CERWIN Vega XED525C 2-Way Component Speakers Car Accessories
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations for purchasing Cerwin Vega Mobile speakers for your car audio system. You have chosen Cerwin Vega Mobile because you deserve the best!
Cerwin Vega Mobile speakers are designed and engineered to reproduce great sound quality for many years of listening enjoyment in your vehicle! We highly recommend that your new speakers be installed by an authorized Cerwin Vega Mobile dealer. Your authorized dealer can professionally assemble/disassemble the interior of your vehicle and set the proper speaker placement for ideal sound quality.
If you decide to install the speakers by yourself, please thoroughly read through this manual before getting started. This manual will help familiarize yourself with these speakers and guide you through the installation process and procedures.
Please contact your local authorized Cerwin Vega Mobile dealer if you have any questions regarding the instructions in this manual. If you require additional assistance, please contact the Cerwin Vega Mobile Technical Support Department during business hours at 213-261-4161.
FEATURES/SPECS
- 275 Watts MAX
- Curvilinear Poly Cone
- Butyl Rubber Surround
- Balanced Piezo Metal Dome .75” CV Tweeter
- Black Coat Stamped Steel Basket
- Signature Cerwin-Vega Sound!
- Hardware
SPECIFICATIONS
INSTALLATION
Tweeter Installation
When flush or surface mounting tweeters, make sure the desired location can accommodate the hole sizes and depth required. The tweeter can also be surface mounted atop the dash, door, or rear deck. Mount cup using the provided hardware, flush mount illustration shown below. The flush mount bezel requires cutting a 1.75 (45mm) round opening. Be sure there is AT LEAST 1 INCH (25.4mm) behind the panel so the tweeter has adequate clearance. Remember when using a hole saw the thickness of the saw teeth will add to the cut diameter. Mount the surface cup at the desired angle with provided screws in the tweeter mounting kit. Route speaker wires through tweeter cup, connect the tweeter to wires, and snap the tweeter into the cup by aligning the notches in the tweeter cup with the notches in the tweeter base. Be careful not to push on the center of the tweeter grill.
Crossover Installation
Install in a well ventilated area whenever possible. If you must install the passive crossovers in the doors due to the use of factory wiring. As you “feed” into the door cavity, ensure that the crossover is installed behind the door panel instead of inside the door itself. This will offer the greatest capacity for avoiding any water damage caused by rain or moisture. Also avoid placing it near factory wiring looms to ensure no radiated noise problems. Connect the input side labeled “AMP” of each passive crossover to the amplifier’s speaker output terminals. Be sure to observe correct polarity for positive and negative terminals. Next, connect the middle terminals labeled “MID” to the midrange speaker. Be sure that the wiring is protected all the way to the terminal and that the wires are secure at both the speaker and passive crossover. Finally, connect the end terminals on the far right hand side labeled “TWT” to the tweeter. Be careful to observe the correct polarity when connecting the tweeter to its lead wires as these are smaller gauge and require care and patience to connect correctly.
Installing the Speakers
Your new Cerwin Vega Mobile series speakers were designed with the flexibility to be installed in multiple locations. However, to ensure the best performance possible, it is important to isolate the front sound waves of the speaker from its rear sound waves. This is done by securely mounting the speaker to a flat surface known as a baffle. Make sure to seal the speaker to ensure there are no air leaks around its frame.
Rear Deck Mounting
There are two primary methods for mounting speakers in the rear deck of a vehicle, top and bottom mounting. Top mounting requires dropping the speakers in through the deck (interior) while bottom mounting secures the speakers from underneath (trunk). Either method requires a good seal around the frame for the best performance.
WARRANTY
Thank you for purchasing a Cerwin Vega Mobile product and we hope to provide you with countless hours of listening enjoyment.
Please take a brief moment to register your new product. By registering your new product, you will receive benefits such as:
- Important product notifications that may pertain to your purchase.
- Confirmation and record of ownership in case of loss or theft.
- Knowledgeable customer service and technical assistance pertaining to your product.
Register your new product by completely filling out this Product and Warranty Registration card or register online at www.cerwinvegamobile.com
Registration is voluntary and failure to register will not diminish your limited warranty rights.
Limited Warranty (U.S.A)
Cerwin Vega Mobile warrants all of our amplifiers and speakers to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year.
This warranty is non-transferable and applies only to the original purchaser from an authorized Cerwin Vega Mobile dealer. If service is required and necessary under this warranty due to manufacturing defect or malfunction, then Cerwin Vega Mobile will repair and/or replace defective product with either new or remanufactured like product at no charge at our discretion.
