Factory Civic Radio

[Shawn]

I'm hooking up an amp to my sister's factory stereo. I have to use high level speaker inputs. I'm not sure which wire is + and which is -. Would the one with the stripe be the +?

 

[DaTT]

Stripe will most likely be + if the stripe is white, like you said.

 

[Shawn]

Ok, thanks.

 

[Shawn]

Ok, so the white stripe is +? I just looked again and the other wire has a black stripe.

 

[Eli]

Test with a DMM. 😛

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Shawn
Ok, so the white stripe is +? I just looked again and the other wire has a black stripe.

Black is almost always ground. So yes, black stripe = negative and white stripe = positive.

Are you sure you should be wiring an amplifier if you don't know what's ground and what's live?

ZV

 

[thomsbrain]

actually hooking up the speaker cables backwards won't hurt anything, it will just make the channel out of phase.

edit: well that and your speakers will vibrate backwards, which could potentiall damage them at high volumes.

 

[Colt45]

its just phase

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
actually hooking up the speaker cables backwards won't hurt anything, it will just make the channel out of phase.

edit: well that and your speakers will vibrate backwards, which could potentiall damage them at high volumes.

lmao

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
actually hooking up the speaker cables backwards won't hurt anything, it will just make the channel out of phase.

edit: well that and your speakers will vibrate backwards, which could potentiall damage them at high volumes.

lmao

QFF

thats hilarious.

MIKE