Connecting The Power Terminal - Pioneer PRS-A900 El Manual Del Propietario

Connecting the Unit

Connecting the Power Terminal

• We recommended that you use the special red
battery and ground wire [RD-228], which is sold
separately. Connect the battery wire directly to
the car battery positive terminal (+) and the
ground wire to the car body.
• Recommended wires size (AWG: American Wire
Gauge) is as follows. The battery wire and the
ground wire must be same size.
• Use a 10 AWG to 20 AWG wire for the system
remote control wire.
Battery Wire and Ground Wire Size
Wire Length less than 3.6 m
less than 12 ft.
Wire Size 8 AWG
1. Pass the battery wire from the
engine compartment to the interior
of the vehicle.
• After making all other connections to the
amplifier, connect the battery wire terminal
of the amplifier to the positive (+) terminal of
the battery.
Fuse (40 A × 2)
Positive (+)
terminal
Insert the O-ring rubber grom-
met into the vehicle body.
11 11
less than 6.4 m
less than 21 ft.
6 AWG
Interior of
Engine
the vehicle
compartment
Drill a 14
mm (1/2 in.)
hole into the
vehicle body.
2. Connect the wires to the terminal.
• Fix the wires securely with the terminal
screws.
System remote
control terminal
Power terminal
Battery wire
System remote
control wire
WARNING
Failure to securely fasten the battery wire to the ter-
minal using the terminal screws could cause the ter-
minal area to overheat and could result in damage
and injury including minor burns.
3. Put the wire ties in the slits and
wrap the wire ties around the wires.
• Make sure the wires are connected and
attached properly before wrapping the wire
ties around the wires.
• Wrap the wire tie around the wire insulation,
not the stripped wire.
• Cut off any excess portions of the wire ties.
Terminal
screw
GND
terminal
Ground wire
Wire tie