They're all like that.  Two hot wires and a common ground.  Most new car
stereos don't work with wiring like that (check your installation guide,
it probably says that specifically).  There may be something you can buy
to get around this problem, but short of that you'll have to figure out
how to get one more wire to the back of your van.

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Donald Baxter  Iowa City, Iowa
(319) 337-0494
www.mindspring.com/~onanov

"I was visiting the Netherlands several years ago," writes Gerrit
Halbersma. "A 3-year-old toddler from within the family, scrutinized my
Canadian flag lapel pin, and exclaimed, Kijk, een blaadje met
gordijntjes. English translation: 'Look, a leaf with curtains.' "

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Zoran Mladen
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 12:13 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Help with speaker wiring needed

Hello all!

I am having a peculiar problem with the Blueberry (84 Vanagon GL).  When
purchased, one rear speaker was missing.  I replaced with it with a new
one courtesy of Ken.  Went in no problem.

Checked the wiring on the radio and here is what I find.  The radio has
seperate wires for each of the four speakers.  It looks like the Vanagon
wiring has one hot wire for each rear speaker, and they share a common
ground wire.

I hook up all of the wires, and everything works great at low volumes.
When I turn the volume up, it starts crackling and the radio turns on
and off. If I only wire one rear speaker (same result using either),
everything works fine at all volume.  But with both hooked up, wacky
stuff happens.

Anyone have a clue as to the problem here????

Thanx!

Z