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1Contents Mission Statement 3 The Reference Digital Series 4 Sonic Purity 6 SymbiLink™ Balanced System 7 Specifications You Can Hear 8 Warnings

10Warnings ZAPCO highly recommends that a fuse or circuit breaker be placed within 18" of the battery. Although products have adequate interna

11Wire Size Most people understand the importance of a clean signal source for good sound reproduction. But, what about your 12 volt power source? I

12Installation Guidelines Mounting your Reference Digital Amplifier is easy. Keep in mind the following guidelines: • The amplifier may be mounte

13In – Line SymbiLink™ Transmitters ZAPCO was the first Car Audio manufacturer to embrace balanced line signal transmission. There is a good deal

14Reference Digital Series Inputs Just like the C2K Competition Series, ZAPCO’s Digital Reference Series amplifiers accept only SymbiLink™ Balance

15Wire Connections for the Digital Reference The Digital Reference amps use ZAPCO’s new flush set, insulated terminal blocks. The stripped wire is i

16Intelligent Rail Voltage Control High current or low current? How can you have one amp do it all? With conventional designs you can’t. As impedanc

17The ZAPCO Digital Programming Network All Digital Reference amplifiers, and the ZAPCO DSP6-SL, stand-alone Digital Signal Processor incorporate ZA

18Ducted Flow Cooling Here is an unfortunate fact: Generating power creates heat. As ZAPCO has learned to put more power into a smaller package, th

19Reference DC200.2

2Reference DC750.2 27 Reference DC500.1 31 Reference DC1100.1 35 Reference DC360.4 39 Reference DC1000.4 43 Reference DC650.6 47 System Diagram

20Key Features • SymbiLink™ Balanced Inputs • On-Board, Full Function DSP • Intelligent Rail Voltage Control • Plays from ½ ohm to 4 ohm Ste

21Reference DC200.2 Specifications Total Power (14.4V @ 1kHz) Power Dynamic (4Ω mono) 230 watts .2% T.H.D. 205 watts Rated Power / Channel T.

22Front Panel Layout

23Reference DC350.2

24Key Features • SymbiLink™ Balanced Inputs • On-Board, Full Function DSP • Intelligent Rail Voltage Control • Plays from ½ ohm to 4 ohm Ste

25Reference DC350.2 Specifications Total Power (14.4V @ 1kHz) Power Dynamic (4Ω mono) 380 watts .2% T.H.D. 350 watts Rated Power / Channel T.

26Front Panel Layout

27Reference DC750.2

28Key Features • SymbiLink™ Balanced Inputs • On-Board, Full Function DSP • Intelligent Rail Voltage Control • Plays from ½ ohm to 4 ohm Ste

29Reference DC750.2 Specifications Total Power (14.4V @ 1kHz) Power Rated Power / Channel T.H.D.+N 175watts x 2 @ 4Ω < .04% 360 watts x 2

3Mission Statement ZAPCO IS DEDICATED TO THE PURSUIT OF AUDIO FIDELITY. Our passion, our “Driving Force” is to design and manufacture car audio p

30Front Panel Layouts

31Reference DC500.1

32Key Features • SymbiLink™ Balanced Inputs • On-Board, Full Function DSP • Intelligent Rail Voltage Control • Plays from ½ ohm to 4 ohm Ste

33Reference DC500.1 Specifications Total Power (14.4V @ 1kHz) .2% T.H.D. 500 watts Rated Power T.H.D.+N 350 watts x 1 @ 4Ω < .04% 500 wat

34Front Panel Layout

35Reference DC1100.1

36Key Features • SymbiLink™ Balanced Inputs • On-Board, Full Function DSP • Intelligent Rail Voltage Control • Plays from ½ ohm to 4 ohm Ste

37Reference DC1100.1 Specifications Total Power (14.4V @ 1kHz) Power Dynamic (4Ω mono) 1450 Watts Rated Power T.H.D.+N 825 watts x 1@ 4Ω <

38Front Panel Layout

39Reference DC360.4

4ZAPCO The Reference Digital Series The Reference series (originally called AG) marked ZAPCO’s first effort to bring the high quality that built the

40Key Features • SymbiLink™ Balanced Inputs • On-Board, Full Function DSP • Intelligent Rail Voltage Control • Plays from ½ ohm to 4 ohm Ste

41Reference DC360.4 Specifications Total Power (14.4V @ 1kHz) Power Dynamic (4Ω mono) 395 watts .2% T.H.D. 365 watts Rated Power / Channel T.

42Front Panel Layout

43Reference DC1000.4

44Key Features • SymbiLink™ Balanced Inputs • On-Board, Full Function DSP • Intelligent Rail Voltage Control • Plays from ½ ohm to 4 ohm Ste

45Reference DC1000.4 Specifications Total Power (14.4V @ 1kHz) Power Dynamic (4Ω mono) 1200 watts Rated Power / Channel T.H.D.+N 150 watts x 4

46Front Panel Layout

47Reference DC650.6

48Key Features • SymbiLink™ Balanced Inputs • On-Board, Full Function DSP • Intelligent Rail Voltage Control • Plays from ½ ohm to 4 ohm Ste

49Reference DC650.6 Specifications Total Power (14.4V @ 1kHz) Power Dynamic (4Ω mono) 540 watts Rated Power / Channel T.H.D.+N 50 watts x 4 +

5 ZAPCO’s exclusive Digital Processing Network allows you to use a PC to do all amp programming or to use the optional DRC-SL In-Dash controller. All

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52System Diagrams 2-Channel Amp Systems Page 53 - 56 4-Channel Amp Systems Page 57 - 60 6-Channel Amp Systems Page 61 - 63 Multi-Amp

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6Sonic Purity Our dedication to sonic purity requires that the highest quality internal components are used. • Resistors All resistors (other tha

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68Technical Assistance Should you experience a problem with your Reference Digital Series amplifier, please contact the dealer that sold you this p

7• Power Supplies Regulated or Unregulated? For years amplifier designers have debated which type of power supply is best. What’s the truth about po

8Specifications You Can Hear Our dedication to sonic purity, and to the concept of cumulative error demands that we design and build our amplifiers

9Stereo Separation: The ability of an amplifier to maintain the separation between the right and left channels is what allows an amplifier to reprodu