JL Audio C5-252x Manuel utilisateur

OWNER’S MANUAL

Thank you for choosing a JL Audio Evolution™ C5 Coaxial Speaker System

for your automotive sound system.

These Evolution™ Speakers have been designed and manufactured to

exacting standards in order to ensure years of musical enjoyment in your

vehicle. For maximum performance, we highly recommend that you have

your new speakers installed by an authorized JL Audio dealer. Your

authorized dealer has the training, expertise and installation equipment

to ensure optimum performance from this product. Should you

decide to install the speakers yourself, please take the time

to read this manual thoroughly so as to familiarize yourself

with its installation requirements and setup procedures.

If you have any questions regarding the instructions in this

manual or any aspect of your amplifier’s operation, please contact your

authorized JL Audio dealer for assistance. If you need further assistance,

please call the JL Audio Technical Support Department

at (954) 443-1100 during business hours.

5.25-inch (130 mm) Coaxial Speaker System

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Crossover Network Physical Dimensions

Height (A) 4.72 in. / 119.9 mm

Width (B) 3.36 in. / 85.3 mm

Depth (C) 1.44 in. / 36.6 mm

Woofer Physical Dimensions

Frame Outer Diameter (A) 5.80 in. / 147.3 mm

Grille Tray Outer Diameter (B) 6.02 in. / 152.9 mm

Magnet Outer Diameter (C) 3.15 in. / 80.0 mm

Frontal Tweeter Protrusion (D) 0.54 in. / 13.7 mm

Frontal Grille Protrusion (E) 0.92 in. / 23.5 mm

Mounting Hole Diameter (F) 4.48 in. / 113.8 mm

Mounting Depth (G) 2.28 in. / 57.9 mm

C5-525x SPECIFICATIONS

Woofers: Cast Alloy Frame, Patented Elevated Frame Cooling

(U.S. Patent #6,219,431 & #6,229,902), DMA-Optimized Motor

System, Mineral-Filled Polypropylene Cone, Butyl Rubber

Surround, 1-in. / 25 mm Voice Coil, Kapton® Former, Low-

Profile, Symmetrical Roll Spider, Ferrite Magnet

Tweeters: 0.75 in. / 19 mm Silk Soft Dome

Ferrofluid Cooling and Damping, Neodymium Magnet

Crossover Networks: 2-way network with 2nd order

low-pass and 2nd order high-pass circuit, premium Mylar®

capacitors, air-core inductors, 4-position adjustable tweeter

output level, 3-position midrange presence control,

Polyswitch tweeter protection

Continuous Power Handling: 75 Watts (RMS Method)

Peak Music Power: 225 Watts

Recommended Power Range: 25-150 Watts (RMS)

Frequency Response: 53 Hz - 25 KHz (± 3 dB)

Efficiency @ 1W/1m: 88.5 dB @ 1W/1m

Nominal Impedance: 4 ohms

Included Components and Parts:

t5XP$YJODINN$PBYJBM4QFBLFST

t5XP$Y90$SPTTPWFS/FUXPSLT

t5XP.FUBM8PPGFS(SJMMFTXJUI"#4(SJMMF5SBZT

t5XP4FMG"EIFTJWF+-"VEJP/BNFQMBUFTGPS(SJMMFT

t#VUZM"EIFTJWF1VUUZGPS8PPGFS(SJMMFT

t5XFMWFYJODINN4IFFU.FUBM4DSFXT

t&JHIU.PVOUJOH$MJQTGPS8PPGFS.PVOUJOH

t5XPNN'FNBMF$SJNQBCMF$POOFDUPST

t'PVSNN'FNBMF$SJNQBCMF$POOFDUPST

t5XPNN'FNBMF$SJNQBCMF$POOFDUPST

t'PVSNN.BMF$SJNQBCMF$POOFDUPST

t5XFMWF$SJNQBCMF4QBEF$POOFDUPST

Due to ongoing product development, all specifications are subject to change without notice.

