Component Speaker Help

[OVRLNDR]

Currently have a Key 200.4 with harness, and thinking about switching to components in the dash, and need some assistance understanding how to connect power to the crossover.

Am I correct in assuming that I would be connecting the Kick Panel harness to the power / amp terminals on the cross over?

If not, what connects to the power / amp terminals on the crossover?

Any help is appreciated.

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[Ft. Worth Rob]

If you’re talking about a crossover that comes with the component speaker set, the crossover is passive and you only connect speaker wires.

Here’s some info on types of crossovers if it helps.

https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/active-passive-speaker-crossovers.htm

 

[Brian_B]

If you are using the factory wiring:

The Front channel will connect to your amp.

The front speakers have their own +/- connections, and are connected in parallel.

If you wanted a cross-over on just the dash speakers, for instance, you'd wire it up just at the dash speaker terminals +/-.

If you wired it at the amplifier output, it would affect both your dash and kick panels.

If you pull your own wire, you can do whatever you want with it though.

 

[OVRLNDR]

If you’re talking about a crossover that comes with the component speaker set, the crossover is passive and you only connect speaker wires.

Here’s some info on types of crossovers if it helps.

https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/active-passive-speaker-crossovers.htm

Yes, a crossover that comes with a component set. There are terminals to connect the tweeter and the woofer, but there is also a terminal that says amp, so that was my question. Since the speakers will no longer be connected to the dash harness and kick panel harness, am connecting the kick panel harness to the amp terminals to get power to the crossover to distribution to the speakers?

Or do I have this all wrong?

 

[Ft. Worth Rob]

On the crossover I will be using, al


Yes, a crossover that comes with a component set. There are terminals to connect the tweeter and the woofer, but there is also a terminal that says amp, so that was my question. Since the speakers will no longer be connected to the dash harness and kick panel harness, am connecting the kick panel harness to the amp terminals to get power to the crossover to distribution to the speakers?

Or do I have this all wrong?

The amp terminal is where you connect speaker wires to the speaker wire outputs on the amp. The amp sends the signal into the crossover and divides out to the midrange and tweeter. So a + and - from amp to crossover then a + and - to each speaker. This assumes it is a two speaker component set.

 

[OVRLNDR]

I have a plug and play harness, so where does the wire that connects to the amp terminal come from?

 

[Ft. Worth Rob]

I have a plug and play harness, so where does the wire that connects to the amp terminal come from?

You’ll buy some speaker wire to connect between the amp speaker terminals and crossover speaker terminals. The plug and play harness is sending the audio signal to the amplifier, which then sends the signal to the crossovers, which divides to send the appropriate signals to each speaker.

 

[OVRLNDR]

If you look at the following picture (another members picture), the kick panel harness is wired to the amp terminal on the crossover, which is what I've been getting at.

 

[DrewMackin]

Yours should look exactly like my picture. Correct me if I'm wrong but, with the kicker Key, it continues to utilize all the factory speaker wiring for all locations. The crossover is passive so it won't need actual "power", it will just take the signal from the factory wiring and divide it.

You're going to want to just ignore the dash speaker wiring if you want the crossover working with the kick panel speakers (it will sound better splitting the kick panel since it receives full range from the stereo). So, plug in the the factory wiring that was connected to factory speaker, into the amp terminals on the crossover, just like I have it in the pic. Then, run new wire to the mid bass speaker in the kick panel and new wire to the new tweeters you're putting in the dash. Simple as that! It's going to sound even better than my setup since you'll be sending some extra juice with amp.

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