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POWER SERIES

P1024
P1022
P1224
P1222
car audio subwoofer
owner’s manual

THANK YOU
for purchasing a JBL® Power Series® subwoofer.
Subwoofer installation requires woodworking skills and
some experience in disassembling and reassembling
automotive interiors. If you lack the tools or necessary skills,
have your subwoofer installed by an authorized JBL dealer.
 CHOOSING AN ENCLOSURE
WARNING: Playing loud music Power Series subwoofers are is straightforward and there if you wish to build it yourself. An
in an automobile can permanently optimized to perform best in small, are many prefabricated sealed optimum vented enclosure is always
damage your hearing as well as sealed, vented and prefabricated enclosures available. An optimum larger than the optimum sealed box
hinder your ability to hear traffic. bandpass enclosures. While sealed enclosure is always smaller for the same woofer and will require
We recommend listening at low infinite-baffle mounting of than other types of enclosures more space inside the vehicle.
levels while driving. JBL accepts no Power Series subs is possible, optimized for a particular speaker,
liability for hearing loss, bodily injury power handling will be greatly so they require the smallest amount Bandpass enclosures often
or property damage resulting from compromised because there’s no of space inside the vehicle. provide the most output available
use or misuse of this product. enclosed volume of air to prevent from any amplifier and subwoofer
the speaker’s cone from moving Vented enclosures provide better combination at the expense of
past its limit. For this reason, we efficiency in the 40Hz – 50Hz range sonic accuracy. If sheer SPL
do not recommend infinite-baffle but this efficiency comes at the (sound-pressure level) is what you
mounting for Power Series expense of sound in the lowest desire most, choose a bandpass
subwoofers. octave (below 40Hz) and at the enclosure. Bandpass-enclosure
expense of some control and power design is very tricky and the aid
You should choose the enclosure handling. If you are using a small of a computer and enclosure
you will use based on the type of amplifier, a vented box will provide design software is necessary. If
music you listen to, how much more bass output from less power. you are an experienced installer
amplifier power you will use for the Vented enclosures are also well or have some woodworking
subwoofer and how much space suited to a variety of music types. experience, you may wish to build
inside the vehicle you can devote Because vented enclosures require the enclosure described in the
to a subwoofer enclosure. the volume of the enclosure and the enclosure design sheet included
size of the port to have a specific with this woofer. Fortunately, there
Because a sealed enclosure relationship with the characteristics are many prefabricated bandpass
provides the most control over of the woofer, the enclosure must boxes available and they are all
the woofer’s movement, a woofer be built exactly to the specifications optimized to extract the most
mounted in a sealed enclosure will provided. While there are some output possible from any woofer.
handle more power than a woofer prefabricated vented boxes Bandpass enclosures can be quite
mounted in another enclosure type. available, matching a prefabricated large and may require a lot of space
Sealed enclosures provide more box to a particular woofer is difficult. inside your vehicle.
accurate sonic reproduction than If you wish to use a vented enclosure,
other enclosure types, so they are we strongly recommend having your
well suited to all types of music. authorized JBL dealer build it, or
Sealed-enclosure construction verify that your design is correct

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CONNECTING YOUR SUBWOOFER TO YOUR AMPLIFIER
PARALLEL CONNECTION

JBL Power Series subwoofers 2. You may connect the coils of a To design a subwoofer system Figure 1. Parallel connection
PARALLEL CONNECTION
are available in two different dual-voice coil woofer in series, that maximizes available amplifier
configurations: as dual 4-ohm voice but we recommend that you power, keep the following rules
coils or as dual 2-ohm voice coils. avoid connecting separate in mind:
Depending on the amplifiers you are woofers in series.
using, you may use Power Series 1. The total system impedance POS ( + )
subwoofers in singles or multiples 3. You must use both coils of a dual- of woofers in parallel = POS ( + ) NEG ( – )
to maximize the power available voice coil woofer connected 1 NEG ( – )
from your amplifiers. To achieve the either in series or in parallel. 1 + 1 + 1 ...
maximum amplifier output possible, w w w
1 2 3
you should design a speaker system 4. Most amplifiers deliver exactly where w is the nominal Figure 2. Series connection
SERIES CONNECTION

that provides the lowest impedance the same amount of power impedance of the woofer. SERIES CONNECTION
that your amplifier is rated to drive bridged into a 4-ohm load
safely. When designing a subwoofer as they do running a 2-ohm 2. The total system impedance
system, consider the following rules: stereo load. of voice coils (or woofers) in
series = w1 + w2 + w3...
1. Don’t mix different subwoofer
or enclosure types in the same The diagrams to the right POS ( + ) NEG ( – )
system (use all dual 4-ohm show parallel and series POS ( + )
woofers or all dual 2-ohm speaker connections.
NEG ( – )

woofers).

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SPECIFICATIONS
P1024 P1022 P1224 P1222
10" Dual 4-Ohm 10" Dual 2-Ohm 12" Dual 4-Ohm 12" Dual 2-Ohm
Voice-Coil Voice-Coil Voice-Coil Voice-Coil
Subwoofer Subwoofer Subwoofer Subwoofer
Power Handling, RMS 400W 400W 400W 400W
Power Handling, Peak 1200W 1200W 1200W 1200W
Sensitivity (2.83V/1m) 92dB 96dB 94dB 97dB
Frequency Response 25Hz – 500Hz 25Hz – 500Hz 25Hz – 450Hz 23Hz – 450Hz
Impedance 8 Ohms/2 ohms 4 Ohms/1 ohm 8 Ohms/2 ohms 4 Ohms/1 ohm
Mounting Depth 6-1/4" (159mm) 6-1/4" (159mm) 6-1/4" (159mm) 6-1/4" (159mm)
Cutout Diameter 9-1/16" (231mm) 9-1/16" (231mm) 11-1/16" (281mm) 11-1/16" (281mm)
Overall Diameter 12-7/16" (316mm) 12-7/16" (316mm) 14-5/8" (372mm) 14-5/8" (372mm)

Features, specifications and appearance are subject to change without notice.

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United States and/or other countries. declare in own responsibility that the products described in this owner’s
manual are in compliance with technical standards:
Part No. P1022/1024/1222/1224OM8/05
EN 61000-6-3:2001
EN 61000-6-1:2001
Klaus Lebherz
Harman Consumer Group International
Chateau du Loir, France 8/05
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