CERWIN Vega XED650C 2-Way Component Speaker Set
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations for purchasing Cerwin Vega Mobile speakers for your car audio system. You have chosen Cerwin Vega Mobile because you deserve the best!
Cerwin Vega Mobile speakers are designed and engineered to reproduce great sound quality for many years of listening enjoyment in your vehicle! We highly recommend that your new speakers be installed by an authorized Cerwin Vega Mobile dealer. Your authorized dealer can professionally assemble/disassemble the interior of your vehicle and set the proper speaker placement for ideal sound quality.
If you decide to install the speakers by yourself, please thoroughly read through this manual before getting started. This manual will help familiarize yourself with these speakers and guide you through the installation process and procedures.
Please contact your local authorized Cerwin Vega Mobile dealer if you have any questions regarding the instructions in this manual. If you require additional assistance, please contact the Cerwin Vega Mobile Technical Support Department during business hours at 213-261-4161.
FEATURES/SPECS
- 275 Watts MAX
- Curvilinear Poly Cone
- Butyl Rubber Surround
- Balanced Piezo Metal Dome .75” CV Tweeter
- Black Coat Stamped Steel Basket
- Signature Cerwin-Vega Sound!
- Hardware
SPECIFICATIONS
INSTALLATION
Tweeter Installation
When flush or surface mounting tweeters, make sure the desired location can accommodate the hole sizes and depth required. The tweeter can also be surface mounted atop the dash, door, or rear deck. Mount cup using the provided hardware, flush mount illustration shown below. The flush mount bezel requires cutting a 1.75 (45mm) round opening. Be sure there is AT LEAST 1 INCH (25.4mm) behind the panel so the tweeter has adequate clearance. Remember when using a hole saw the thickness of the saw teeth will add to the cut diameter. Mount the surface cup at the desired angle with provided screws in the tweeter mounting kit. Route speaker wires through tweeter cup, connect the tweeter to wires, and snap the tweeter into the cup by aligning the notches in the tweeter cup with the notches in the tweeter base. Be careful not to push on the center of the tweeter grill.
Crossover Installation
Install in a well ventilated area whenever possible. If you must install the passive crossovers in the doors due to the use of factory wiring. As you “feed” into the door cavity, ensure that the crossover is installed behind the door panel instead of inside the door itself. This will offer the greatest capacity for avoiding any water damage caused by rain or moisture. Also avoid placing it near factory wiring looms to ensure no radiated noise problems. Connect the input side labeled “AMP” of each passive crossover to the amplifier’s speaker output terminals. Be sure to observe correct polarity for positive and negative terminals. Next, connect the middle terminals labeled “MID” to the midrange speaker. Be sure that the wiring is protected all the way to the terminal and that the wires are secure at both the speaker and passive crossover. Finally, connect the end terminals on the far right hand side labeled “TWT” to the tweeter. Be careful to observe the correct polarity when connecting the tweeter to its lead wires as these are smaller gauge and require care and patience to connect correctly.
Installing the Speakers
Your new Cerwin Vega Mobile series speakers were designed with the flexibility to be installed in multiple locations. However, to ensure the best performance possible, it is important to isolate the front sound waves of the speaker from its rear sound waves. This is done by securely mounting the speaker to a flat surface known as a baffle. Make sure to seal the speaker to ensure there are no air leaks around its frame.
Rear Deck Mounting
There are two primary methods for mounting speakers in the rear deck of a vehicle, top and bottom mounting. Top mounting requires dropping the speakers in through the deck (interior) while bottom mounting secures the speakers from underneath (trunk). Either method requires a good seal around the frame for the best performance.
WARRANTY
Thank you for purchasing a Cerwin Vega Mobile product and we hope to provide you with countless hours of listening enjoyment.
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Registration is voluntary and failure to register will not diminish your limited warranty rights.
Limited Warranty (U.S.A)
Cerwin Vega Mobile warrants all of our amplifiers and speakers to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year.
This warranty is non-transferable and applies only to the original purchaser from an authorized Cerwin Vega Mobile dealer. If service is required and necessary under this warranty due to manufacturing defect or malfunction, then Cerwin Vega Mobile will repair and/or replace defective product with either new or remanufactured like product at no charge at our discretion.
Damage to product caused by the following will not be covered under this warranty: abuse, accident, misuse, neglect, modifications, repairing attempts, seller/installer misrepresentation.
