Whelen Engineering Company X-ECUTOR 2 User manual

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Installation Manual
X-ECUTOR™2 Siren Amplifier
©2001 Whelen Engineering Company Inc.
Form No.13540F (050108)
®
ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.
51 Winthrop Road
Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Internet: www.whelen.com
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Automotive: Sirens/Switches
Safety First
This document provides all the necessary information to allow your Whelen product to be properly and safely installed.
Before beginning the installation and/or operation of your new product, the installation technician and operator must
read this manual completely. Important information is contained herein that could prevent serious injury or damage.
• Proper installation of this product requires the installer to have a good understanding of automotive electronics,
systems and procedures.
• If mounting this product requires drilling holes, the installer MUST be sure that no vehicle components or other
vital parts could be damaged by the drilling process. Check both sides of the mounting surface before drilling
begins. Also de-burr any holes and remove any metal shards or remnants. Install grommets into all wire
passage holes.
• If this manual states that this product may be mounted with suction cups, magnets, tape or Velcro™, clean the
mounting surface with a 50/50 mix of isopropyl alcohol and water and dry thoroughly.
• Do not install this product or route any wires in the deployment area of your air bag. Equipment mounted or
located in the air bag deployment area will damage or reduce the effectiveness of the air bag, or become a
projectile that could cause serious personal injury or death. Refer to your vehicle owners manual for the air bag
deployment area. The User/Installer assumes full responsibility to determine proper mounting location, based
on providing ultimate safety to all passengers inside the vehicle.
• For this product to operate at optimum efficiency, a good electrical connection to chassis ground must be
made. The recommended procedure requires the product ground wire to be connected directly to the NEGATIVE
(-) battery post.
• If this product uses a remote device to activate or control this product, make sure this control is located in an
area that allows both the vehicle and the control to be operated safely in any driving condition. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO ACTIVATE OR CONTROL THIS DEVICE IN A HAZARDOUS DRIVING SITUATION.
• It is recommended that these instructions be stored in a safe place and
referred to when performing maintenance and/or reinstallation of this
product.
• FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND
INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE PRODUCT OR
VEHICLE AND/OR SERIOUS INJURY TO YOU AND YOUR PASSENGERS!
For warranty information regarding this product, visit www.whelen.com/warranty
DANGER! Sirens produces extremely loud emergency warning tones! Exposure to these
tones without proper and adequate hearing protection, could cause ear damage and/or hearing
loss! The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (www.osha.gov) provides information
necessary to determine safe exposure times in Occupational Noise Exposure Section 1910.95.
Until you have determined the safe exposure times for your specific application, operators and
anyone else in the immediate vicinity should be required to wear an approved hearing protection
device. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS RECOMMENDATION COULD CAUSE HEARING LOSS!
CAUTION
Loud siren noise can cause
hearing damage and/or loss.
Refer to OSHA Section 1910.95 prior
to putting ANY siren into service!
Wear
Protection!
ACTIVATION OF THIS
SIREN MAY DAMAGE
UNPROTECTED EARS!

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MAIN
BATTERY
SWITCH
MANUAL
BRAKE
CONTROL 1
CONTROL 2
CONTROL 3
AIRHORN
PUSH TO TALK
MIC-
MIC+
X-ECUTOR 2 Remote Amplifier
P2-8 WHT/BLK
WHT/BLU
P2-9
WHT/VIO
WHT/YEL
WHT/ORG
WHT/RED
WHT/BRN
WHT/GRN
RED/WHT
P2-4
P2-6
P2-7
P2-5
P2-2
P2-3
P2-1
RED
BLU
BLU
BLK
BRN
ORG
P1-6
P1-5
P1-3
P1-4
P1-2
P1-1
RADIO
RADIO
GROUND
+BATT
CONTROL
+
WHT/BLK 8
7
WHT/BLU
3
4
1
6
9
2
5
WHT/RED
WHT/VIO
WHT/YEL
WHT/ORG
WHT/BRN
RED/WHT
N/C
HEAD
+
BLK
WHT
WHT
BLK
SPEAKER
SPEAKER
100 WATT
100 WATT BRAKE
BATTERY
BLK2
WHT
GRY4
3
RED1
3 AMP
3 AMP
15 AMP
Wiring Option #2:Remote Switch Control
3 AMP
Momentary
Switch
No Connection
3 AMP
SPEAKER
100 WATT
+
BATTERY
P2-5
P2-6
P2-4
P2-3
P2-2
P2-1 RED/WHT
WHT/GRN
WHT/BRN
WHT/RED
WHT/ORG
WHT/YEL
CONTROL
HORN
VEHICLE
BUTTON
HORN
RELAY
WIRE
WHT/VIO
P2-7
WHT/BLK
P2-8
WHT/BLU
P2-9 MIC+
MIC-
PUSH TO TALK
AIRHORN
CONTROL 3
CONTROL 2
CONTROL 1
BRAKE
MANUAL
HEAD
HORN
7
8
9
3
1
4
5
2
6
+BATT
GROUND
P1-4 ORG
P1-3 BRN
P1-2 BLK
RED
P1-1
BLU
P1-5
BLU
P1-6
RADIO
RADIO
3
4
2
1
WHT
GRY
+BATT
CUT
RED
BLK
BRAKE
RED/WHT
N/C
WHT/BRN
WHT/RED
WHT/ORG
WHT/YEL
WHT/VIO
WHT/BLK
WHT/BLU
15 AMP
3 AMP
MAIN
BATTERY
SWITCH
+
100 WATT
SPEAKER
BLK
WHT
BLK
WHT
X-ECUTOR 2 Remote Amplifier
Wiring Option #1:Horn Ring Control
Installation:
1. Find a suitable mounting location. A dry, cool compartment is a good
choice.
2. Position the amplifier on the mounting location and using an awl or
similar tool, scribe the mounting surface where the mounting holes
are to be drilled.
CAUTION: As mounting will require drilling, it is absolutely
necessary to make sure that no other vehicle components could be
damaged by the drilling process. If any vehicle component could
suffer any potential harm, select a different location.
3. Carefully drill the mounting holes using a #30 drill bit.
4. Using the supplied sheet metal screws, secure the amplifier to its
mounting surface. IMPORTANT: The amplifier case must be
mounted or grounded to the vehicle chassis.
Input Connector - P1: Connecting to Power
WARNING: All customer supplied wires that connect to the positive
terminal of the battery must be sized to supply at least 125% of the
maximum operating current and fused “at the battery” to carry that load
(see wire chart next page).
1. Extend RED and BLACK wires to the main battery switch.
2. Connect the RED wire to one end of a fuse block.
3. Extend the wire coming from the fuse block to the main battery
switch as shown below (switch and fuse block are user supplied). Do
not connect this unit to the battery switch yet.
4. Connect the BLACK wire to the vehicle’s chassis ground.
Connecting to Speaker:
1. Route ORANGE and BROWN wires to speaker.
2. Connect ORANGE wire to the WHITE speaker wire.
3. Connect BROWN wire to BLACK speaker wire.
For dual speaker installation, connect the second speakers wires to the
same destinations as the first speakers wires, as shown below.
Connecting Radio Rebroadcast:
The two (2) remaining BLUE wires are used to connect your two-way
radio’s external speaker for radio re-broadcast. This is an optional
connection and will not effect the other operations. If radio rebroadcast
is not used, place dip switch 6 in the down position.
Note: Radio re-broadcast will NOT work with amplified remote
speakers! If your remote speaker is amplified (I.E.: contains a power
amp circuit in the speaker assembly), do not enable the radio re-
broadcast feature.
Installation will be complete after the fuse block wire is connected to the
main battery switch. After this connection has been made, visually
inspect the fuses at the back of the amplifier and at the battery. If either
of these fuses is blown, carefully inspect all of the circuit wires and
make sure they are wired correctly. Replace the blown fuses with ones
of an identical amp rating. If these fuses blow after installation or
activation, contact Whelen Engineering Technical Support.
NOTE: See next page for Adjusting Radio Rebroadcast.
See control head manual for connector P2 wiring.

