Audio Control EPIC-160 Manuals

page 1 tm tmtm tmtm In-Dash Bass Processor/SPL Meter Owner’s Enjoyment Manual C ongratulations on your purchase of the world’s finest in-dash bass restoration processor with an SPL (sound pressure level) display. Whether this is your first product from the rainforest dwellers of AudioControl or you are already a firm believer, you will definitely enjoy the EPIC-160. Remember, it comes from AudioControl, the experts at bass enhancement and building SPL displays and measurement tools. Now before you start salivating too much just thinking about what the EPIC-160 can add to your system, take a few minutes to sit back, have a latté, decaffeinated if necessary, and read through this manual. It contains lots of useful facts and information (and besides, we spent a lot of time writing it)!! Features Of The EPIC-160 Here are some of the cool features that are enclosed in this magical box: • Patented bass restoration circuit - U.S. Patent #4,698,842 • SPL display up to 160 dB • Battery Voltage indicator • Speaker level inputs • Para-BASS Controls • Balanced differential inputs 22410 70th Avenue West • Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 USA Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166 • www.audiocontrol.com ® page 2 FEATURES AND HIGHLIGHTS Patented Bass Restoration: The EPIC-160 contains the most popular bass maximization circuitry in the world made famous by The Epicenter. This circuit accurately recreates and injects low frequency information back into the signal path. What that means in everyday terms is that the EPIC-160 will give more bass impact to your best compact discs, MP3 tracks or even your old tapes (if you happen to have any lying around). US Patent #4,698,842. SPL display: AudioControl designs and manufactures a complete line of professional real time analyzers/SPL meters and microphone calibrators that are used by professional sound contrac- tors, studio engineers and are the standard measurement tools for sound-off organizations like IASCA and USACi. It is that back- ground that lets us equip the EPIC-160 with a 160 dB capable microphone and SPL display. Battery Voltage Indicator: The EPIC-160 gives you the option of measuring the SPL output of your system and it also allows monitoring of the battery voltage of your system. Wonder why your SPL is a little lower this week versus last? Many times you should check your cars electrical system to make sure it is still putting out like it used to. Speaker Level Inputs: If you are like most people and like the look and features of your factory installed source unit but feel it’s lacking power (and bass), we have good news. The EPIC-160 has a unique high impedance speaker level input that will interface with most factory installed source units (even Bose) and let you add amplifiers and speakers to your hearts content. However, unlike some of the cheesy LOC’s (line output converters) available, the EPIC-160 offers a very high fidelity sound quality input. Para-BASStm Equalization: The EPIC-160 will increase your bass, and control it. The EPIC-160 uses our Para- BASS equalization circuit to help shape the enhanced bass to match with your speaker system. Bulletproof Warranty: The most important feature of all. Every AudioControl product is self- lessly designed and manufactured by the occupants of our rainforest factory. We take every effort to ensure that you will have page 3 many years of enjoyment out of your EPIC-160. To ensure the performance of your new toy, we highly recommend that you allow your authorized AudioControl dealer to perform the installation. Not only do they have all the right knowl- edge and tools, but also in the unlikely chance the EPIC-160 should fail, we will back it with a limited five years parts and labor warranty. Should you choose to install it yourself we will still give you one-year parts and labor warranty. To activate your warranty, you need to FILL OUT AND SEND IN YOUR WARRANTY CARD! We also recommend that you save your invoice or sales slip as proof of installation and ownership. Not only is it necessary for warranty purposes, but should your EPIC-160 turn up “missing” some day while you are out watching the salmon run, you will find insurance companies are very unforgiving without proof of pur- chase. We interrupt your reading of this manual to provide the impatient people with “Quick Install” information and guide- lines: The AudioControl EPIC-160 was designed to produce bass like you have never heard before. With that said it is important to take the following precautions during its use. 1. If you have an equalizer in your system, turn down any bass tone controls and initally use the EPIC-160 to pump up your bass. Otherwise, the results could be, shall we say... interesting. 2. You will want to reduce any bass tone control, loudness control, or other secondary bass controls prior to turning on the EPIC- 160. Once your system is up and running, you may then opt to use them again, although we doubt it! 3. Good bass response requires an appropriate choice of speakers and amplification. Since the bass frequencies always require more power and cone area than higher frequencies...BE PRE- PARED. Small speakers (smaller than 6x9 or 8”) and lack of power will be detrimental to your system (and themselves). Now back to your previously interrupted Owner’s Enjoyment Manual