alpine mrd-m500, settings?

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Topic: alpine mrd-m500, settings?

Posted By: bigboy_13_420
Subject: alpine mrd-m500, settings?
Date Posted: July 23, 2006 at 2:11 PM

ok i recently bought this amp from a friend its a alpine mrd-m500 v12 mono amp . the thing about this amp is that all the all the gaines and crossovers and bass engine is electronic its fully electronic so i have no idea hot to tune this thing i kinda have some idea but i wanna get the best sound out of this amp to the amp i have 2 10inch alpine r type 10221 i think the ones before the recent one i think they are 300watts rms peak they are dual 20hh +2ohm . does anyone know how to tune this amp i would really appreciate it . i also dont understand why in the owners manual it says 400rms at 12v and 500rms at 14.4v how do i run this amp at 500rms at 14.4v????????????????

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Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: July 23, 2006 at 6:12 PM

Here's a copy of their owner's manual for you:

Alpine MRD-M500

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA

Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: July 23, 2006 at 6:14 PM

To get 500 watts power from this amp you must wire your sub woofers in a 2 ohm load.

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA