Well... I think I was able to acquire ANOTHER goodie for my install. I should have it by the second week in Feb.
It's a Phoenix Gold DD5
The reason why this is handy for me is 2 reasons...
1) It'll go back VERY well in the install next to the Bass CUBE :mrgreen:
2) More importantly... (as quoted from the manual)
"The TDD-5 (Desmazes Delayeator) is designed to eliminate the spaghetti of butt connectors , relays, and heatshrunk solder connections that
are buried somewhere in the vehicle never to be seen. The TDD-5 allows both the remote and 12 volt power sources to be safely fused
and displayed in a neat and organized fashion. It also allows trouble shooting of system problems from one simple location.
The TDD-5 also includes a revolutionary turn on and off delay system to eliminate turn on/off noises. The six delayed remote outputs are
used to turn the system’s amplifiers on and off. These six outputs can delay an amplifier from turning on for up to 8 seconds. It is ideal that the amplifier
should always turn on last. This is because if equipment (equalizers, processors, crossovers, navigation systems, etc.) up stream from the amplifier has a
turn on noise, the amplifier will not pass the noise to the speakers if the amplifier has not turned on yet. If the amplifier is off it can’t pass any signal
(i.e. turn on noises) from up stream components to the speakers. However, if the amplifier itself is the cause of the turn on-off noise there is little you
can do to stop the turn on-off noise except for using a different amplifier.
The delayed outputs are also used to keep noisy components on for a longer period of time. Th is allows the amplifier to shut off first, then the other
components can turn off. If the equipment up stream has a turn off noise that is sent down stream to the amplifier it won’t pass the turn off noise to the
speaker, because the amplifier has already turned off.
Amplifiers should TURN ON LAST and TURN OFF FIRST to eliminate turn on/off noise problems."
Pretty handy, hey?
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