Rockford Fosgate 500.2 User Manual

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RCA inputs are connected to both 
left and right channels
Signal Input Switch selected to 
Unbalanced for RCA input
Left Phase Switch set to 
0
°
Right Phase Switch set to 
180
°
Inverting the right signal will allow the bridged woofer to operate correctly
Gain for left and right channels 
set equally to balance the subwoofer
Impedance for 
bridged channel should be 4
Ω
 minimum
XCard is in 
High-Pass, Low-Pass or Full Range position
Bridged Operation
EZ-Bridged Operation
I
N
S
T
A
L
L
A
T
I
O
N
®
®
RCA input is connected to 
L (Mono) input
Signal Input Switch to 
Unbalanced for RCA input
Left Phase Switch at 
0
°
Right Phase Switch set to 
E-Z Bridge for the following to occur:
L (Mono) RCA input to drive both the left and right channels
Left Gain will control both the left and right channels
Right Phase will be inverted 
180
°
 which will allow the bridged woofer to operate
correctly
Impedance for 
bridged channel should be 4
Ω
 minimum
XCard is in the 
High-Pass, Low-Pass or Full Range position
L
(Mono)
180
°
- 0
°
Phase
0 – 180
°
RCA
Input
R
Gain
Pass Thru
R
Gain
Balanced
Input
L
L
Bass
 EQ
EZ Bridged
Pass Thru
R
+
4
Ω
 min.
+
Speaker
Terminal
Speaker
Terminal
Speaker
+    L    –
Speaker
–    R    +
Unbalanced
Balanced
L
(Mono)
180
°
- 0
°
Mono
Input
R
Gain
Pass Thru
R
Gain
Balanced
Input
L
L
Bass
 EQ
EZ Bridged
Pass Thru
R
+
4
Ω
 min.
+
Speaker
Terminal
Speaker
Terminal
Speaker
+    L    –
Speaker
–    R    +
Phase
0 – 180
°
Unbalanced
Balanced