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gl012127

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Posted: October 31, 2003 at 2:33 PM / IP Logged

I just new pioneer speakers for my car and i lost the instruction manual. basicaly the speaker has two connectors(to connect to the amp/headunit) the only difference is ther size. how do i know which connector gets the + and which gets the - and does it matter.

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Posted: October 31, 2003 at 2:46 PM / IP Logged

Most likely the positive gets the bigger one... i think.

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Posted: October 31, 2003 at 9:58 PM / IP Logged

The terminal with the capacitor (small cylinder electrical component that blocks low frequencies) on it is the Positive terminal.

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Posted: October 31, 2003 at 10:11 PM / IP Logged

positive is usually the larger terminal, from my experience

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gl012127

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Posted: October 31, 2003 at 10:11 PM / IP Logged

nobody said anything about a capacitor. unless all speakers have capacitor this information is not helpful

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If the speaker is a coax (2way) then there will be a capacitor on the positive lead between the speaker terminal and the positive lead on the tweeter. Follow the lead back and you will find out which one is the positive terminal. In most cases the larger lead is also the positive.

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