Damage to product caused by the following will not be covered under this warranty: abuse, accident, misuse, neglect, modifications, repairing attempts, seller/installer misrepresentation.
This warranty does not cover any incidental, consequential, or cosmetic damage due to accidents or normal wear and tear, nor does it cover the cost of removing or reinstallation of the product.
Warranty is void if the product’s serial number has been removed, defaced, and/or tampered with.
Warranty Procedure:
We recommend that you contact your Cerwin Vega Mobile authorized dealer where your original purchase was made to initiate all warranty claims. Our authorized dealers can guide you through the warranty procedure to ensure that your claim will be processed in a timely manner. All warranty returns must be accompanied with a proof of purchase (a copy of the original sales receipt) and be shipped freight prepaid to our facility with an RA (Return Authorization) number clearly marked on the outside of the package. Direct returns from consumers or non-authorized dealers will be refused if shipped without a valid RA number authorized by Cerwin Vega Mobile beforehand.
INTERNATIONAL
Products purchased outside of the U.S.A. are covered only by that country’s distributor and not by Cerwin Vega Mobile U.S.A.
Please Ship All Warranty Claims With Pre-Authorized RA Number To: CV&DA Holdings, Inc.
ATTN: Customer Service Department 1225 E. 7th St. Los Angeles, CA 90021 USA
Please Contact Customer Service for Further Warranty Information: U.S.A.
Tel: 213-261-4161 / Fax: 213-947-4767
FAQs
A component speaker will generate music that is louder, distortion-free, and spans a wider frequency range, while each has benefits and drawbacks. Even though there are many excellent coaxial speakers on the market, they fall short of the best component speakers. A coaxial speaker has an integrated tweeter and a broad frequency range.
A automobile audio speaker that has been matched for the finest sound quality is known as a component speaker. A crossover is frequently used to pair a pair of tweeters and mid-bass drivers in order to limit the frequency range that each speaker must reliably reproduce.
Every speaker system needs a crossover of some form. Separate outboard crossovers are included with component speaker sets, and a lot of them contain selections for the tweeter level. A modest crossover network is already built into every full-range, coaxial speaker, with the tweeter placed in front of the woofer cone.
Even though it is true that a speaker’s suspension may loosen with time, there is no need to play a speaker at half power or low volumes for an extended period of time in order to facilitate or ease into this.
Use a two channel amp or, if bridged, a four channel amp for a quality component speaker arrangement. Now, if you wish to power a subwoofer or speakers, you must select an amp in accordance with that configuration.
Although less common, component speakers are frequently used by audiophiles to build high-performance car audio systems. These speakers can only produce high, midrange, or low tones because each one only has one driver.
Component speakers are passive devices since they have no internal amplification. The audio signal feeding the speakers must be amplified to a high enough voltage in order for them to produce a volume that you will enjoy listening to.
Compared to coaxial speakers, the sound produced by component speakers is much clearer, more flexible, and frequently louder.
Component speakers often provide higher-quality music because the tweeter is situated in a way that gives it the best sound quality. Coaxial speakers may produce muddy music due to the close closeness of the woofer and tweeter.
The component speakers’ woofers provide lower bass frequencies. At the factory, these are often put in the doors. Due to their independence from the tweeters, these speakers can produce sound more efficiently with less interference and distortion.
The speaker’s positive lead needs to be linked to the positive battery end, and its negative lead needs to be attached to the negative battery end. If the speaker can still generate a pulse, it is still functional. The same process would apply to the tweeter speaker.
Connecting your speakers to your system and using them as you normally would is the simplest method to use them. The speakers are typically deemed sufficiently broken in after 20 to 30 hours of nonstop use, and they frequently continue to develop and improve for the first hundred or so hours.
Crossovers, subwoofers, and tweeters are the basic components of component speakers. Every one of these units has a job to complete in order to produce a finished performance.
In 2-way speakers, there are two separate types of drivers: the woofer and the tweeter. A tweeter is designed to reproduce high-frequency sounds, whereas a speaker known as a woofer is intended primarily to reproduce low-frequency sounds. The 3-way speaker’s drivers, which include the mid-range, woofer, and tweeter, generate sound.
The component speakers and the subwoofer share two of the three available channels. Three-channel amplifiers are frequently used because they offer a good solution for the restricted space in vehicles with small interiors.
