Whats up guys. I own a 2000 Dodge Stratus ES and I am trying to replace the stock deck with a Kenwood one disc CD player.(50W X 4). When I connected it to the car I would only get sound from the rear speakers, and the two tweeds in the dash, but I don't seem to get sound from the speakers in the doors. I assume I need an amp to power the other two. However i can't seem to find any info on the stock speakers in my car, so i'm not sure what size amp to get. (everything in car is stock)

Do you know the specifications of all stock speakers? (6 total: 2 in rear, 2 tweeds in dash, and 2 in doors)

Do you Have any wiring diagrams for speaker system?

Whats size amp would you recommend?


Thanks

 

I have a 2000 ES and I didn't think there were speakers in the dash? I have a JVC deck in mine and I get sound out of the doors and the rear.

 

Look at the dashboard, you'll see a 2" circle on each side. those are the tweeters up front. The deck (properly installed) will have all 6 speakers in the car working. I have yet to take my pioneer deck out to see what extra wires were connected, jumped, etc (deck was in the car when i bought it). But yep... they are there. turn the highs up and you should have some sound from them.

 

i have a sony explod deck in mine and the sony xplod speakers i only get sound out of the two doors now with the new deck does anyone know why

 

The higher end 1g strats have an amplifier for the larger speakers. I was mistaken in the actual number of speakers in the car. The count is 8. (2x 6"x9", 2x 6.5", 4x 2") The 6x9's on the rear deck are powered by the amplifier, the 2" on top of the rear 6x9 are powered by the head, the same goes for the front door speakers (amp), and dash tweeters (deck). What you need to do is hook up the "amp turn on wire" and the "power antenna" wire to the blue wire on the wire harness. This will supply enough current to kick the stock amp on (you'll see a metal box under the passenger front seat). If you don't want to use the stock amp, you'll need to run all new wires to the speakers.

 

I have a 2000 stratus and just replaced the deck radio and it seems like I'm getting no bass out of the rear speakers at all. I do have the amp under the pass seat. Is it not working properly? I also have an orange wire and a solid blue wire not being used off of the harnesses

 

Are you using the aftermarket adapter (plugs into the factory plug, and has bare wires that connect to the radio harness)?

There should only be highs coming out of the 4 tweeters. (two front dash tweeters, and two rear tweeters). Those 4 are powered directly by the radios amp. If you're getting bass out of the front, than your amp is powered on and working, and you'll need to trace wires to find out why the amp isn't powering your rear speakers. If they are the factory speakers, there will be a 4 wire connection plug. Two wires are the tweeter, the other two are the bass coming from the amp.

If you are, there should be a blue or blue/white wire on the vehicle side. Connect that to the blue and blue/white wires on the radio side. It may be labled "amp" or "pwr ant". Both are 12v switched power that signal the amp to turn on.

The orange wire "illum" is for the dimming feature of the radio. If you don't have an orange or orange/white wire on the radio side, than it's illumination does not change when your headlights turn on.