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newbie fundamental speaker question
Hi folks......
I hope you can be patient with a newbie and answer a question or 2. I have an Alpine CDE-7826P that I am going to install in my truck camper. Markings on the radio chassis indicate it was made in September of 1997. It has a decal that says "35 watts max per channel". I have experimented with this radio on the bench, with 1 speaker, so I know that the radio itself is fully operational. The wiring harness and schematic indicates that it is set up to be used with 4 speakers. Since stereo, hard rock, etc. is not my goal here, I want to keep it simple and just use 1 speaker. Sooooo.......what "nominal" ohmic value SINGLE speaker should I use? By "nominal" I guess I mean the ohmic value stamped on the back of the speaker. Would I use 4 ohm speaker? 8 ohm? Or what? What should be the minimum power rating of this speaker? (This is a budget installation, BTW!) Thank you so much....... Lee Carkenord |
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Any normal 4-ohm speaker will do, just select one channel to connect it to,
Thank you, Matt. What kind of MINIMUM power rating should this 4 ohm speaker have? Appreciate it...... Lee Carkenord |
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Could he hook up the hot lead from one channel and the black lead from
another to get a mono signal? Or both hot leads to the + and both black leads to the minus? |
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Ericfg wrote:
Could he hook up the hot lead from one channel and the black lead from another to get a mono signal? Unless the deck supports bridging (I've only ever seen one that did), no. Or both hot leads to the + and both black leads to the minus? Not recommended. If all he's listening to is the radio, it won't matter anyway - AM is mono (AM stereo is rare), and FM can be switched to mono. |
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