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Amplier

Input

GETTING STARTED

r5VSOPGGUIFBVEJPTZTUFN*UJTBMTP

BEWJTBCMFUPEJTDPOOFDUUIFOFHBUJWFm

UFSNJOBMPGZPVSWFIJDMFTCBUUFSZXIFOFWFS

QFSGPSNJOHJOTUBMMBUJPOXPSL

r#FGPSFDVUUJOHESJMMJOHPSJOTFSUJOHBOZTDSFX

DIFDLDMFBSBODFTPOCPUITJEFTPGUIFQMBOOFE

NPVOUJOHTVSGBDF"MTPDIFDLGPSBOZQPUFOUJBM

PCTUBDMFTTVDIBTXJOEPXUSBDLTBOENPUPST

XJSJOHIBSOFTTFTFUD$IFDLCPUITJEFTPGUIF

WFIJDMFNBOZWFIJDMFTBSFOPUTZNNFUSJDBM

r"MXBZTXFBSQSPUFDUJWFFZFXFBS

CROSSOVER NETWORK INSTALLATION

5IFDSPTTPWFSOFUXPSLTTVQQMJFEXJUIZPVS$

4ZTUFNTIPVMECFJOTUBMMFEJOBESZMPDBUJPOJOTJEF

ZPVSWFIJDMF%0/05*/45"--5)&.*/4*%&0'

"%003%PPSTPGUFOHFUXFUPOUIFJOTJEFXIJDI

DBOEBNBHFZPVSDSPTTPWFSOFUXPSLTBOEDPVME

QPUFOUJBMMZEBNBHFZPVSFOUJSFTPVOETZTUFN5IF

DSPTTPWFSTDBOCFTDSFXFEJOUPBTPMJETVSGBDFWJBUXP

IPMFTMPDBUFEVOEFSUIFQSPUFDUJWFDPWFSPGUIFDBTF

5PBDDFTTUIFTFIPMFTTJNQMZTRVFF[FUIFTJEFTPGUIF

DPWFSXIJMFHFOUMZQVMMJOHUIFDPWFSBXBZGSPNUIF

CBTF.BLFTVSFUIBUZPVSNPVOUJOHMPDBUJPOXJMMOPU

DBVTFEBNBHFUPXJSJOHGVFMMJOFTCSBLFMJOFTPSBOZ

PUIFSWJUBMDPNQPOFOUPGZPVSWFIJDMF0ODFZPVIBWF

TDSFXFEUIFDBTFJOBOENBEFZPVSDPOOFDUJPOTTOBQ

UIFQSPUFDUJWFDPWFSCBDLJOUPQMBDF

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WARNING

It is absolutely vital that your component system

is connected as shown in this manual. Failure to

connect the system as shown may result in damage to

your speakers which is NOT covered under warranty.

Do not substitute different crossover networks into

your C5 System. Do not use crossover networks

intended for different C5 models.

