how to install mb quart component system?
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Topic: how to install mb quart component system?
Posted By: Yisitmehuh
Subject: how to install mb quart component system?
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 2:54 PM
im going to get a new deck, not sure of which one yet.n e reccomendations?my problem in i got a mustang 2000.there are a pair of speakers that handle lows in the front and a pair in the pair.i also got a pair of tweeters in the front and a pair in the back.my internal amp for the right side tweeter is deadso i guess i mite as well rewire the whole thing.how can i get it to put out a low and a high for the tweeter and and 5 1/2 speakers?decks have 4 channels, how would i do this thanks a lot.my first post by the way! 
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Posted By: Sweekster
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 4:15 PM
If you're getting a component system is usually consists of a woofer a tweeter and an external crossover module. You would connect the output to the input on the crossover. the crossover then has 2 outputs...one for the tweeter and one for the woofer. ------------- Duane...
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Posted By: Yisitmehuh
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 4:53 PM
the crossover has a high input and a low level input, i dont know where to get those from since a deck doesnt have those outputs.
Posted By: NaughtyLMnky
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 8:53 PM
The high level output should be for a normal output from a stereo going directly to the speaker. It is the high level out put because it is amplified inside of the head unit. I am assuming this is what you are dealing with. The low level input would be from an rca signal from the head unit. This low level signal is just a signal that gets sent to an external amplifier before it goes to the speaker.
Posted By: Yisitmehuh
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 9:40 PM
soooooo theres 4 channels of speaker outputs from a headunit and i use those for the high level input.
and for the low level input i would need an external amp that is wired with the rca outputs from the head unit and then wired to the crossover to the speaker????
Posted By: eargasm
Date Posted: December 20, 2003 at 2:09 AM
looks like some confusion here... the signal from EACH channel of the deck is used to drive a midbass AND a tweeter. usually a little box of electronics is used to split the signal from the deck into bass for your 5 1/4 and highs for your tweeter. if it's a factory system it won't have a crossover, it will just have a capacitor on the tweeter. this capacitor will split the signal so the tweeter only plays high frequencies. so, assuming your aren't using an amp, just run the speaker wire from the deck to both speakers (mid and tweeter) in parallel. parallel meaning positive of tweeter connected to positive of midbass connected to positive output from headunit. same for negative. ------------- 2001 Ford Fairmont
Alpine DVD, screen,
5.1surround processor,
5ch Class-T amp, TV tuner
and centre channel.
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Posted By: eargasm
Date Posted: December 20, 2003 at 2:11 AM
with a crossover, run speaker wire from headunit to crossover (high level input) and then the crossover has 2 separate outputs. 1 for your midbass, and 1 for the tweeter. just do this for each channel (FL, FR, RL, RR) ------------- 2001 Ford Fairmont
Alpine DVD, screen,
5.1surround processor,
5ch Class-T amp, TV tuner
and centre channel.
Focal 3way Utopia splits.
VDO navigation. Stinger cap.
Soundstream Exact subs.
Posted By: NaughtyLMnky
Date Posted: December 20, 2003 at 7:55 AM
I think your last explanation was what he was looking for. I over analyzed things a little too far.
Posted By: Yisitmehuh
Date Posted: December 20, 2003 at 2:22 PM
oooo, i think i get it now
the crossover has a high level input and low level input and a tweeter output and woofer output
so youre saying i only use the high level inputs from the head unit right?
and leave the low level input unplugged?
Posted By: NaughtyLMnky
Date Posted: December 20, 2003 at 3:46 PM
Sounds correct to me. You just connect the speaker wires coming off of the head unit to the high level inputs of the crossover and then connect the crossover to the woofer and tweeter of the component system.
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: December 20, 2003 at 4:56 PM
Sounds even more confusing, this is totally dependent on the model # of the MB Quart speakers. Some MB Quart crossovers are biwirable, this means that they have a high and low input. On the inside of the crossover you may or should see a set of jumpers that says standard or bi-wire. First confirm this for me.
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Posted By: Yisitmehuh
Date Posted: December 20, 2003 at 6:14 PM
thanks a lot man
i get it now
and in side the crossover there is a jumper for the db of the tweeter and a bi wire jumper
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: December 20, 2003 at 6:51 PM
Make sure the crossover is set to standard, hook up only to the low input.
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