Kicker S18X Owner's Manual
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1. 4IKICKER X ms A o ZN Sune Madal Model 18X1 S18X2 Attention Congratulations Please take a moment and record the information You have just purchased one of the most asked for below in the provided area It is also a good advanced subwoofers in the history of car idea to attach the original sales receipt or a copy of it to audio Your KICKER SoloX is the latest in this page for future reference KICKER s trend setting Solo Baric line designed and engineered to deliver the ultimate in low bass performance and unmatched durability Thanks for buying KICKER Enjoy If for any reason you require service on this subwoofer during the warranty period you will need to provide this information and a copy of the receipt to KICKER to vali date your warranty Please read the special SoloX warranty page ALWAYS KEEP YOUR RECEIPT Dealer Where Purchased Purchase Date SOL Om SUBWOOF ERR g Leasa TURES Titanium Deposit Impregnated Cone An Ultra High Performance look that is more rigid for less cone flex and less distortion Advanced Cone Technology The outer edge of the cone has been rolled to increase cone rigidity to decrease cone flex under high excursion SPAIR Simple Pull Apart Insertable Replacement A stamped steel removable cone assembly Patent Pending Uniplate V 2 with Vented Hyper Extended Pole Patent Pending 1 Utilizes X Vent technology to insure proper dissipation of heat away from2. increased retention capabilities Strain Relief Boots for Tinsel Lead Wires Large heavy gauge tinsel lead wire with strain relief boots B3 Link 3 Way Connection System which allows you to use Binding post terminal Block or Barrier strip for connecting the speaker wires SOL Om SUBWOOF ERR LU II SS The SoloX woofers are available with dual 2 Ohm or dual 1 Ohm The terminals with red and black wings are for one voice coil The voice coils Both coils should always be hooked up terminals with the silver colored wings are for the second voice coil The dual 2 Ohm woofer will give you a 1 Ohm or a 4 Ohm load Due to the nature of this subwoofer care must be taken when con depending on if the coils are wired in parallel or in series The dual 1 necting the wires to the proper terminals Ohm woofer will give a 5 Ohm or 2 Ohm load depending on how they are wired Series Parallel Coil 1 Coil 1 Amplifer Speaker Connection Speaker Connection Coil 2 Amplifer Speaker Connection Amplifer Or Speaker Connection Coil 2 Coil 2 SOLO SUBWOOF Ler Wire lt DUI EN EL DSF UI SS The SoloX is one of the most advanced subwoofers on the market therefore care must be taken when designing an enclosure We will provide you with enough information for you to properly construct an enclosure If you feel you are not capable of building it yourself we highly recommend letting one of our Authorized D
3. D SPP ec TION Model Nominal Impedance Impedance per coil SPL 1W 1M Displacement cc Displacement Cuin Mounting Depth Revc vc Inductance mH Sd SQM BL Vas Liters Vas CuFt Mms gms Fs Qms Qes Qts Pmax Peak watts RMS watts EXmax mm Excursion maximum 18X1 90 27 3930 239 3 11 3 3 2 05 3 247 0 1426 31 45 135 64 6 55 859 8 21 4 8 838 0 240 0 233 10000 5000 24 48 18X2 89 7 3930 239 3 11 3 3 4 07 4 259 0 1426 40 36 177 61 6 27 836 5 22 18 7 83 0 291 0 281 10000 5000 24 48 SOLO SuUkR uwW0D0Oo0 er SoL ODX LIM Tea WareFRre rTYT 3 KICKER warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use for a period of THREE 3 MONTHS from date of original purchase When purchased from an Authorized KICKER Dealer this product is warranted for ONE 1 YEAR from date of purchase If the product is labeled B Stock it is warranted for THREE 3 MONTHS from date of purchase Should service be necessary under this warranty for any reason due to manufacturing defect or workmanship during the warranty period KICKER will replace or repair at its discretion the defective merchandise with equivalent merchandise at no charge Warranty replacements on B Stock merchandise may have cosmetic scratches and blemishes Discontinued products may be replaced with more current equivelant products This warranty is valid only for the or
4. Shucked Bent Unraveled or Open Voice Coils Torn Ripped or Punctured Surrounds Torn Ripped or Punctured Cones Torn Ripped or Punctured Spiders Burnt or Frayed Tinsel Leads y V VV wv We also do not warranty the SPAIR for Wear and Tear under normal use Product damaged due to abuse Damage to Vehicle and or other components of the sound system Scattered Smothered Covered and Chunked units VVVWV The SPAIR and BAM are not covered under warranty for any damage due to shipping or improper packaging So what will KICKER cover under warranty gt Poor or misaligned glue joints gt Poor or misaligned parts gt Material Machining or Assembly flaws with the BAM So in a nut shell if and when you break it which takes A LOT you simply return the soft parts assembly the SPAIR to your local dealer and purchase another SPAIR If there is a problem with the SPAIR and you feel it should be covered under warranty you will need to obtain an RMA from KICKER before sending it back If only the SPAIR is defective there is no need to send the entire structure back to KICKER Refer to SHOULD YOU NEED SERVICE on the previous page for the details Special Note OK that all sounds pretty black and white but we are KICKER and we know stuff happens If your Solo X stops working and after pulling the SPAIR you find a failure other than that mentioned above that you feel is a manufac turing defect or poor workmanship you may call S
