wiring car audio system to speaker

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: wiring car audio system to speaker

Posted By: spygto01
Subject: wiring car audio system to speaker
Date Posted: May 27, 2006 at 1:31 AM

sorry i'm new and don't know too much of this.

my new car audio system has audio out put with the plugs, like the ones on a TV, the ones that has a connecting plug. my speaker only has the wires, the positive and negative end, without the plugs.

i tried to connect the wire to a TV's AV plug so it would connect to the system, but there's very little sound coming out, almost nothing. i think the problem might be that the speaker wires are much bigger than the wires in the connecting plug that i use.

can anyone help me out please? i really have no clue how to fix it.

thanks.

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Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: May 27, 2006 at 1:37 AM

sounds like you might have bought a radio without an intrnal amp. what is the brand and model # of what you bought and tring to hook up?

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Posted By: spygto01
Date Posted: May 27, 2006 at 1:39 AM

the brand is Innovatek FD-89

Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: May 27, 2006 at 6:54 AM

This deck only has RCA line outs. and they are 2 volt.

The only way to hook his deck up to speakers is to use an external amplifier, as there is not one in the deck

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2007 World Record
2006 USACI Finals 2nd Place