Audio Control DQL-8 Specifications

DigitalThe Strength of DQL-8Owner’s Enjoyment ManualEight Channel Line Output Converter with Digital Signal Processing and Auxiliary InputAudioControl

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®7A GUIDED TOUR OF DQL-8❶ Digital Dash Control (DDC) Input: This input allows you to connect the optional AudioCon

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital™8❶❷ ❸❹❺❽❻❼❾ ❿Figure 2: Top view of the DQL-8

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®9❽ Navigation Arrows: These multi-func-tion buttons perform a number of duties, de-pending upon which mode your D

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital ™10INSTALLING THE DQL-8 Up to this point everything you have read has served to educate you on the ope

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®113) DQL-8 Audio WiringPlanning: As you may already have guessed, there are numerous ways to configure the DQL-8

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital™12Figure 4: Four channel inputs with six output channels. Subwoofer output fed by crossed over main i

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®13Figure 5: Four input channels with Auxiliary input with six output channels. Subwoofer output fed via automode

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital ™14Speaker-Level InputsThe DQL-8 is designed to accept an amplified, speaker-level signal from a facto

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®154) Adjust the DQL-8 input level controls for each input until your RTA is displaying a smooth or flat response

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital ™16Level MatchingIf you have ever listened to a friend’s “killer” car audio system and heard lots of h

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Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®17Dash ControlPlacement And Mounting The dash control may be mounted under the dash using its own bracket or thro

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital ™Navigating Your DQL-8 MenusOne of the major benefits of using an AudioControl digital processor is th

AudioControl®19Figure 8: DQL-8 Menu Tree

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital ™Summing, Output Modes, and Level ControlThe DQL-8 has the ability to accept two, four, six or eight i

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®put, Channel 3 / Rear inputs feed Rear Highpass outputs, and Channel 4 / Sub inputs feed the Subwoofer outputs. “

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital ™Auxiliary Input: Your DQL-8 is equipped with a 2-channel auxiliary input that allows you to add an ex

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®individually or control both channels at the same time. Freq(uency): This corner of the screen indi-cates which

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital ™Using the Left and Right arrows will cause the cur-sor to highlight one of the following functions: R

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®Adjusting the Equalizer When it comes to music, everyone’s taste is different. Some people want pounding bass an

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital ™one of the most difficult to properly reproduce. Most people prefer their bass frequencies to be 6 t

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital™TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®TroubleshootingNo Power: If the blue display on your DQL-8 will not turn on, check to make sure that the power w

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital ™28Under the Cover1) Input Grounding: For many systems you can leave this jumper in the UNBALANCED pos

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®29Here are the conditional conditions:1. You have to fill out the warranty card and send it to us within 15 days

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital™DQL-8 BLOCK DIAGRAM - Two Channel Mode 30

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®31DQL-8 BLOCK DIAGRAM - Four Channel Mode

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital™32DQL-8 BLOCK DIAGRAM - Six Channel / DQL-8 BLOCK DIAGRAM - Independent Sub Mode

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®®22410 70th Avenue WestMountlake Terrace, WA 98043 USAPhone: 425-775-8461Fax: 425-778-3166www.audiocontrol.comAud

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®KEY FEATURES OF THE DQL-8 Here are some of the cool features that are en-closed in this magical box:• Eight spe

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital ™2FEATURES AND HIGHLIGHTSEight Speaker-Level Inputs: If you are like many people who like the look and

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®Remote Subwoofer Level Control (included) al-lows you to add a dash-mounted control to your DQL-8 that will adjus

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital ™4your local latté stand, you will find insurance companies very unforgiving without proof of purchase

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualAudioControl®QUICK INSTALLATION INFORMATIONFor those of you short on time, but high on ambition, we offer the following sectio

Owner’s Enjoyment ManualThe Strength of Digital™6Figure 1: Basic DQL-8 System. Push dash control to select auxiliary input