TWEETER PROTECTION

5IF$DSPTTPWFSOFUXPSLTBSFFRVJQQFEXJUI

BOBEWBODFEFMFDUSPOJDUXFFUFSQSPUFDUJPODJSDVJU

EFTJHOFEUPNJOJNJ[FUIFQPTTJCJMJUZPGUXFFUFS

GBJMVSF5IJTFMFDUSPOJDEFWJDFNPOJUPSTDVSSFOUHPJOH

UPUIFUXFFUFSBOEXJMMEJTDPOOFDUUIFUXFFUFSGSPN

UIFTJHOBMXIFOJUTFOTFTPWFSMPBE4IPVMEUIJTPDDVS

XIJMFMJTUFOJOHUPUIFBVEJPTZTUFNTJNQMZSFEVDFUIF

WPMVNFGPSBGFXTFDPOETBOEUIFQSPUFDUJPODJSDVJU

XJMMSFTFUJUTFMGBVUPNBUJDBMMZ

CROSSOVER NETWORK ADJUSTMENT

5IFDSPTTPWFSOFUXPSLTIBWFCFFOEFTJHOFEUP

BMMPXUPOBMBEKVTUNFOUTUPUIFVQQFSNJESBOHF

SFTQPOTFBOEUXFFUFSMFWFM5IFTFBEKVTUNFOUTNBLF

JUQPTTJCMFUPGJOFUVOFZPVSTZTUFNUPTVJUZPVS

MJTUFOJOHQSFGFSFODFTBOEUPDPNQFOTBUFGPSWBSJPVT

TQFBLFSNPVOUJOHBQQMJDBUJPOT

Red Black

ADJUSTABLE MIDRANGE PRESENCE

:PVS$DSPTTPWFSOFUXPSLTQSPWJEFBVOJRVF

NJESBOHFQSFTFODFDPOUSPMMPDBUFEVOEFSUIFDPWFS

5IFNJESBOHFQSFTFODFJTTFMFDUBCMFWJBBTFUPGQJOT

BOEBMMPXTGPSUISFFTFUUJOHT5IFTFTFUUJOHTBGGFDUUIF

BNQMJUVEFPGUIFVQQFSNJESBOHFSFTQPOTFPGUIF$

DPNQPOFOUXPPGFS8FSFDPNNFOEUIBUZPVCFHJO

ZPVSMJTUFOJOHJOUIFiREFu3FGFSFODFBOEBEKVTU

VQPSEPXOBTOFFEFEUPDPNQFOTBUFGPSNPVOUJOH

MPDBUJPOPSJFOUBUJPOPSQFSTPOBMUBTUF

ADJUSTABLE TWEETER LEVEL

$DSPTTPWFSOFUXPSLTBMTPQSPWJEFGPVSMFWFMT

PGUXFFUFSBEKVTUBCJMJUZEFTJHOFEUPDPNQFOTBUFGPS

EJGGFSFOUNPVOUJOHMPDBUJPOTWFIJDMFJOUFSJPSTBOE

QFSTPOBMUBTUF5IFTFMFWFMTBSFTFMFDUBCMFWJBBTFUPG

QJOTMPDBUFEVOEFSUIFDMFBSDPWFSPGFBDIDSPTTPWFS

DBTF8FSFDPNNFOEUIBUZPVCFHJOMJTUFOJOHJOUIF

iREFu3FGFSFODFQPTJUJPO5PGJOEUIFPQUJNVN

UPOBMCBMBODFJOZPVSJOTUBMMBUJPOFYQFSJNFOUXJUI

BMUFSOBUFUXFFUFSMFWFMTFUUJOHTCZNPWJOHUIFQJOT*U

JTTBGFUPTXJUDIKVNQFSTXIJMFUIFTZTUFNJTQMBZJOH

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SPEAKER PLACEMENT CONSIDERATIONS

*ONPTUDBTFTZPVSTQFBLFSTXJMMCFQMBDFE

JOUPGBDUPSZTQFBLFSMPDBUJPOT*GZPVIBWFTPNF

TQFBLFSNPVOUJOHGMFYJCJMJUZLFFQUIFGPMMPXJOH

JONJOE-PXFSNPVOUJOHMPDBUJPOTTVDIBTUIF

MPXFSGSPOUDPSOFSPGBEPPSPSBLJDLQBOFMQSPWJEF

UIFHSFBUFTUQBUIMFOHUIEJTUBODFTGPSUIFTPVOE

FNJUUFECZUIFTQFBLFST'PSUIJTSFBTPOUIFZBSF

HFOFSBMMZNPSFEFTJSBCMFUIBOIJHIFSNPVOUJOH

MPDBUJPOT)JHIFSNPVOUJOHMPDBUJPOTXJMMVTVBMMZ

SFTVMUJOFYUSFNFOFBSTJEFTPVOETUBHFCJBTXIJDI

DPNQSPNJTFTUIFTUFSFPMJTUFOJOHFYQFSJFODF

WARNING

!! 

Double check the clearance for both speakers

before proceeding. Many cars are different from

one side to the other!

SPEAKER INSTALLATION

5IFTQFBLFSTIPVMECFJOTUBMMFEJOPOFPGUIF

GPMMPXJOHXBZTEFQFOEJOHPOMPDBUJPO

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Factory Location:3VOTQFBLFSXJSFUPUIFEFTJSFE

