Installation - General Suggestions; Mounting Locations - Ra Audio Ra13.2 Bedienungsanleitung

INSTALLATION – GENERAL SUGGESTIONS
GENERAL SUGGESTIONS
a Make sure you have enough high quality speaker wire at hand to reach
all the drivers and crossovers from their intended mounting locations!
The preferable wire cross-section is 2x2.5mm². Please consider that for
quality reasons, only the tweeter (and the mid/woofer in the RA16.3 set) are
provided with extension leads contained in this set. All other speaker wires
– i.e. to connect the mid/woofers and the amplifier to the crossover(s) – must
be purchased separately from your Radical Audio dealer.
s Before you attempt to install the tweeter or mid/woofer to the doors of a
vehicle, check the available mounting depth! Make sure the speakers or
cross-overs do not interfere with either the door mechanism, or the window
operation.
d Before you start any disassembly, wiring work or installation, disconnect
the negative power cable main lead from the battery for your own safety!
f Never run speaker wires over or through sharp edges. Use rubber grommets
to protect wires routed through metal.

MOUNTING LOCATIONS

A solid front stage with good imaging is one of the most difficult things to
achieve in a vehicle! Mostly because the speakers are placed where they will
fit, as opposed where they can perform best. In most cases the factory cutouts
offer a stable and convenient mounting platform for the mid/woofers. In some
cases you will need to purchase car specific plastic adaptors for proper moun-
ting of Euro-DIN basket mid/woofers to the factory speaker cutouts in the front
doors.
The chosen mounting location for the tweeters will have a profound and direct
influence on the sound staging of the component system. Therefore, after
mounting the mid/woofers and crossovers – it is recommended to provisionally
fix both tweeters in several positions to evaluate the resutling sound quality,
before panels get drilled and cut.
MOUNTING GUIDELINES:
a Place the tweeters where they have a direct and unobstructed path to the
listening area. The best visual location may not be the best sounding one!
s The installation of your component set is carried out best following this
sequence of steps: Removal of Factory Speakers z Wire Routing z
Installation of the Mid/Woofers z Mounting the Crossovers z Mounting the
Tweeters z Mounting the Midrange Units (only for RA16.3)
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