I got a ques about speaker wire hookup

GoMets17 · 08-21-2002, 10:42 AM

hey,
Can anyone help me out with this. I am replacing the dash speakers in my truck. However, on the old factory speakers, the terminals are marked A, B instead of positive, negative. THey are crappy delco factory speakers. Does anyone know what the A and B is or how I can tell???

thanks

hoosier21 · 08-21-2002, 10:47 AM

try the car audio forum below for better answers. I was up on car installs but that was back in High School. I have seen wiring kits at auto parts stores and Crutchfield that let you just plug the new fit to the factory harness, painless and easy and cheap enough, good luck

You need something like this
http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/SCOGM02B

hoosier21 · 08-21-2002, 10:52 AM

some memory is coming back, doesn't GM use the same color for each channel and one of the wires has a black stripe?

A = fronts, and has 4 wires two colors (2 blue and 2 purple)
B = rears, and has 4 wires two colors (2 green and 2 brown)

each set of 2 wires of the same color, one of them has a black stripe, the striped wire is the negative.

hoosier21 · 08-21-2002, 10:57 AM

maybe my colors are wrong, look at this

http://www.datascape.net/99z28/stereo/wiring.html

GoMets17 · 08-21-2002, 11:01 AM

You are dead on with the colors. THat helps a lot. I understand that know, the thing is that there are no stripes on any of the wires. the only way I can tell which is positive and negative, is by looking at the speakers terminals. And it only is marked a and b. so I still need to know which is which

GoMets17 · 08-21-2002, 11:02 AM

THanks a whole heck of a Lot!!!

that explains everything.
you are good

hoosier21 · 08-21-2002, 11:09 AM

I stayed at Holiday Inn last night

nascarmann · 08-21-2002, 11:15 AM

Quote:

I stayed at Holiday Inn last night

Express!

hoosier.....maybe you need to patrol the "on the move" forum....:lol:

08-21-2002, 10:42 AM	#1
GoMets17 Polkie Member Sales Rating: (0) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5	I got a ques about speaker wire hookup hey, Can anyone help me out with this. I am replacing the dash speakers in my truck. However, on the old factory speakers, the terminals are marked A, B instead of positive, negative. THey are crappy delco factory speakers. Does anyone know what the A and B is or how I can tell??? thanks

08-21-2002, 10:47 AM	#2
hoosier21 Polk Expert Member Sales Rating: (17) Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 3,914	try the car audio forum below for better answers. I was up on car installs but that was back in High School. I have seen wiring kits at auto parts stores and Crutchfield that let you just plug the new fit to the factory harness, painless and easy and cheap enough, good luck You need something like this http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/SCOGM02B __________________ Acurus RL11 - Preamp Aragon 8008ST - Power amp Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B - Vandersteen 2Ci (8) 12" driver DIY - Subwoofer Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp Outlaw ICBM - crossover Beringher BFD - sub eq Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote! "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..." Last edited by hoosier21; 08-21-2002 at 10:55 AM..

08-21-2002, 10:52 AM	#3
hoosier21 Polk Expert Member Sales Rating: (17) Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 3,914	some memory is coming back, doesn't GM use the same color for each channel and one of the wires has a black stripe? A = fronts, and has 4 wires two colors (2 blue and 2 purple) B = rears, and has 4 wires two colors (2 green and 2 brown) each set of 2 wires of the same color, one of them has a black stripe, the striped wire is the negative.

08-21-2002, 10:57 AM	#4
hoosier21 Polk Expert Member Sales Rating: (17) Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 3,914	maybe my colors are wrong, look at this http://www.datascape.net/99z28/stereo/wiring.html

08-21-2002, 11:01 AM	#5
GoMets17 Polkie Member Sales Rating: (0) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5	You are dead on with the colors. THat helps a lot. I understand that know, the thing is that there are no stripes on any of the wires. the only way I can tell which is positive and negative, is by looking at the speakers terminals. And it only is marked a and b. so I still need to know which is which

08-21-2002, 11:02 AM	#6
GoMets17 Polkie Member Sales Rating: (0) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5	THanks a whole heck of a Lot!!! that explains everything. you are good

08-21-2002, 11:09 AM	#7
hoosier21 Polk Expert Member Sales Rating: (17) Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 3,914	I stayed at Holiday Inn last night

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