NPVOUJOHMPDBUJPOT*GZPVBSFSVOOJOHXJSFTJOUP

BEPPSVTFFYJTUJOHGBDUPSZXJSJOHCPPUTXIFOFWFS

QPTTJCMF*GZPVBSFESJMMJOHOFXIPMFTGJMFUIFJSFEHFT

BOEJOTUBMMSVCCFSHSPNNFUTJOUPFBDIIPMF8JSFT

TIPVMEUIFOCFDPWFSFEXJUIBQSPUFDUJWFGMFYJCMF

17$TMFFWFBOEUIFOSVOUISPVHIUIFEPPSKBNC

.BLFTVSFUIBUUIFXJSFTXJMMDMFBSEPPSIJOHFTBOE

PUIFSTUSVDUVSFTJOUIFEPPS*GZPVBSFVOTVSFBCPVU

BOZQBSUPGUIJTQSPDFTTQMFBTFDPOUBDUZPVS

+-"VEJPEFBMFSGPSJOTUBMMBUJPOIFMQ

:PVSOFXTQFBLFSTIBWFCFFOEFTJHOFEUPJOTUBMM

XJUIPVUNPEJGJDBUJPOTJOUPNPTUWFIJDMFTUIBUBDDFQU

BJODINNTQFBLFS.PTUGBDUPSZ

JODITQFBLFSTVTFGPVSNPVOUJOHTDSFXTXIJDIXJMM

MJOFVQXJUIUIFNPVOUJOHIPMFTPOZPVSXPPGFST

*UJTBCTPMVUFMZWJUBMUIBUUIFTQFBLFSGSBNF

GJUTJOUPUIFNPVOUJOHIPMFDMFBOMZ5IJTNVTUCF

DIFDLFEQSJPSUPUJHIUFOJOHUIFTDSFXT%POPU

GPSDFUIFGSBNFJOUPBIPMFUIBUJTUPPTNBMM%P

OPUUJHIUFOUIFTQFBLFSPOUPBOVOFWFOTVSGBDF

5IJTXJMMEBNBHFZPVSTQFBLFST5IFTQFBLFS

TIPVMEBMTPGJUTPUIBUBJSEPFTOPUMFBLBSPVOE

UIFNPVOUJOHGMBOHF"JSMFBLTXJMMDBVTFBTFWFSF

EFHSBEBUJPOJOTPVOERVBMJUZ4FBMBOZBJSMFBLT

XJUIBOBVUPNPUJWFHSBEFTFBMBOUNBUFSJBM

$POOFDUUIFTQFBLFSXJSFTUPCPUITFUTPG

UFSNJOBMTPOFBDITQFBLFSPCTFSWJOHDPSSFDU

QPMBSJUZBOENBLJOHTVSFUIBUUIFUXFFUFSBOE

XPPGFSXJSFTDPSSFTQPOEUPUIFDPSSFDUUFSNJOBMT

POCPUIUIFTQFBLFSBOEUIFDSPTTPWFS

4FDVSFUIFTQFBLFSBOEHSJMMFUSBZJGEFTJSFE

UPUIFQBOFMCZFWFOMZUJHIUFOJOHCZIBOE

NPVOUJOHTDSFXT6TFUIFTVQQMJFENPVOUJOH

DMJQTBOEUIFUIFQSPWJEFEYJODI

NNNPVOUJOHTDSFXTVOMFTTUIFGBDUPSZ

IPMFTBMSFBEZGFBUVSFUISFBEFEJOTFSUT

DIAGRAM D: FACTORY LOCATION WOOFER INSTALLATION

Optional

WARNING

Hand-tighten the screws evenly in a criss-cross

pattern to avoid bending the speaker frame or

stripping the mounting clips.

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4FDVSFUIFTQFBLFSBOEHSJMMFUSBZUPUIF