5. allation of the product Speakers damaged due to amplifier clipping or distortion How Lons WILL T TKE Stillwater Designs KICKER maintains a goal of 24 hour service for all returns Delays may be incurred if lack of replacement inventory or parts is encountered IMHtTer mnm MMTDRNac WareFre rYT 3 Contact your International Stillwater Designs KICKER dealer or distributor concerning specific procedures for your country s warranty policies SIILLWATE P O Box 459 e Stillwater Oklahoma 74076 e U S A e 405 624 8510 CF AN KICKER drivers are capable of producing sound levels that can permanently dam ing to your ears than listening to an undistorted system at the same volume level The threshold of pain is always an indicator that the sound level is too loud and age your 0 may permanently damage your hearing hearing Turning up a system to a level that has audible distortion is more damag MN please use common sense when controlling volume February 2003 SOLO SuUkR uwW0D0Oo0 er WareRe r YT AA UlEBeesaee tn SO o gt NT D Ware e rT 3 Ok you have read all the fine print on the previous page describing the warran ty on a Solo X Subwoofer enough there to make even Judge Judy happy but what does it all mean Well let s just lay it all out in as simple of terms as possi ble The Solo X is a high performance machine that is built to take gobs of power play extremely loud and create
6. e within a 3 mile radius Because a woofer of this magnitude has never been produced even we do not know the total capabilities of the SoloX The following chart shows three recommended vented enclosures for the SoloX Tuner SUV and SPL Keep in mind these enclosure volume recommenda tions are for the airspace inside the enclosure and include the dis SPL placement of the woofer Do not Make the airspace any greater than recommended These enclosures are just scratching the abilities of this woofer to blow away all other woofers on the market So keep your eye on the website for the newest sick enclosures SUV 18X Recommended Enclosures 5 cu ft Port 60sq in x 14 5 Fb 35Hz Pmax 5000W with 25hZ subsonic filter 10 cu ft Port 150 sq in x 21 Fb 35Hz Pmax 4500W with 25hZ subsonic filter 10 cu ft Port 300sq in x 9 Fb 56Hz Pmax 10000 Above tuning freq only See below This enclosure is intended for SPL ONLY It is designed to be used with test tones above 56Hz Playing music with frequencies below 56Hz will result in very very bad SOL Om SUBO O Flere things happening For more advice on box building see the Choosing and Building Enclosures page in the Tech Tips amp FAQs section of the Support area on the Kicker website www kicker com Or call Technical Services at 1 405 624 8583 ATTENTION The hardware we include will work with baffles up to 1 5 thick For thicker ba
7. ealers build it for you It will save you a lot of heartaches and headaches The Solox subwoofer is capable of handling unheard of power A simple enclo sure will not be enough The enclosure will need to be made of a min imum of 1 MDF and properly braced You may use 4 x 4 10 16cm x 10 16cm triangular braces between each of the larger unsupported panels or a center brace as seen on the next page We also recom mend using a good grade wood glue and silicone rubber to insure an airtight seal The wood support inside your SoloX shipping carton can be used as a template for cutting the soeaker mounting hole in the enclosure Since the wood cut out is the same size as the basket of the SoloX when you make the cut along the line drawn through the template make sure to cut right on the line to get the correct opening size All the cubic feet numbers given in the following pages include the displacement of the woofer For the ported boxes the displacement of the port must be added to the final design It will be impractical to use round ports for these designs The rectangular port information given will yield the best results Keep in mind the pressure inside of a ported enclosure exceeds that of a sealed enclosure Note If you prefer an ultra smooth bass response you should loosely fill your SoloX Enclosure with polyfil Ported designs will require covering the entrance to the port inside the box with hard ware cloth chicken wire
8. ed box will deliver massive amounts of high impact bass and can be driven with punishing levels of ampli fier power One of the benefits of the SoloX series high performance suspen sion system is that they can operate in larger sealed enclosures for ultra low bass performance SUV applications while still maintaining excellent control and power handling SoloX series woofers also perform well in any sealed enclosure between the Tuner and SUV sizes These systems will exhibit some benefits of both high impact and low extension generally sounding more like the box to which they are most closely sized These enclosure volume recommendations are for the airspace inside the enclosure and include the displacement of the woofer Do not make the airspace any greater than recommended LAINAN A N EPA AAVA A 18X Recommended Enclosures Model Tuner 6 cu ft Fb 51 3Hz F3 24 6Hz Pmax 2800W SUV 12 cu ft Fb 48 8HZ F3 22 2Hz Pmax 2400W For more enclosure choices check out our website www kicker com or call our Technical service line at 1 405 624 8583 SOLO SUBWOOF eRe Enga OSURE So 1S Wer Ten lesen SoloX Series Vented Enclosure Applications The Kicker SoloX is truly awesome in a vented enclosure as this is what it was designed for Throw out every experience you have ever had with a vented speaker and prepare to be blown away Our engi Tuner neers have designed several boxes that will truly irritate everyon
