Kenwood Speaker Wiring

[justin911]

hey ppls

ive got some crap old kenwood external speakers in my car at the back.. and the rest is all just stock pretty much.. anyways i took the 2 rear external speakers out tonight to try mount em properly and i noticed each speaker has 4 wires.. (i couldnt write down wat connected to wat b4 hand )

one has

- black

- black / red

- grey / red

- grey

the other one has

- black

- black / red

- grey / blue

- grey

the connectors in the boot seems to only have 2 wires for each speaker ?? pink/black and black i think it was.. does anyone no which wires on the speakers id hook them upto ?? it ses on the speakers its a '4 way system' if thats makes a differance ??

thanks

[RANDY]

Does it have the Kenwood logo on the back of the boxes? If so, you've got some power wiring in your hands.

If this holds true, then i'd guess the black and black/red are the power wires for the lightup Kenwood logo, and the grey ones are for left/right positive/negative.

If you unscrew the boxes (6 screws underneath?) you can trace the wiring into the globes. Use the other wiring for the speaker hookup. Negative wires have the stripe on them.

Grey/red could be the right-side negative for the speaker. Grey for positive

Grey/blue could be the left-side negative.... you know the rest.

[justin911]

your right i tested on the battery just now and she light up.. looks pretty cool its blue i didnt relise it did that.

thanks heaps i should be able to wire em up no probs now

Does it have the Kenwood logo on the back of the boxes? If so, you've got some power wiring in your hands.

If this holds true, then i'd guess the black and black/red are the power wires for the lightup Kenwood logo, and the grey ones are for left/right positive/negative.

If you unscrew the boxes (6 screws underneath?) you can trace the wiring into the globes. Use the other wiring for the speaker hookup. Negative wires have the stripe on them.

Grey/red could be the right-side negative for the speaker. Grey for positive

Grey/blue could be the left-side negative.... you know the rest.

[mrgilly]

As you've realised, they're the power leads. I have the same in my car... looks kinda funky at night

[RANDY]

No dramas! =-D