QBOFMCZFWFOMZUJHIUFOJOHCZIBOEUIFQSPWJEFE

YJODINNNPVOUJOHTDSFXT

#SFBLPGGTNBMMQJFDFTPGUIFTVQQMJFECVUZMBEIFTJWF

QVUUZBOEQMBDFUIFNPOUIFJOTJEFPGFBDIHSJMMF

USBZ5IJTBEIFTJWFXJMMIPMEUIFHSJMMFNFTIJOTFSU

JOQMBDFGJSNMZBOEQSFWFOUSBUUMJOH*OTFSUUIFHSJMMF

NFTIJOTFSUJOUPUIFHSJMMFUSBZTRVFF[JOHHFOUMZ

BSPVOEJUTFEHFVOUJMJUTFBUTGJSNMZJOUPUIFUSBZ

'JOBMMZBUUBDIUIFTFMGBEIFTJWF+-"VEJPMPHP

CBEHFUPUIFHSJMMFNFTIJOTFSU

Custom Location3VOTQFBLFSXJSFUPUIFEFTJSFE

NPVOUJOHMPDBUJPOT*GZPVBSFSVOOJOHXJSFTJOUP

BEPPSVTFFYJTUJOHGBDUPSZXJSJOHCPPUTXIFOFWFS

QPTTJCMF*GZPVBSFESJMMJOHOFXIPMFTGJMFUIFJS

FEHFTBOEJOTUBMMSVCCFSHSPNNFUTJOUPFBDIIPMF

8JSFTTIPVMEUIFOCFDPWFSFEXJUIBQSPUFDUJWF

GMFYJCMF17$TMFFWFBOEUIFOSVOUISPVHIUIFEPPS

KBNC.BLFTVSFUIBUUIFXJSFTXJMMDMFBSEPPS

IJOHFTBOEPUIFSTUSVDUVSFTJOUIFEPPS*GZPV

BSFVOTVSFBCPVUBOZQBSUPGUIJTQSPDFTTQMFBTF

DPOUBDUZPVS+-"VEJPEFBMFSGPSJOTUBMMBUJPOIFMQ

Double check the clearance for both

speakers before proceeding.

4FMFDUBOFWFOTVSGBDF5JHIUFOJOHBTQFBLFSPOUP

BOVOFWFOTVSGBDFDBOEBNBHFJU6TFUIFTVQQMJFE

UFNQMBUFUPNBSLUIFEFTJSFENPVOUJOHMPDBUJPO

.BSLUIFDFOUFSBOEUIFPVUMJOFPGUIFNPVOUJOH

IPMFBTXFMMBTUIFNPVOUJOHTDSFXQPTJUJPOT

#FGPSFESJMMJOHPSDVUUJOHPOZPVSJOUFSJPSQBOFMT

VTFBVUJMJUZLOJGFUPDVUBOZGBCSJDWJOZMPSMFBUIFS

GSPNIPMFMPDBUJPOT5IFTFNBUFSJBMTDBOFBTJMZ

CFTOBHHFECZBESJMMPSBTBXDBVTJOHEBNBHFUP

UIFQBOFMBOEQPTTJCMFCPEJMZJOKVSZ%SJMMGPVS

JODINNIPMFTGPSUIFTQFBLFSTNPVOUJOH

TDSFXTBUUIFQPTJUJPOTZPVIBWFNBSLFE"MTPESJMM

BQJMPUIPMFJOUIFDFOUFSPGUIFTQFBLFSNPVOUJOH

IPMFBUUIJTUJNF5IFOVTJOHBTBCFSTBXNBLF

UIFDJSDVMBSDVUPVUGPSUIFTQFBLFS'JMFBOZSPVHI

FEHFT*OTFSUUIFNPVOUJOHDMJQTXJUIUIFGMBUTJEF

UPXBSETUIFTQFBLFSBTTIPXOJOUIF%JBHSBN&

*UJTBCTPMVUFMZWJUBMUIBUUIFTQFBLFSGSBNF

GJUTJOUPUIFNPVOUJOHIPMFDMFBOMZ5IJTNVTUCF

DIFDLFEQSJPSUPUJHIUFOJOHUIFTDSFXT%POPU

UJHIUFOUIFTQFBLFSPOUPBOVOFWFOTVSGBDF5IJT

XJMMEBNBHFZPVSTQFBLFST5IFTQFBLFSTIPVME

BMTPGJUTPUIBUOPBJSMFBLTBSPVOEUIFNPVOUJOH

GMBOHF"JSMFBLTXJMMDBVTFBTFWFSFEFHSBEBUJPO

JOTPVOERVBMJUZ4FBMBOZBJSMFBLTXJUITJMJDPOF

SPQFDBVMLPSTJNJMBSTFBMBOUNBUFSJBM

$POOFDUUIFTQFBLFSXJSFTUPCPUITFUTPG

UFSNJOBMTPOFBDITQFBLFSPCTFSWJOHDPSSFDU

QPMBSJUZBOENBLJOHTVSFUIBUUIFUXFFUFSBOE

XPPGFSXJSFTDPSSFTQPOEUPUIFDPSSFDUUFSNJOBMT

POCPUIUIFTQFBLFSBOEUIFDSPTTPWFS

DIAGRAM E: CUSTOM LOCATION WOOFER INSTALLATION

WARNING

Hand-tighten the screws evenly in a criss-cross

pattern to avoid bending the speaker frame or

stripping the mounting clips.

10 | JL Audio - C5-525x Owner’s Manual

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