Dual Electronics DS652 2-Way 6 ½ inch Car Speakers
Getting Started
Thank you for purchasing the DS Series car speakers. Although Dual has attempted to make sure all of the information contained within this manual is accurate, please be aware that any part of it is subject to change without notice.
Safety
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To prevent injury and damage to the unit, please read and follow the instructions in this manual.
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If you feel unsure about installing this system yourself, have it installed by a qualified audio technician.
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Before installation, disconnect the battery negative (-) terminal to prevent damage to the unit, fire and/or possible injury.
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The following installation instructions are very basic. If you feel unsure about personally installing this speaker system, Dual recommends acquiring the services of a professional car audio installation center.
Before installation, please follow these guidelines:
- Be sure to carefully read and understand the instructions before attempting to install this product.
- For safety, disconnect the negative terminal from the battery prior to beginning the installation.
- For easier assembly: If additional wiring is required, we recommend running all wires prior to mounting your speaker in place.
- Use the highest quality connectors for a reliable installation and to minimize signal or power loss.
- Use caution before you drill or cut! Be careful not to cut or drill into gas tanks, fuel lines, brake or hydraulic lines, vacuum lines or electrical wiring when working on any vehicle.
- Never run speaker wires underneath your vehicle. Running speaker wires inside the vehicle provides the best protection from exhaust heat and environmental elements.
- Avoid running wires over, near, or through sharp edged surfaces. We suggest you also use rubber grommets to protect any wires routed through metal.
- When running the speaker cable from the amplifier, avoid running it near sources of high current (i.e. wiring harnesses, battery cables).
Mounting
- Determine where the speakers will be mounted. Make sure the area is large enough for the speaker to mount evenly. Also ensure the mounting location is deep enough for the speaker to fit.
- Refer to the specification chart to determine the proper diameter hole to cut for your speaker model.
- If needed, use the grille as a template to mark the locations for the mounting screws. Drill the holes with a 3/32″ bit.
- Be sure to observe proper polarity when connecting the wires. The speaker’s positive terminal is indicated with a “+” symbol.
- Fit the speaker to the hole cut-out. Mount the speaker using the supplied screws. If the speaker grill is to be used, insert 4 screws into the grill holes and then mount the speaker.
Standard Rear Deck Installation
Standard Door Installation
Specifications
The diagram featured above is to be used in conjunction with the specifications matrix guide below:
Limited One Year Warranty
This warranty gives you specific legal rights. You may also have other rights which vary from state to state.
Dual Electronics Corp. warrants this product to the original purchaser to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of the original purchase.
Dual Electronics Corp. agrees, at our option, during the warranty period, to repair any defect in material or workmanship or to furnish an equal new, renewed or comparable product (whichever is deemed necessary) in exchange without charges, subject to verification of the defect or malfunction and proof of the date of purchase. Subsequent replacement products are warranted for the balance of the original warranty period.
Who is covered?
This warranty is extended to the original retail purchaser for products purchased and used in the U.S.A.
What is covered?
This warranty covers all defects in material and workmanship in this product. The following are not covered: installation/removal costs, damage resulting from accident, misuse, abuse, neglect, product modification, improper installation, incorrect line voltage, unauthorized repair or failure to follow instructions supplied with the product, or damage occurring during return shipment of the product.
What to do?
- Before you call for service, check the troubleshooting guide in your owner’s manual.
A slight adjustment of any custom controls or connections discussed in your instruction booklet may save you a service call. - If you require service during the warranty period, you must carefully pack the product (preferably in the original package) and ship it by prepaid transportation with a copy of the original receipt from the retailer to an authorized service center.
- Please describe your problem in writing and include your name, a return UPS shipping address (P.O. Box not acceptable), and a daytime phone number with your shipment.
- For more information and for the location of the nearest authorized service center please contact us by one of the following methods:
Call us toll-free at 1-866-382-5476
E-mail us at [email protected]
Exclusion of Certain Damages:
This warranty is exclusive and in lieu of any and all other warranties, expressed or implied, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and any obligation, liability, right, claim or remedy in contract or tort, whether or not arising from the company’s negligence, actual or imputed. No person or representative is authorized to assume for the company any other liability in connection with the sale of this product. In no event shall the company be liable for indirect, incidental or consequential damages.
FAQs
The tweeter is flush with the speaker, thus there is no bulge; nevertheless, once the box’s included coverings are on, the tweeter protrudes outward.
The fundamental advantage of a 2-way speaker is that it has a passive crossover built into the speaker box, which enables the speaker to work as efficiently as possible. The sound quality is frequently better if a signal is solely separated into high frequencies and low frequencies.
The only actual options for connecting two speakers to a single amplifier are parallel and series connections. You can typically connect speakers in parallel if they have an impedance of 8 ohms or higher. Wire your speakers in series if their combined impedance is less than 8 ohms.
Because they have a dedicated woofer, two-way speakers are effective for bass. The woofer handles the low frequency, but you can choose to add an extra subwoofer to enhance the low bass tones and enhance your listening experience.
It will indeed be louder. In the simplest scenario, you would really get four times the intensity if you could reproduce the precise signal throughout space since intensity adds quadratically rather than linearly to sound waves.
Because 3-way speakers have an additional driver, a dedicated subwoofer that solely handles low frequencies, they offer more options and generally superior sound quality. Three-way speaker types are offered by some of the top speaker manufacturers. improved voice clarity If the cross-over is effective, distortion won’t occur.
High and low frequencies are provided through a two-way speaker. has a tweeter typically for highs and a woofer or mid bass typically for lows. This speaker is passive and is powered by an external amplifier similar to a stereo receiver. A speaker that has its own amplifier built in is referred to as an active speaker.
Coaxial speakers are often coupled in the manner of a woofer and a tweeter, whilst 2 way speakers are typically paired in the manner of a subwoofer 1 and a subwoofer 2 to provide the highest quality sound.
A two-way speaker with a sub-woofer and a tweeter might be combined with a midrange, tweeter, and super tweeter in a three-way configuration. But that’s pretty much where it comes to an end. Contrarily, component speakers offer limitless customizability.
Car main speakers: 50–60 Hz; the main speaker crossovers’ most important function is to obstruct low-end bass (frequencies 80 Hz and below) 3-3.5 kHz for two-way speakers (high pass) 1-3.5 kHz is the midrange. 300 Hz and 3.5 kHz in a 3-way system.
The woofer and tweeter are two different types of drivers found in 2-way speakers. A speaker called a woofer is made specifically to reproduce low-frequency sounds, whereas a tweeter is made to reproduce high-frequency sounds. The mid-range, woofer, and tweeter drivers, collectively known as the 3-way speaker, produce sound.
A crossover in the 2-way speaker will separate the audio into high-frequency and low-frequency bands. In general, a tweeter will receive high frequencies, and a woofer will get low frequencies. Although it varies from speaker to speaker, the crossover frequency is normally about 2 kHz.
Although a subwoofer is not necessary for speakers to work, it almost always makes sense to add one to a set of speakers, particularly smaller bookshelf speakers.
The most typical reason for blown speakers is just pushing the volume up too high and leaving it there for a long time, but there are many other, more technical reasons as well. Inadequate sound system design might also increase the likelihood that the speakers will eventually explode.
A automobile sound system typically ranges in volume from 90 to 130 dB. To put that into perspective, 90 dB is comparable to loud street noise from five feet away, while 130 dB is regarded as the pain threshold.
A speaker with a larger cone can move more air for a given amount of power from an amplifier and so offer greater efficiency when it comes to building automotive audio speakers. This larger cone and suspension system will be able to produce greater bass due to its lower resonance frequency and larger cone size.
