CovenStine
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Hey All,
I'm having some trouble with my stereo re-wire.
I have a 99 club cab with the infinity option.
I swapped out the head unit a while ago, and Everything (except the steering wheel controls, obviously) worked o.k. after doing the swap.
I also replaced as both (very blown) rear speakers (in the 1/2 doors), and ran new wire into the rear b-pillar (c-pillar? whatever.) because of the wiring issues that plagued these lil' suicide doors. NEITHER of the factory (marked Chrysler/infinity) 2-way 6" speakers had an amp (OR active crossover). There was simply a signal +/- wire set going to each.
Fast forward to today, for my birthday my wife bought me a pair of composite 6x9's so I could pull my blown-sounding level-clipping infinity speakers out of my front doors.
After much cursing, and the occasional dropped door panel (yeah, good luck not dropping one working with just 1 arm, lol) I got my new tweaters, crossovers, and 6x9's mounted and wired in. I made sure to run all new wiring between (I completely bypassed the factory harness for the front channels, running the outputs directly to the new crossovers) and removed the amps that came with the factory 6x9's.
{why the factory amps run only one output that's piped to both tweeter and mid-range, I cannot fathom, but whatever}
Knowing that I hadn't seen any amps for the rear speakers either on the speakers or anywhere aft of the front seats, I decided to stop supplying power to the relay that powered the infinity Amps.
Much to my dismay, I found that the rear channels do not work whatsover unless that amp relay is energized.
Everything I've read about the 2nd gen infinity system indicates that the amps are on the speakers, so I'm miffed. I hear the amp relay activating under the dash, but I don't see anything that screams 'amp!' under there.
I'd really like to take the aftermarket Infinity Reference 3-way 6x9's I discovered in the front doors and put them in the back after I re-foam them, but if I can't get a peep out of the little 5" jobbies that are in there, it's not yet worth the effort.
I really do not like the idea of energizing the relay without understanding what's going on as a result (to me, it's like energizing the diesel heater relay after an airdog install, just a bad idea).
Can anybody suggest where I can go/look or what I can do to bypass this relay/amp/whatever? I just want my 4x50 RMS head unit to be allowed to do its job, without having to drag new wiring from the head unit to the B/C pillars.
I know I ramble, but thanks for reading all that, and for any suggestions/ideas you might have.
Cheers,
~C
I'm having some trouble with my stereo re-wire.
I have a 99 club cab with the infinity option.
I swapped out the head unit a while ago, and Everything (except the steering wheel controls, obviously) worked o.k. after doing the swap.
I also replaced as both (very blown) rear speakers (in the 1/2 doors), and ran new wire into the rear b-pillar (c-pillar? whatever.) because of the wiring issues that plagued these lil' suicide doors. NEITHER of the factory (marked Chrysler/infinity) 2-way 6" speakers had an amp (OR active crossover). There was simply a signal +/- wire set going to each.
Fast forward to today, for my birthday my wife bought me a pair of composite 6x9's so I could pull my blown-sounding level-clipping infinity speakers out of my front doors.
After much cursing, and the occasional dropped door panel (yeah, good luck not dropping one working with just 1 arm, lol) I got my new tweaters, crossovers, and 6x9's mounted and wired in. I made sure to run all new wiring between (I completely bypassed the factory harness for the front channels, running the outputs directly to the new crossovers) and removed the amps that came with the factory 6x9's.
{why the factory amps run only one output that's piped to both tweeter and mid-range, I cannot fathom, but whatever}
Knowing that I hadn't seen any amps for the rear speakers either on the speakers or anywhere aft of the front seats, I decided to stop supplying power to the relay that powered the infinity Amps.
Much to my dismay, I found that the rear channels do not work whatsover unless that amp relay is energized.
Everything I've read about the 2nd gen infinity system indicates that the amps are on the speakers, so I'm miffed. I hear the amp relay activating under the dash, but I don't see anything that screams 'amp!' under there.
I'd really like to take the aftermarket Infinity Reference 3-way 6x9's I discovered in the front doors and put them in the back after I re-foam them, but if I can't get a peep out of the little 5" jobbies that are in there, it's not yet worth the effort.
I really do not like the idea of energizing the relay without understanding what's going on as a result (to me, it's like energizing the diesel heater relay after an airdog install, just a bad idea).
Can anybody suggest where I can go/look or what I can do to bypass this relay/amp/whatever? I just want my 4x50 RMS head unit to be allowed to do its job, without having to drag new wiring from the head unit to the B/C pillars.
I know I ramble, but thanks for reading all that, and for any suggestions/ideas you might have.
Cheers,
~C