Specifications

Owner’s Enjoyment Manual
AudioControl®
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A GUIDED TOUR OF DQL-8
❶ Digital Dash Control (DDC) Input:
This input allows you to connect the optional
AudioControl Digital Dash Control (DDC) which
will control your DQL-8 from the convenience
of the driver’s seat, passengers seat, back seat or
anywhere else the cable will stretch. See your
authorized AudioControl dealer for more infor
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mation about this option or check out www.
audiocontrol.com.
❷ Auxiliary Input: This input accepts
a two-channel audio signal from a secondary
source unit (i.e., iPod, satellite radio, or turntable)
and feeds it into the front, rear, and subwoofer
output channels, depending upon which of the
Output Modes is selected. The input is activated
when you tap the dash control knob. The Aux
Input is selected when the LED is on.
❸ Speaker Level Inputs: The DQL-8 has
eight speaker-level inputs. These inputs get their
signals from the speaker-level outputs of your
factory-installed source unit or amplifier (if your
vehicle is so equipped). If your source unit has
front, rear, and subwoofer speaker-level outputs,
connect them to the appropriate inputs on your
DQL-8. If the source unit only has front and rear
inputs, the Auto Mode circuitry in your DQL-8
automatically routes the Channel 3 / Rear input
channels to the subwoofer channels.
❹ Input Level: These knobs allow you to
maximize the signal level that goes from your
source unit into your DQL-8 to achieve maxi
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mum signal-to-noise ratio.
❺ Input Maximized Indicators: These
nifty LED’s (Light Emitting Diode if you are curi
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ous) indicate that you are supplying the DQL-8
digital signal processor its optimum signal volt
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age. If the LED indicators never come on, don’t
assume that it is not working (since LED’s rarely
break) but you might consider adding a line driv
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er to your system for more input signal strength.
❻ Output Level Controls: Although your
DQL-8 has the ability to increase your signal
voltage, your amplifiers may not necessarily ac
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cept that high a signal. These controls allow you
to regulate the proper amount of pre-amp signal
from the DQL-8 to the amplifiers.
❼ Select: Use this button to select one of the
various equalization, crossover, display, or mem
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ory modes of your DQL-8.