RE: IML: hidden stereo

[aeyn <mr85000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Might I add to this - DO NOT CHOP into the original wiring!  Make
an adapter jumper with the proper connectors on it.  That way if
it did not work, you can alter the ADAPTER and not have to cut
away the original wires, they are short enough as they were
originally.  I will not allow ANYONE to do wiring on my cars
except to original spec WITH the original connectors!  I have
seen TOO MANY MICKEY-MOUSE wiring jobs.  I have one on my
Imperial right now! {getting down off of soap box].

Æyn

--- Dick Benjamin <dickb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You cannot connect the wires that are intended for a 4 speaker
> system to two
> speakers without damaging the equipment.  Do not connect two
> speaker wires
> together - the circuits are designed to operate independently,
> and
> connecting them will damage the radio. 
> 
>  
> 
> You cannot get a true front/rear fader stereo operation unless
> you connect
> only the wires for the front left and right rear speakers from
> your radio to
> your two speakers - then when you adjust the "fader control" to
> dead center,
> you will get a sort of lopsided stereo effect as you will have
> the left
> stereo output in the front seat and the right stereo output in
> the rear seat
> - I suppose that is as close as you can come to what you want,
> but it will
> sound pretty strange.    
> 
>  
> 
> Your only other choice is to connect only the wires for the
> left (or right)
> channel speakers, one to the front speaker and one to the rear
> speaker, then
> you will have a true fader control, but no stereo effect at
> all, which is
> the way your car came from the factory.   If you do that,
> program material
> that requires both channels to make sense will not be pleasant
> to listen to!
> ( BUT! If your radio has an option to turn off the stereo
> feature, this will
> work OK - you will get a mixed left/right channel output,
> basically
> duplicating the original setup.)
> 
>  
> 
> Whichever you decide to do, leave the speaker wires that are
> not going to be
> used isolated from each other and from any other point - just
> tape up each
> wire end individually so it cannot touch anything metal.
> 
>  
> 
> Dick Benjamin (who has been herding electrons for about 54
> years).  
> 
>  
> 
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> From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of JAY
> D'ANGELO
> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 10:45 PM
> To: john sadowski
> Subject: RE: IML: hidden stereo
> 
>  
> 
> I'm only using two speakers - one in front on one in the rear
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: jsadowski@xxxxxxx
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: IML: hidden stereo
> Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 22:48:18 -0700
> 
> If you wire them all together, you won't be able to get left &
> right balance
> or front to rear fade.  You need to run a set of positive &
> negative to each
> of the 4 speakers. The instructions with the stereo should tell
> you which
> wires go to which speaker.
> 
> John
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
> From: JAY D'ANGELO <mailto:cadij@xxxxxxxxxxx>  
> 
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 10:28 PM
> 
> Subject: IML: hidden stereo
> 
>  
> 
> OK audiophiles - this will be easy for you:
>  
> I'm hiding a new stereo under the dash, but I'm only using the
> front and
> rear speakers.  How do I wire them, since there are four
> speaker wire runs?
>  
> Connect both front pos leads together and then to the speaker
> and the same
> with the output leads from the rear and connect the negs
> togethe?  If I do
> that, then I will have fade control.  Sound right?  been a long
> time since
> I've played with speaker wires.
>  
> Jay D'Angelo
> 64 Iml Cvt
> Las Vegas
> 
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