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tweeters and crossovers OH MY!

Posted: June 1st, 2005, 2:19 pm
by misfitsfiend
how does one hook up tweeters.... i got new alpine type s tweeters with my speakers... and it came with 2 cross over channels...

i hooked the tweeters up like regular speakers, to the stock audio cables.. and im getting tons of distortion and static and they even turn off and on sometimes... i wanted to know how im supposed to fix this problem.. and i want toknow what the cross over channels are for as well?

Posted: June 1st, 2005, 2:51 pm
by MX-SLICK
Oh no!! you will blow your tweeters hooking them up directly. They are not protected by low frequencies without the X-over. The midrange and the tweeter needs to be wired to te crossover and the crossover needs to be wired to the speaker cables.

Posted: June 1st, 2005, 3:24 pm
by Typhoonk
R.T.F.M.!!!!!!!!!!

LOL

but seriously READ THE MANUEL