9. enough low bass to rattle the fillings out of your friend s teeth who lives in the next county It is built using the finest materials and highest degree of workmanship we have available It is the NASCAR of sub woofers designed to be driven hard into all four corners and we are sure you will drive it just that way With all that being said we know some of you will still be able to break this product it is a plain and simple fact When you build an extreme product to be used by extreme people these people can and will find the breaking point just like Tony Stewart snapping a rod in a motor That is why we designed the Solo X to have a permanently mounted BAM Basket And Motor assembly with a replaceable soft parts assembly the SPAIR Simple Pull Apart Insertable Replacement so that when you find the breaking point and if you can still hear or feel you can re build it on the spot If you read the big poster that came with your woofer you did right you know Sam amp Sid told you this thing weighs more than a Mini Cooper well really it weighs in at near 100 pounds The BAM which is about 90 of the weight in a Solo X stays mounted in your enclosure AND in your car you simply exchange the much lighter SPAIR This saves you all the fun of wrestling with the entire Solo X and the ENORMOUS costs of shipping a 100 pound woofer to Stillwater Oklahoma The SPAIR and all the parts contained within it are not warranted for Burnt
10. ffles you will need to use longer 1 4 x 20 hardware OOO I SS Now that you have opened the box and read The 4 With the Gap Cap now Adventures of Sam Stikman and decided on which enclosure installed remove the 4 double design to use you may now remove the SoloX from it s box end threaded studs that lock the Please follow the instructions ___ BAM to the wood baffle assem lined out here to insure proper bly installation EA AAA 1 With assistance from a friend remove the SoloX from the cardboard facilitation cham ber Baffle BAM The SPLAT and wood baffle will ZZ now come free from the BAM 2 Once out of the carton remove The baffle will now become your the 4 four acorn head nuts and mounting template 8 eight bolts securing the SPAIR to the BAM and wood baffle assembly Place SPAIR in safe clean location 1 4 20 emma ATTENTION 3 Install the Gap Cap into the BAM around the pole piece to protect the motor assembly from debris while you are installing the woofer If any metal shavings were fo fall into the gap they would be impossi ble to remove Please use the Gap Cap 5 Place the wood template on your enclosure baffle to mark the holes for mounting SOLO SUBWOOF ERR NOC TINE SULIT woud 9 With your assistant insert the BAM and start the corner hardware Now is the time you remove the unidirec tional bonding strip Tape Tighten the dou ble th
11. iginal purchaser and is not extended to owners of the product subsequent to the original purchaser Any applicable implied warranties are limited in duration to a period of the express warranty as pro vided herein beginning with the date of the original purchase at retail and no warranties whether express or implied shall apply to this product thereafter Some states do not allow limitations on implied warranties therefore these exclu sions may not apply to you This warranty gives you specific legal rights however you may have other rights that vary from state to state SOUL DD OD Meen Service Defective merchandise must be returned to your local Authorized Stillwater Designs KICKER Dealer for warranty Assistance in locating an Authorized Dealer can be obtained by writing or calling Stillwater Designs KICKER direct You can confirm that a dealer is authorized by asking to see a current authorized dealer window decal If it becomes necessary for you to return defective merchandise call the KICKER Customer Service Department at 405 624 8510 for a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA number Package all defective items in the original con tainer or in a package that will prevent shipping damage and return to stillwater Designs 5021 North Perkins Road Stillwater OK 74075 The RMA number must be clearly marked on the outside of the package Return only defective components Return of the entire cabinets system packs pairs etc inc
12. or expanded metal to prevent the polyfil from being blown out through the port Use of polyfil will slightly decrease efficiency but will deepen and extend low bass response Do not install a ported box with the port against a solid surface The port opening must remain unobstructed Use the smallest dimension of the rectangular port as the minimum amount of space required between the port and any surface to insure unrestricted airflow For more advice on box building see the Choosing and Building Enclosures page in the Tech Tips amp FAQs section of the Support area on the Kicker website www kicker com Or call Technical Services at 1 405 624 8583 A note on power handling capability SoloX subwoofers will handle massive amounts of power in any of the recommended enclosures The power ratings given are assuming that both voice coils are used You should never hook up a dual voice coil woofer using only one coil SOL Om SUBWOOF ERR Sena enD Dessin SoloX Series Sealed Enclosure Applications The SoloX is designed for Vented enclosure High SPL applications and that is where maximum output and power handling will be achieved If you are willing to give up maximum SPL and power han dling for more low bass output then you can utilize our sealed enclo sure recommendations These sealed enclosure recommendations will give the smoothest response with the most energy at really low fre quencies around 20 to 30 HZ The recommended Tuner seal