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18 AWG
16 AWG
14 AWG
12 AWG
10 AWG
For 5 Ft. of Wire
For 8 Ft. of Wire
For 13 Ft. of Wire
For 20 Ft. of Wire
For 32 Ft. of Wire
Control Head
22 AWG
20 AWG
18 AWG
16 AWG
14 AWG
For 6 Ft. of Wire
For 9.5 Ft. of Wire
For 15 Ft. of Wire
For 24.5 Ft. of Wire
For 39 Ft. of Wire
Amplifier
Specifications
Input Voltage
Input Current
Input Fuse
Operating Temp.
Storage Temp.
Humidity
12.5 VDC
10 AMPS TYP.
15 AMPS
30 - 60
40 - 70
99% Non Condensing
ºº
ºº
Recomended Wire Size: POWER &
GROUND
CAUTION
Loud siren noise can cause
hearing damage and/or loss.
Refer to OSHA Section 1910.95 prior
to putting ANY siren into service!
Radio Rebroadcast
adjustment screw
REAR VIEW OF SIREN AMPLIFIER
Dip Switch Functions:
(Dip Switches 1 and 2 are used Together)
Dip Switch 1 Dip Switch 2 Action
UP ....................... UP .......................Normal PIERCER operation
UP .......................DOWN.................Hi / Lo Tone in place of PIERCER
DOWN ................. UP .......................WAIL / YELP auto cycle in place of PIERCER
DOWN ................. DOWN.................No tone for PIERCER
Dip Switch 3
UP ....................................................AIRHORN works as usual.
DOWN ..............................................AIRHORN will not override WAIL or YELP (Title 13)
Dip Switch 4
UP ....................................................BELL activated with MAN and HORN RING
DOWN ..............................................BELL activated with BRAKE switch. MAN and
HORN RING activate AIRHORN
Dip Switch 5
UP ....................................................XEC tone is a mechanical sound
DOWN ..............................................XEC tone is a less mechanical sound
Dip Switch 6
UP ....................................................RADIO is in high power
DOWN ..............................................RADIO is in low power
Dip Switch 7
UP ....................................................BELL is in low power
DOWN ..............................................BELL is in high power
Dip Switch 8
UP ....................................................Rotary Switch is a standard siren tone
DOWN ..............................................Rotary Switch is an XEC tone
The Default Dip Switch setting is: All Dip Switches UP.
IMPORTANT NOTE: For Title 13 compliance Dip Switches 1, 2, and 3 are DOWN.
Adjusting Radio Rebroadcast:
Before using this unit, the Radio Rebroadcast output volume must be adjusted to
satisfactory operating levels. To adjust this level, a small, flat blade screwdriver is
needed. Locate the Radio Rebroadcast adjustment port (potentiometer) to the right of
the 12 position input port on the back of the remote amplifier. Set the volume level of the
vehicle’s two-way radio to it’s normal operating volume. Turn the Rotory Knob on the
control head to RAD to activate Radio Repeat. Insert the screwdriver in the Radio
Rebroadcast adjustment port and turn in clockwise direction to increase the sound level.