hutton_d

OK. Not a Scoob, just a Passat, but I've a problem with a rear speaker and not sure whether it's gone or not. To copy what I've asked on another forum, but got no reply as of yet ....

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Back in the summer I had some body work done on the car which involved, partly, replacing the rear door. All the 'old' door interior bits got swapped over, it was just the outer shell that was replaced. Anyway, a week or so after picking it up I noticed that the speaker in that door wasn't working. Confirmed by playing about with the fader/balance on the radio etc. Just thought that they'd forgotten to plug it back in and I'd take the door card off and fix it sometime. So, 6 months later (!!!! never sit in the back and have normally got a 5 year old next to me so audio quality in the car isn't that relevant at the moment ..... :-( ) I decide to do the work. Lo and behold the wiring hadn't been re-connected. Plugged it back in (was just the main speaker unplugged - the tweeter was plugged in) and ....... nothing! Damn!

Played with the fader/balance again but still nowt. So the question is, has the speaker blown? Or could it be something else? All the rest of the electrics in that door work so it's not the wiring. Nowt from the tweeter either - though not sure if that is just because the main speaker doesn't work - don't know the theory behind how they work ....

And what sort of voltage drives the speaker? (Just so's I can check the wiring).

With Pioneer headset, not OEM.

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Sorry, but I'm not an 'electrical' type person, prefer doing the 'mechanical' bits, so audio to me just plugs in and works. If it doesn't then I'm a bit b&ggered .... And never had a speaker give up on me so no experience to draw on.

Basically, do I need a new speaker or is there anything else I can test? I mean, what voltages should be appearing on the speaker connector if the wiring is OK?

Ta

Dave

hutton_d

The *swap* is a good theory and I probably would have done so. Except they're riveted in .....

I will change the pair if they're gone. Need to visit the breakers soon anyway so I'll just nab a couple from there.

Cheers

Dave