tan159753
08-01-2010, 08:17 PM
Hi
Just purchased a 2005 plate sharan. I t currently has a beta radio cassette with a cd player in the din slot underneath as a separate unit. I hate swapping cd's all the time so I rushed out to buy a MP3/usb player.
I have 6 speakers in the car, 2 tweeters and 2 door speakers in front and 2 rear door speakers (all working) . When i pulled out the Beta vw rubbish, i was horrified to see wiring for only 2 speakers ?!?. Searched on this forum and yes beta radios only have 2 speaker outputs.
How do I wire up the new stereo. If I only wire up 2 speaker channels to drive all 6 speakers, i dont want to blow up my shiny new setero. How are the VW rear speakers wired up anyway? If they are wired up in parallel then the radio side is only gonna see 2 ohms impedance and the stereo will definately burn out later. On the other hand if the rear speakers are wired up in series with the fronts, ie the output of the front speaker then goes to the input o rear speaker, then the radio will see 8 ohms which is safeish but will sound a bit dim.
What should i do? Does anybody else have 4 speakers (not counting any tweeters) wired up to a Beta radio or VW's stingy 2 speaker setup?
Just purchased a 2005 plate sharan. I t currently has a beta radio cassette with a cd player in the din slot underneath as a separate unit. I hate swapping cd's all the time so I rushed out to buy a MP3/usb player.
I have 6 speakers in the car, 2 tweeters and 2 door speakers in front and 2 rear door speakers (all working) . When i pulled out the Beta vw rubbish, i was horrified to see wiring for only 2 speakers ?!?. Searched on this forum and yes beta radios only have 2 speaker outputs.
How do I wire up the new stereo. If I only wire up 2 speaker channels to drive all 6 speakers, i dont want to blow up my shiny new setero. How are the VW rear speakers wired up anyway? If they are wired up in parallel then the radio side is only gonna see 2 ohms impedance and the stereo will definately burn out later. On the other hand if the rear speakers are wired up in series with the fronts, ie the output of the front speaker then goes to the input o rear speaker, then the radio will see 8 ohms which is safeish but will sound a bit dim.
What should i do? Does anybody else have 4 speakers (not counting any tweeters) wired up to a Beta radio or VW's stingy 2 speaker setup?