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GRAND TOURING SERIES
™
Automotive
Subwoofers
P-800, P-1000, P-1200, P-1500 Owner’s Manual
GENUINE JBL
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Deepbeat™ anti-resonance • A Few Words JBL Power Series Thank you for choosing this chassis coating on the basket to 02 Features About Enclosures JBL Power Series subwoofer. The prevent audible ringing The JBL Power Series consists The enclosure or box that you Power Series of automotive sub- • Thermosink™ motor assembly of serious subwoofers that are choose for your Power Series woofers is designed to be used in coating to dissipate heat and unlike any others in their class. woofer will defin
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Sealed enclosures exert the most and the low-frequency response Your Car And Enclosure Calculation and control over the motion of a sub- of a subwoofer. Finally, although 03 The BASS Made In It Building woofer because the air acts like a information is available for Depending on the size of the vehi- Recommended box designs spring against the motion of the Bandpass enclosures from your cle, bass frequencies below 50Hz are available from your JBL JBL Dealer, any variations from woofer cone. Larg
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overall cone excursion at the 3. All joints should be glued and one port diameter away from any Materials: expense of limited bandwidth. screwed; do not use nails. obstructions inside or outside of • 3/4" or thicker MDF 04 ”Deck“ or ”Zip“ screws are rec- the box. Minimum recommended • Caulk 1. Dimensions: Whenever possi- ommended since they have port size is as follows: • PVC or ABS pipe ble, try not to make a box that coarse threads for better grip • Deck screws has dimensions that are equal to
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• Voice-coil overheating and • Sharp ”popping“ sounds coming Possible Perils Pertaining 5 Ohms And System burning is typically caused by from a woofer indicate that the 05 To Power Handling Optimization overdriving an amplifier into voice coil is ”bottoming out“ or The power-handling capability of In order to increase flexibility, ”clipping“ . This damages more hitting the back of the motor any woofer is related to both its the Power Series subwoofers are speakers than any other cause. structure.
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Specifications Component Systems Specifications: P-800 P-1000 P-1200 P-1500 06 Usable frequency range 35Hz – 5kHz 30Hz – 1.5kHz 25Hz – 2kHz 20Hz – 1.2kHz Recommended power amplifier range 18W – 250W 18W – 300W 18W – 350W 18W – 400W Continuous power handling 200W 260W 280W 300W Voice coil diameter 1.5" 2.0" 2.0" 2.0" Sensitivity (2.83 volt/1 meter) 90dB 90dB 92dB 93dB Impedance 5 ohms 5 ohms 5 ohms 5 ohms Thiele/Small Parameters Free-air resonance (Fs) 28Hz 30Hz 30Hz 28Hz Total Damping (Qt) 0.34 0.3
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Warranty Terms: 1-Year Transferable Limited Warranty This is an important document. What is Covered by this Warranty include incidental or consequential Do Not Return Products to the JBL Attach your Bill of Sale to this Except as specified below, the JBL damages. JBL reserves the right Factory without Authorization. 07 page and keep it in a safe place. to replace a discontinued model warranty covers all defects in They will be Returned Unopened. Your Bill of Sale is your warranty. with a comparab
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G N 5 I 0 T A Y Declaration of Conformity We, JBL Europe A/S Kongevejen 194B DK-3460 Birkerød DENMARK declare in own responsibility, that the products described in this owner’s manual are in compliance with technical standards: EN 50 081-1/1992 EN 50 082-1/3.1995 Steen Michaelsen JBL Europe A/S Birkerød. DENMARK. 4/97 JBL Consumer Products 80 Crossways Park West Woodbury, NY 11797 8500 Balboa Blvd. Northridge, CA 91329 800-336-4JBL (4525) www.jbl.com A Harman International Company Part No. POW
