Hi all
I just purchased a 1992 Honda Accord, but the rear speakers dont seem to be going. They are there, I checked
Swivling the 'fad' knob to the rear merely turns off the front 2 speakers, the 'balance' knob works as expected.
I should mention that everything looks factory, the headunit has Honda all over it, the speaker covers are origanal, and the screws around the dash were so tight that I am sure no one has removed them since 1992
So anyway I thought I would do some troubleshooting, see if I cant figure out whats going on. After about 2 hours trying to figure out how to remove the head unit, and another 45 minutes, upside down, actually removing the thing (who would've thought 2 bolts would be so hard to remove O_o) I was ready to start troubleshooting.
So I unplug the headunit from the big fat plug with a bunch of wires coming out of it, open the boot to find out what colour the wires on the rear speakers are, then whip out my multimetre.
Heres where the questions start :
A: Whats the plug thing called? The one that plugs into the headunit, and has a bunch of wire coming out, power, aux, speakers etc....
B: Does anyone know a resource that will inform me of the meaning of the colours of the wires? I can't seem to conjure up a search string that will coax the information out of google, but I dont know the name of the big fat plug thing, which may be half my problem.... I can guess which wires are the speakers, given that I can easily see the rear speakers wires.
C: The left and right wires come from the speakers, disappear into the car, and reappear shethed in black tape stuff, entering the big fat headunit plug. If I was to put my multimetre into ohmmetre mode, what would I expect to see when I put the contacts across the end of the wires? I didnt see a value for the speakers I was testing, that is, the value stayed at 1, which is the value that the metre reads when the contacts are not touching anything. I figure that the whole circuit is a bunch of wire, and a coil going around a magnet, so that means I should get some resistance, correct?
D: What am I going to if, for some reason, the speaker wires dont make a whole circuit? The headunit is fine and the wires are bung? What I mean is how am I going to track down where the wires run through the car? Is there a common way that this is done, or are all car different so just because your car routes the wire through the roof doesnt mean mine will?
I am not afraid of hard work, but I would prefer to work a bit smarter. Blugening my head against the bottom of the steering column, and the underside of the glove box was necessary, because car stereo removal instructions on the internet seem to be as rare as hens teeth. Also, it is winter here in NZ and daylight hours after work are minimal
I am perfectly happy with the factory stereo (that must be blasphemous to some members
), and I dont believe in paying someone to do something that I am perfectly able to do myself, espescially when there is learning involved. Thats why I didnt just buy a new one, and have it professionally installed.... Although with every 2 cm twist of my socket set wrench thingy while my head was stuck under the brake pedal, I was wishing I had >8)
My previous cars have all been "drive them into the ground" models, so I just ripped and cut away with reckless abandon when installing audio equipment. If it didnt fall out, and it all worked, then that was fine with me
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