They're all like that. Two hot wires and a common ground. Most new car stereos don't work with wiring like that (check your installation guide, it probably says that specifically). There may be something you can buy to get around this problem, but short of that you'll have to figure out how to get one more wire to the back of your van. _____ Donald Baxter Iowa City, Iowa (319) 337-0494 www.mindspring.com/~onanov "I was visiting the Netherlands several years ago," writes Gerrit Halbersma. "A 3-year-old toddler from within the family, scrutinized my Canadian flag lapel pin, and exclaimed, Kijk, een blaadje met gordijntjes. English translation: 'Look, a leaf with curtains.' "
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Zoran Mladen Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 12:13 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Help with speaker wiring needed
Hello all! I am having a peculiar problem with the Blueberry (84 Vanagon GL). When purchased, one rear speaker was missing. I replaced with it with a new one courtesy of Ken. Went in no problem. Checked the wiring on the radio and here is what I find. The radio has seperate wires for each of the four speakers. It looks like the Vanagon wiring has one hot wire for each rear speaker, and they share a common ground wire. I hook up all of the wires, and everything works great at low volumes. When I turn the volume up, it starts crackling and the radio turns on and off. If I only wire one rear speaker (same result using either), everything works fine at all volume. But with both hooked up, wacky stuff happens. Anyone have a clue as to the problem here???? Thanx! Z |
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