Help speaker problems
#1
Help speaker problems
So today I decided I’d replace my 2 rear speakers on my 1998 ram 2500 as the cones on both of them were basically ripped into pieces... anyway I connect the new speakers directly into the two wires in the door as I did not have the harness so when I go to test them out none of them are producing sound and I’m currently only getting sound out of my front driver side speaker... I don’t know if it helps but I have the infinity audio system in this truck and I was thinking maybe that had something to do with my issues
the original rear speakers had 2 green wires and 2 black wires attached to them
the original rear speakers had 2 green wires and 2 black wires attached to them
Last edited by Hunter Staton; 08-15-2020 at 11:18 PM.
#4
Going by the wiring diagram in that year the premium audio had a peculiar setup: The front speakers have their own amplifiers at the speakers which also drive the additional tweeters, but the rears are fed directly from the radio. The brown/yellow and brown/light blue wires in the pictures make that the left rear (right side is dark blue/orange and dark blue/white) and connecting the speaker directly to those wires should work. Unless the radio output amplifier is blown or the wiring is messed up.
Not sure what to make of the green and black wires you mentioned, maybe these were not factory speakers anymore.
Not sure what to make of the green and black wires you mentioned, maybe these were not factory speakers anymore.
#5
Going by the wiring diagram in that year the premium audio had a peculiar setup: The front speakers have their own amplifiers at the speakers which also drive the additional tweeters, but the rears are fed directly from the radio. The brown/yellow and brown/light blue wires in the pictures make that the left rear (right side is dark blue/orange and dark blue/white) and connecting the speaker directly to those wires should work. Unless the radio output amplifier is blown or the wiring is messed up.
Not sure what to make of the green and black wires you mentioned, maybe these were not factory speakers anymore.
Not sure what to make of the green and black wires you mentioned, maybe these were not factory speakers anymore.
thats the funny part the right side has the exact same colors but I’m honestly wondering the more and more I think about it if the wires are messed up somewhere or if the head unit wiring is done wrong. I thought I was doing it wrong but when I tested to see if they had power I was reading they weren’t getting power but I don’t know what the chances of both doors not receiving power would be. You think I should check the wiring going into the head unit?
#6
thats the funny part the right side has the exact same colors but I’m honestly wondering the more and more I think about it if the wires are messed up somewhere or if the head unit wiring is done wrong. I thought I was doing it wrong but when I tested to see if they had power I was reading they weren’t getting power but I don’t know what the chances of both doors not receiving power would be. You think I should check the wiring going into the head unit?