Car Speakers

[ash t]

Help me please!

I have just bought some 6 x 9 speakers to put in the back of my car.

All that has come with them is wires. No fancy connections just wire.

I dont know what im doing. Do you need an amplifier for rear speakers?
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[Rookie]

Does your car already have rear speakers that you're replacing? If not, it could get quite complicated.

[ash t]

No it doesnt have rear speakers
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[Barry_M2]

What head unit do you have?

Idealy you would want an amp, but if you have rear speaker connections on your head unit then just run the wires from there straight to the speakers. That's the cheapest way of doing it.

[ash t]

I have a JVC head unit.

There are sockets on the back of it for Phono Wires (the red and white ones) but the wires that came with the speakers are just wire with no connection.

Can I buy some phono wires and strip them down at one end to bodge onto the speakers?
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[Rookie]

I thought the phono connection on the back of a radio was just for a subwoofer?

I think the 'official' way to do it would be to wire in the speakers to the multi wire plug which goes into the back of the radio. Though I know the phono subwoofer thing could work, I use it to play my iPod through, and sound just comes out of the rear channels.

For a botch job, buy a 2 or 3 metre long phono jack cable. Then cut off the jacks on one end, strip back the insulation, and twist the wire onto the wire coming from the speakers. Insulate it with some electrical tape.

That could do it, but I'm not sure if it would allow all 4 channels to work at the same time.

[Barry_M2]

Your head unit should have a black block connector on the back with power, earth, remote, front and rear speakers etc...

The phono connection (RCA) is for connection to an amp.

Take a look at the wires coming off the black connector, you'll notice there are pair in 4 different colours (ie: Purple - Purple/white etc..) they are the + and - for each speaker. If you have a manual then look in there for what colours are to go to what speaker, if not, you can download all manuals from JVC web site.

[ash t]

I eventually found the wires all ready to go in the boot. Silly me. I had to strip the carpety stuff off the sides. Its all done now.

Thanks for the help anyway!!
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