Polk C500.1 remote bass control

rz22g
rz22g Posts: 70
edited October 2007 in Car Subwoofer Talk
Ordered and received the Polk RC-1 for my C500.1. Instruction manual for the amp says to set the gain on the amp to max when using this remote. Am I missing something here but wouldn't it be safer/wiser to set your amp at max safe gain so that you are not accidentally exceeding this when adjusting at the remote? I would think so unless there is something else going on with the remote gain that Im not aware.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited October 2007
    If you are accident prone, then don't set it on max.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited October 2007
    Trust the engineers at Polk. They went to school for a long time to learn how to write manuals. I feel pretty confident theyre telling you right. ;)
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited October 2007
    Setting the gains first on the amp is what I have typically read on all the different amp manuals that I have owned. I always went above this as I like to have some extra room to adjust when it comes recordings with low bass output.
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  • rz22g
    rz22g Posts: 70
    edited October 2007
    1996blackmax wrote: »
    Setting the gains first on the amp is what I have typically read on all the different amp manuals that I have owned. I always went above this as I like to have some extra room to adjust when it comes recordings with low bass output.



    Thanks all. I went on the safe side and set my max desired on the amp and left a little overhead as stated in the quote above.
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