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Sound...
Okay well i have had my stereo unit in my truck for awhile now, and i recently have gone back to redo the wiring better and got it all taped up good.
All is fine, but now the RIGHT side of my truck speakers are not as loud as they should. Its like they dont have nearly the bass or the sound as the left side. Yes you can hear them, but its not as it should. It makes me think its the wiring thats wrong because as you drive you can hear them cutting in and out from going to normal sound to the dampened sound.
Any ideas why this is happening? All my connections are good, and there are no wiring loose and touching....
Any help is very grateful!! Thanks
All is fine, but now the RIGHT side of my truck speakers are not as loud as they should. Its like they dont have nearly the bass or the sound as the left side. Yes you can hear them, but its not as it should. It makes me think its the wiring thats wrong because as you drive you can hear them cutting in and out from going to normal sound to the dampened sound.
Any ideas why this is happening? All my connections are good, and there are no wiring loose and touching....
Any help is very grateful!! Thanks
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How about some more information. What's your setup? Does an Amp run the speakers? If your dealing with only a single speaker on each side, it could be a lot of things from a bad coil to a poor connection in a wiring harness to a problem in the radio. If you have several speakers causing the problem, it's most likely from the split up to the radio.
The simple steps would be to swap the speakers from right to left and ohm out the runs from the headunit to the speakers (constant runs, you can't read through an amp.)
The simple steps would be to swap the speakers from right to left and ohm out the runs from the headunit to the speakers (constant runs, you can't read through an amp.)
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I have found that simply twisting the wires together and then taping them is not good enough. The copper will get a dull look to it after awhile, and will not make a good connection.
Soldering the wires together is the best way to make a permanent long lasting connection, crimp connectors are next. Even wire nuts seem to do better than just twisting them together.
Soldering the wires together is the best way to make a permanent long lasting connection, crimp connectors are next. Even wire nuts seem to do better than just twisting them together.
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It sounds to me that you may have your polarity wrong. Try switching the wires to that speaker cause if that speaker is going opposite (hooked up backwards) it will still make sound but will absorb some of the bass. That's if you actually had the wires apart, cause if you didn't you couldn't have gotten them mixed up in the first place 
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I have found that simply twisting the wires together and then taping them is not good enough. The copper will get a dull look to it after awhile, and will not make a good connection.
Soldering the wires together is the best way to make a permanent long lasting connection, crimp connectors are next. Even wire nuts seem to do better than just twisting them together.
Soldering the wires together is the best way to make a permanent long lasting connection, crimp connectors are next. Even wire nuts seem to do better than just twisting them together.
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It sounds to me that you may have your polarity wrong. Try switching the wires to that speaker cause if that speaker is going opposite (hooked up backwards) it will still make sound but will absorb some of the bass. That's if you actually had the wires apart, cause if you didn't you couldn't have gotten them mixed up in the first place
Good thought, im going to check this out. But it makes me think that this isn't the problem since sometimes the sound will kick in.
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Reax, it is a aftermarket system and speakers. I have two in the door side holes and two behind the seat.
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Problem FIXED~! Thank you all very much for your help!!!
As NAT had mentioned that i had a wire mixed up, turns out i did...
On my rear speaker i had my gray/black wire mixed with just the gray wire causing it to not work right. Easy fix and already done so im happy!!! THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!!
As NAT had mentioned that i had a wire mixed up, turns out i did...
On my rear speaker i had my gray/black wire mixed with just the gray wire causing it to not work right. Easy fix and already done so im happy!!! THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!!
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