13. readed studs to secure the BAM to the baffle 6 Once the holes are marked remove template Using a jigsaw cutout the woofer hole and use a 3 8 drillbit for the mounting holes Baffle l BAM y SPLAT y WARNING You will need assistance for the following steps 1 4 20 Baffle 10 Pull the wires out through the BAM and connect to the B3 Link of your choice Make sure you are using proper polarity 7 Insert the SPLAT into the cutout and move into position 8 Use masking tape to temporarily hold the SPLAT in place while securing the BAM This tape can be removed after the corner hardware has been start ed 11 Remove the Gap Cap before inserting SPAIR SOLO SUBLaddrm erm 12 Insert the SPAIR back into 14 Pop open a cold beverage and admire your work the BAM Be careful not to dam age the voice coil The double threaded studs and the ARCTIC Cap will helo to center SPAIR as you lower it into the BAM When properly aligned these assemblies slide together easily 13 Using the 1 4 20 acorn head nuts and eight bolts secure the SPAIR to the BAM When tight ening the nuts follow the pat tern drawn below This will insure a proper fit ATTENTION Follow the pattern hand tight ening each then go back and tighten using the same pat tern SOLO SIS oor Ler NOC TINE
14. reases your return freight charges Non defective items received will be returned freight collect Include a dated proof of purchase stating the Customer name Dealer name product pur chased and date of purchase Warranty expiration on items without proof of purchase will be determined from the manufacturing date code Freight must be prepaid items received freight collect will be refused Failure to follow these steps may void your warranty Any questions can be directed to the KICKER Customer Service Department at 405 624 8510 This warranty is valid only if the product is used for the purpose for which it was designed Cau TOM 2x R YT vore cos are MoT Eovekreenp ur mer walk eRe r YT Speaker with any foreign caulk used for gasket material Items previously repaired or modified by any unauthorized repair facility Return shipping on non defective items Products with tampered or missing barcode labels Products returned without a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA number Freight damage The cost of shipping the product to Kicker Service performed by anyone other than Kicker In addition the warranty does not cover Damage due to improper installation Subsequent damage to other components Damage caused by exposure to moisture excessive heat chemical cleaners and or UV radiation Damage through negligence misuse accident or abuse Any cost or expense related to the removal or reinst
15. the voice coil during operation 2 Provides enhanced heat transfer for cool operation and maximum power handling 3 Increases the linear magnetic fields around the voice coil gap for superior cone motion control 4 Releases pressure under ISD for freer cone motion and enhanced low bass SLAM SPAIR Lockdown Attachment Mechanism The alu minum frame attached to the SPAIR which properly secures the removable speaker assembly SPAIR to the BAM Basket And Motor assembly SPLAT Speaker Precise Location Alignment Tool Locates and anchors the BAM to the baffle of your enclosure ARCTIC Cap Aluminum Rapid Cooling Thermal Induction Centering Cap Mounted on top of the extended pole piece it is responsible for insuring the voice coil on the SPAIR is properly centered when inserted into the BAM adds more mass for increased thermal transfer from the voice coil to the pole piece and channels air into the x Vent for increased cooling 4 Quad Spider Array 4 Poly nomex spiders keeps the voice coil properly centered under high excursion Triple Stack Custom Tooled Magnets With a BAM this big a double just wouldn t fill your appetite ISD Inverted Structural Dome Further increases cone s resistance to flex under pressure Stitched Surround Prevents cone surround separation at high EXCUFSIONS Dual Ultra Length Voice Coils For high excursion and flexible wiring options Oversized 3 5 Voice Coil With bottom rolled out for
16. tillwater Designs KICKER for a RMA Return Merchandise Authorization You will then have to wrestle the big unit meaning the Solo X Subwoofer BAM and SPAIR both and pack them in the original shipping container that you got at the time of purchase You MUST use the original packing to protect the unit during shipping You will be responsible for the freight charges After receiving your Solo X and examining it one of three things will happen gt If a problem is found that is indeed covered under warranty we will repair the unit and return it to you at no additional charge gt If no problem is found we will return the unit to you and you will be responsible for the freight charge gt If a problem is found that is not covered under the warranty as described in the warranty statements you will be charged for the cost of the repair and freight charge to return the unit to you SOLO SUBWOOF ERR
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