Specifications

Owner’s Enjoyment Manual
The Strength of Digital
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Auxiliary Input: Your DQL-8 is equipped
with a 2-channel auxiliary input that allows you
to add an external audio source like an iPod, Sat
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ellite Radio tuner, etc. To activate this input, you
need to push the Master Level control volume
knob. It will click once and a bright blue LED
will come on your dash control indicating that
the auxiliary input is now turned on. When
using a second source you will want to use the
Master Volume control to control this source’s
loudness.
MODE: Crossover
Figure 11: Crossover Screen
4 ch – Outputs to the Front, Rear, and Sub-
woofer outputs with the Subwoofer receiving
signal from your Front signals.
The top left hand corner of the Crossover
screen will indicate which “Output” mode
you are in. The display also shows the current
crossover and subsonic filter frequency settings.
These are the points where the subwoofer out
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put begins, where the subwoofer/midrange meet
and where the midrange/highpass outputs cross
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over. Using the “Left” and “Right” arrows you
6 ch FH=90 RH=90
Mode PFM=250 Sub=90
can scroll between the following settings:
FH: Lowest frequency of your Front output
RH: Lowest frequency of your Rear output.
Sub: Subwoofer crossover frequency.
PFM: The Programmable Frequency Match
(PFM) is a high pass filter that serves as a 24 dB/
octave subsonic filter for your system. Typically
you will want to set this at the absolute bottom
end or tuning frequency of your system.
MODE: Front EQ, Rear EQ,
Sub EQ
Figure 12: Graphic EQ Screen
Your DQL-8 has numerous graphical equaliza-
tion filters for each channel; thirty for the front
channels and nineteen for the rear plus sixteen
for the subwoofer. In the Graphic EQ mode,
you can select any of the frequencies, one at a
time, and apply boost or cut. The menu screens
for your graphic equalizers are labeled Front EQ,
Rear EQ, and Sub EQ respectfully. In addition
you can select whether you want the equaliza
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tion controls to affect the left and right channels
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Front EQ Freq = 1kHz
L= +6dB >o< R =+4dB