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Re: I just realized my DIN cable has a right angle wher Posted by robin [Email]  (#2944) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from robin) on Sun, 24 Aug 2003 01:25:51
In Reply to: Re: I just realized my DIN cable has a right angle where it, Alex Athanasiou, Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:53:42 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
well, let's see... its highly unlikely that both speakers are defective... in addition, defective speakers will usually buzz or rattle (you have to do a lot to completely burn out the coil of a speaker), so its more likely the wiring or one of your connections... here's a trick i use for testing a funky audio connection... get a AA battery and battery holder with pigtail (loose wires) connectors at Radio Shack... if you apply the 1.5 volts to the speaker terminals directly (with no wire connected) the speaker should "pop" (pop in if you connect the batter one way, and pop out if you connect it the other... that's a good way to check the polarity of your speakers)... if you can pop the speakers by connecting the battery directly, then reconnect the cables and go to the other end (which plugs into the amp)... again, use the battery to connect your wires... if you can still pop your speakers, then you know its not the speakers or the connecting wires... (and i'm guessing its neither)... now you have to recheck your amp and DIN plug wiring... as i remember in order for the amp to work you need 4 wires connected... a Left, a Right, a Common Ground (for both L and R audio) and an Amp Turn on signal... make sure you've wired the cable correctly (if you did it yourself)... its easy to make a "MIRROR" mistake, and wire things backwards or upside down... assuming its all wired properly, then the next step will be to get a small multimeter to measure that all the voltages are getting from the DIN connector to the AMP... a quick check is to make sure that the amp gets a little warm when the system is turned on and running... also, you may want to put your ear up to the speaker and then have someone insert the key and turn on the radio and see if you can hear any kind of humm or buzz or transient noise (which would indicate that something is getting through)
these are general thoughts... more details (what amp, where did you get the cable, etc, which car, etc?) would be helpful...
but don't sweat... there aren't that many things that can go wrong and lots have done this successfully, so you can too!
cheers
robin
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