This warranty does not cover any incidental, consequential, or cosmetic damage due to accidents or normal wear and tear, nor does it cover the cost of removing or reinstallation of the product.
Warranty is void if the product’s serial number has been removed, defaced, and/or tampered with.
Warranty Procedure:
We recommend that you contact your Cerwin Vega Mobile authorized dealer where your original purchase was made to initiate all warranty claims. Our authorized dealers can guide you through the warranty procedure to ensure that your claim will be processed in a timely manner. All warranty returns must be accompanied with a proof of purchase (a copy of the original sales receipt) and be shipped freight prepaid to our facility with an RA (Return Authorization) number clearly marked on the outside of the package. Direct returns from consumers or non-authorized dealers will be refused if shipped without a valid RA number authorized by Cerwin Vega Mobile beforehand.
INTERNATIONAL
Products purchased outside of the U.S.A. are covered only by that country’s distributor and not by Cerwin Vega Mobile U.S.A.
Please Ship All Warranty Claims With Pre-Authorized RA Number To: CV&DA Holdings, Inc.
ATTN: Customer Service Department 1225 E. 7th St. Los Angeles, CA 90021 USA
Please Contact Customer Service for Further Warranty Information: U.S.A.
Tel: 213-261-4161 / Fax: 213-947-4767
FAQs
Of course, each has advantages and disadvantages, but a component speaker will produce music that is louder, distortion-free, and covers a larger frequency range. Despite the fact that there are many top-notch coaxial speakers available, they cannot match the best component speakers. A coaxial speaker has a wide frequency range and an integrated tweeter.
A component speaker is a car audio speaker that has been matched for the best possible sound. To reduce the frequency range that each speaker must accurately reproduce, a crossover is typically used to pair a pair of tweeters and mid-bass drivers.
A crossover of some kind is necessary for every speaker system. Component speaker sets include separate outboard crossovers, many of which have selectors for the tweeter level. Every full-range, coaxial speaker already has a small crossover network integrated into it somewhere, with the tweeter mounted in front of the woofer cone.
There is no need to play a speaker at half power or low volumes for a lengthy period of time in order to facilitate or ease into this, even if it is true that the suspension of a speaker will loosen up with time.
For a good component speaker setup, use a two channel amp or, if bridged, a four channel amp. Now, you must choose an amp in accordance with that setup if you want to power a subwoofer or speakers.
Although component speakers are less popular, audiophiles frequently use them when constructing high-performance car audio systems. Due to the fact that each of these speakers only has one driver, they can only produce high, midrange, or low tones.
Component speakers lack internal amplification and are passive devices. In order for the speakers to produce a volume that is enjoyable for you to listen to, the audio signal feeding them must be amplified to a high enough voltage.
The sound produced by component speakers is much cleaner, more adaptable, and frequently louder than that of coaxial speakers.
The tweeter on component speakers is mounted in a position that offers it the best sound quality, hence component speakers typically generate higher-quality audio. Due to the proximity of the woofer and tweeter, coaxial speakers can occasionally produce muddy audio.
Lower bass frequencies are delivered by the woofers of the component speakers. These are normally installed in the doors at the manufacturing. These speakers are able to produce sound more effectively with less interference and distortion because they operate independently from the tweeters.
Positive lead of the speaker should be connected to the positive battery end, and negative lead to the negative battery end. The speaker is still in good working order if it can produce a pulse. The tweeter speaker would be subject to the same procedure.
The simplest way to use your speakers is to connect them to your system and use them as you would normally. After 20 to 30 hours of continuous use, the speakers are typically considered sufficiently broken in, and they frequently continue to develop and improve for the first hundred or so hours.
In essence, component speakers are made up of crossovers, subwoofers, and tweeters. To create a finished performance, each of these units must execute a mission.
The woofer and tweeter are two different types of drivers found in 2-way speakers. A speaker called a woofer is made specifically to reproduce low-frequency sounds, whereas a tweeter is made to reproduce high-frequency sounds. The mid-range, woofer, and tweeter drivers, collectively known as the 3-way speaker’s drivers, produce sound.
Since there are three channels, the component speakers and the subwoofer share two of them. Since they provide a good solution for the limited space in vehicles with small interiors, three-channel amplifiers are widely used.
