What is inside the speaker plate

[xckid]

Okay i just took off the front passenger speaker and the plate. There is something inside the spkeaker plate. bunch of wires with a "L" shaped bored. the factory speaker was connected to it from there it connects to the bored then there is a other connection to the door.

The wires form the speaker are

Red and Grey

The wires from the borad to the door areblue black redbrowngreen.

What is it and do i need it. My car is a 91 Fastback w/ Active speaker sys.

[onosqv]

It's the factory amp. You don't need it if you are running aftermarket speakers/head unit - in fact it may cause problems if you run aftermarket headunits.

In any case, you can basically cut all that crap out & only keep the pos/neg wires feeding into the amp.

Not that hard to figure out if you have a multimeter & you can even check the color code against the wires connected to the headunit.

[xckid]

oooh okay but how can i get a look at the headunit

[xckid]

ahh Im done my speakers are now hooked up. One thing for some reason when i tried it they didnt work I turned it up all the way hand you could barley hear the radio. this is a stock HU. all amps removed. About how many watts is the Hu. putting out.

[PoorManQ45]

Oh no! You're using the stock HU without the amps!

The OEM HU ONLY feeds a LOW voltage signal to the amps, there's less then 1watt of power there. If you're using the OEM HU you NEED the amps hooked up.

Otherwise you'll need an aftermarket HU.

[xckid]

What happens if i dont hook up the amps.

[PoorManQ45]

Nothing bad happens, except that the HU doesn't have any power without the amplifiers.

You won't damage anything. You just won't be able to listen to your music.

[xckid]

Actually they work there just as loud as stock execept they sound better. The only thing i cant listen to is my tapes. As you heard from the other thread ,but soon i will get a new headunit

[PoorManQ45]

Hmm, I'm confused. You're using the stock HU, correct?

Without the amps there's almost no power going to the speakers.

[xckid]

I know once i turned it up all the way and there was no sound but then after words it worked. my 240 is a 91 se. Dont know if that makes any difference

[PoorManQ45]

hmm, that's weird.

Did you have the bose system? If so then you had individual amps. If not then the HU powers the speakers.

[xckid]

How do i know if i had the bose system. I know the back speakers were Clarion and the front said National. Each of the front had a amped now bypassed and rear driver side amp was bypassed.

[PoorManQ45]

The HU would say "Bose"

[xckid]

Nope

[PoorManQ45]

mkay, then not bose. The HU sup0pies power

you're fine