Muerde

Just started to play with the Ice in my01 wrx, I currently have a single speaker cracking in the back door.. its been years since I played with Car Stereo's infact the last time was in a A'reg Monego.. I got a brand new Kenwood tape player 2 huge subs and a legacy la 3000 amp... anyhoo that was 12 years ago.. and I have a messy scooby.

I have a few cut cables and no idea why nothing is working, other than a huge assumption that this car once had a amp or a different headunit and all the cabling has been removed...

Below are some links to pictures of whats going on in the drivers door..... the head unit is a Sony cdx-8800 which is quite nice, the cabling behind the door is a mess....

I think this is a passive crossover
HUMYO.com - 07-07-07_2026

Nicely Mounted speaker
HUMYO.com - 07-07-07_2027

Cable hidden behind my speaker
HUMYO.com - 07-07-07_2030

Cut cable near tweeter cover
HUMYO.com - 07-07-07_2033

No sound comes from these speakers, nothing I set on the head unit gets them going... am I best trying to run my own cables back to the headunit? running crying to an audio specialist? or sticking a meter on each cable and trying to start again.. bearing in mind I have no idea if these have ever worked...

Any advice would be great.....

Ian

GaryCat

Its easiest to use the existing cables into the door. Take the head out and check connectivity from the back of the head to the crossover (Multimeter £10 at maplin)

scoobysmiff

iTrader: (2)

take a trip to Ice Station mate in Bury St.Edmunds, they will square you away, speak to Paul or Dave

Muerde

Cheers will do, on playing with all this wiring, it seems they have cut the wires directly under the dash.. so I will have to recable everything.. yawn

ooh and I found a nice sub in bury so could kill 2 birds with 1 stone...

scoobysmiff

iTrader: (2)

did ya go, how did you get on?

Muerde

Hey,

I just went for it in the end.. I cut out all the pointless cable, reconnected all the cables back together under the dash, replaced the waterproof fuse box under the bonet... once I found them and run new power, and RCA to the boot... not got a Sub Amp or the rear 6x9's sorted yet but I need to fron the right priced Amp and sub combo... but thats tomorrows job...

Now I have front and rear speakers all working perfectly with a nice sony head unit...

So cheer for all the advice and pm's all go... wait for me to moan about amps shortly...

lol while we are at it.. I need a amp that will take 2 seperate RCA pairs.. one pair for a sub other for the 2 6x9's.. better way of saying this is, do I need 2 amps one for a sub and one to run the 6x9's or can I get one to do the same job?? Also need the sub and box... advice anyone??

cheers

Ian