hello all
doing my first 'mod' if you will to my new XRS. It's almost 2 months old, and needless to say, the stock sound system is brutal.
A local store was having Clarion Days, so I grabbed a pair of 6x9's and got a pair of 6 1/2's for 70% off... both were the best Clarion in the store, paid a cool $300 for both pairs after taxes.
The guy said my car was already amplified so I didn't need an amp, and don't really have any desire for a sub. Installation was going to be $300, and I thought I might be able to do it myself and save the money.... WRONG! maybe on cheaper speakers with 1 hookup, but these speakers seem to be more complicated than that...
as you can see, the "2-Way Passive Network" has 6 terminals, as follows:
1. INPUT (-)
2. INPUT (+)
3. OUTPUT / TWEETER (-)
4. OUTPUT / WOOFER (+)
then a line branches off the TWEETER from #3, and..
5. OUTPUT / 0db (+)
6. OUTPUT / +3db (+)
then, also from the picture, there is 3 hookup locations on the actual speaker. 2 wires feed through the speaker, coming from the tweeter. Then there is a bracket right below the cone with 2 more hookups (+/-). The one on the bottom (near the magnet?) has 4 prongs... 2+, and 2-.
I'm guessing the INPUT terminals are used by the wire coming from my amp/deck/power source (whatever comes stock). So, if there are a total of 8 prongs on the speaker (4+/4-), how the hell do i decide which three to use as the positives and which 1 to use for the negative???
i've read the other posts about making fitting brackets and so on, and have that part down ok, panels are off and everything, but i desperately need help with this part. I've been looking all day and can't find much online....
thanks in advance!
Installing Clarion (Front+Back) with 2-Way Passive Crossover
Linear Mode
