESC

HOME

ENT

ESC

.4 Series Amplifiers

Full Range with Subsonic Filter.

12 dB Hi-Pass @ 25 Hz

High Pass Amp 1 & Amp 2.

24 dB Hi-Pass @ 84 Hz

Low Pass Amp 1 & Amp 2.

24 dB Lo-Pass @ 84 Hz

High Pass Amp 1 & Low Pass Amp 2.

24 dB Hi-Pass @ 84 Hz /24 dB Lo-Pass @ 84 Hz

.2 Series Amplifiers

Full Range with Subsonic Filter.

12 dB Hi-Pass @ 25 Hz

High Pass.

24 dB Hi-Pass @ 84 Hz

Low Pass with Subsonic Filter.

24 dB Lo-Pass @ 84 Hz /12 dB Hi-Pass @ 25 Hz

Midbass Band Pass.

24 dB Hi-Pass @ 84 Hz /24 dB Lo-Pass @ 177 Hz

.1 Series Amplifiers

Low Pass with Subsonic Filter.

12 dB Hi-Pass @ 25 Hz /24 dB Lo-Pass @ 80 Hz

...Memory 1 Plus Bass Boost.

+6 dB @ 40 Hz / Bandwidth (Q) 3.0

...Memory 2 Plus Kompressor.

Kompressor set on Contour

...Memory 2 Plus Kompressor.

Kompressor set on Red-Line

STEP 5: For Best Performance, Sam and Sid Recommend: READ THE MANUAL !!!

Memory - 1

Memory - 2

Memory - 3

Memory - 4

Both Amps

Amp - 1 Only

Amp - 2 Only

1V Range

2V Range

4V Range

8V Range

16V Range

Bypass On

Bypass Off

Amp 1 (4 Ch Only)

Amp 2 (4 Ch Only)

-24 to +24

Brightness

Temp C/F

Hold Time

Scrnsaver

Don't Lock

Lock It Up

Skip Reset

Do Reset

DSP Version

Sw Version

Hw Version

Date

1 - 11 sec Minimum

Low

Medium

High

Maximum

Farenheit

Celcius

Noise On/

Noise Off

Off

Auto

Current

History

Pink Noise

Amp-1 (4 Ch Only)

Amp2 (4 Ch Only)

Both

Left

Right

Amp-1 (4 Ch Only)

Amp2 (4 Ch Only)

Frequency

Boost/Cut

Bandwidth

Amp-1 (4 Ch Only)

Amp2 (4 Ch Only)

Frequency

Slope

Amp-1 (4 Ch Only)

Amp2 (4 Ch Only)

Frequency

Slope

Amp-1 (4 Ch Only)

Amp2 (4 Ch Only)

Both

Left

Right

0 Degree/ 180 Degree

Amp-1 (4 Ch Only)

Amp2 (4 Ch Only)

Both

Left

Right

Amp-1 (4 Ch Only)

Amp2 (4 Ch Only)

Off

Attack

Contour

Red-Line

Lock

Don't Lock

System

Gain

Lo-Pass

Kompressor

Security

Hi-Pass

Phase

Mute

Main Menu

Volt Now

Volt Min

Volt Max

Temp Now

Run Time

Sick Bay

Amp Name

Mem Name

Remote Ctl

Remote Adr

Gain Range

Bypass DSP

Komp.Adj

Display

Lock Code

Reset Amp

About

(4 Channel Only)

Kicker SX Amplifier Programming & Setup Flowchart

Temp Max

P.O. Box 459, Stillwater, OK, 74076

(405) 624-8510 www.kicker.com

Kicker SX-Series Amplifiers Owner's manual

Brand: Kicker

Model: SX-Series Amplifiers

Type: Owner's manual

Key Features:

UltraMatch Gain Structure: Featuring both a digital input gain attenuator and 12dB of "tweakable" gain adjustment, the SX Amplifiers provide a wide adjustment range to optimize performance with various head units.
Multiple Memory Presets: Store and recall up to four custom amplifier settings, each tailored to specific audio sources or listening preferences.

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