Adding tweeters
Discussion
I've posted this on various forums so apologies if this is a repeat.
The Emira does not have tweeters behind those grills in the front - and various people on various other threads have talked about adding them. But the only detail has been on US forums - and I've just opened up my front drivers side just below the fake 'KEF' grill - thinking I could use the wiring colour codes from a forum in the US - to be presented with wires of completely different colours to the ones shown on US models.
Does anybody know where I can find out what each of the wires in the picture below are - or where I can find out - otherwise I'll just have to take the door card off but I'd prefer not to have to do that.
What you see in the pic are the wires that go into the door on the drivers side.
From what I can see from my car I have:
three purple greens,
three purple white
Solid red (thick)
Solid black (thick)
Yellow green
Yellow white
Solid brown
Blue grey
I'm thinking the thick red and black one's can't be anything audio - as for the others though.......
Thoughts anybody?
THANKS.
The Emira does not have tweeters behind those grills in the front - and various people on various other threads have talked about adding them. But the only detail has been on US forums - and I've just opened up my front drivers side just below the fake 'KEF' grill - thinking I could use the wiring colour codes from a forum in the US - to be presented with wires of completely different colours to the ones shown on US models.
Does anybody know where I can find out what each of the wires in the picture below are - or where I can find out - otherwise I'll just have to take the door card off but I'd prefer not to have to do that.
What you see in the pic are the wires that go into the door on the drivers side.
From what I can see from my car I have:
three purple greens,
three purple white
Solid red (thick)
Solid black (thick)
Yellow green
Yellow white
Solid brown
Blue grey
I'm thinking the thick red and black one's can't be anything audio - as for the others though.......
Thoughts anybody?
THANKS.
One possibility...
Get two sewing pins and wire one to each end of a small 1.5 volt battery.
You can then poke the pins through the plastic wire sheaths to contact the metal conductors inside. When you do this on the speaker circuit there will be a small "pop" from the speaker as the cone moves.
Another possibility...
As above with the pins, but connect the pins to a small speaker. With the car stereo playing, you'll get music from your additional speaker when you poke through the right wires.
Beware...
You can't just stick a plain tweeter into a speaker circuit. It will be blown to bits unless some sort of crossover or high pass filter is used so that only appropriate current reaches the tweeter. Some automotive tweeters may have that filter built-in.
Get two sewing pins and wire one to each end of a small 1.5 volt battery.
You can then poke the pins through the plastic wire sheaths to contact the metal conductors inside. When you do this on the speaker circuit there will be a small "pop" from the speaker as the cone moves.
Another possibility...
As above with the pins, but connect the pins to a small speaker. With the car stereo playing, you'll get music from your additional speaker when you poke through the right wires.
Beware...
You can't just stick a plain tweeter into a speaker circuit. It will be blown to bits unless some sort of crossover or high pass filter is used so that only appropriate current reaches the tweeter. Some automotive tweeters may have that filter built-in.
Panamax said:
One possibility...
Get two sewing pins and wire one to each end of a small 1.5 volt battery.
You can then poke the pins through the plastic wire sheaths to contact the metal conductors inside. When you do this on the speaker circuit there will be a small "pop" from the speaker as the cone moves.
Another possibility...
As above with the pins, but connect the pins to a small speaker. With the car stereo playing, you'll get music from your additional speaker when you poke through the right wires.
Beware...
You can't just stick a plain tweeter into a speaker circuit. It will be blown to bits unless some sort of crossover or high pass filter is used so that only appropriate current reaches the tweeter. Some automotive tweeters may have that filter built-in.
Nice ideas - thanks.Get two sewing pins and wire one to each end of a small 1.5 volt battery.
You can then poke the pins through the plastic wire sheaths to contact the metal conductors inside. When you do this on the speaker circuit there will be a small "pop" from the speaker as the cone moves.
Another possibility...
As above with the pins, but connect the pins to a small speaker. With the car stereo playing, you'll get music from your additional speaker when you poke through the right wires.
Beware...
You can't just stick a plain tweeter into a speaker circuit. It will be blown to bits unless some sort of crossover or high pass filter is used so that only appropriate current reaches the tweeter. Some automotive tweeters may have that filter built-in.
And...... from various other forums etc I think I found the answer - which is exactly as stated in my original post - except the blue they state has a grey line through it - which is the negative contact for the main speaker (in the door) - and the yellow has a white line through it - for the negative contact on the tweeter only contact. The rest is as stated. So in fact the UK and US ones are the same whoever did the code just left out the fact that those two wires did have streaks of other colours in them.
I'll report back to results.
Not that I listen to music much it has to be said - but - you know - it seems an easy thing to do and the trebble in particular is a bit rubbish truth be said and those grills do say 'KEF' on them so they really need an actual speaker behind them don't you think?
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