How do I wire in tweeters

[neoblue89lxi]

I just bought a pair of tweeters off of ebay and I'm wondering how I wire them and what do I need. Do I just tap into the door 6.5 speakers? I know how to get the panal off now just need wiring help thank you guys alot.

[dXsquared]

thats a good question Neo...

do your tweets have a crossover seperate? or built in?
do you have an amp? or are you running of a head unit?

Travis

[neoblue89lxi]

This is what pioneer says about the tweeters

Features
Size 3/4"
Dome Polyester Fiber Soft
Magnet Neodymium and Magnetic Fluid
Capacitor for Tweeter Protection - 6dB/Oct
Surface and Flush Mounting
Specifications
Watts MAX. Music Power 120W
Watts Nominal Power Handling 40W
Frequency Response 2,5000Hz - 30kHZ
Sensitivity 90dB (1w/1m)
Ohm Rating 4



These are the headunit specifications

GENERAL FEATURES:

MOSFET 50W x 4
XM Satellite Radio Ready
8 Character display for XM Radio text (no scroll) with GEX-P900XM or GEX-FM903XM

16 Character display for XM Radio text
(full display) GEX-P910XM or GEX-FM913XM
XM Mode (Channel/Category) key
10-Key Card Remote
Direct Access to MP3 tracks or XM channels (XM tuner required)
Rotary Volume Control (Pop-Up)
EEQ Performance Chip
3-Band Parametric Equalizer (Adjustable Level, Frequency and Q Factor)
Easy EQ (EEQ) with EQ-EX switches 10 Factory,
2 User EQ Presets
Source Custom EQ Memory (Independent Custom Memory for each source)
Selectable Loudness Control (Low/Mid/High/Off)
SFEQ (Sound Focus EQ)
Additional Independent Bass / Treble Control for Front / Rear
ASL (Auto Sound Levelizer)
Two-Way Crossover
Front/Rear HPF (50/80/125Hz,
-12dB/oct)
Selectable LPF (Low Pass Filter) (50/80/125Hz,
-18dB/oct)
Sub-Out Level (-12dB to +12dB) and Phase Control
Independent Subwoofer Outputs
IP-Bus System Control
XM Satellite Radio
MCD Control
DVD Control
TV Tuner Control
Auxiliary Input (CD-RB10 or CD-RB20 required)
2 External Unit Control
S.L.A. (Source Level Adjustment)
Selectable Fader Control
Hi-volt RCA Preouts (x3 pair, Front, Rear & Sub) (6V)
Organic EL Display with new white color
Full Dot design (128x33 + 24x33 pixel)
Entertainment mode with Full-motion 3D graphic animations
2 screensavers (Water Board, WRC Racing)
2 Level Meters
4 background animations
Clock Display and Off (Text-only) modes
Soft-Key mode with simplified graphics and easy operation
16 Character text display capability
Adjustable brightness level (16 Mode)
CD-R PC Link

Please visit the following link for downloading:
www.pioneer.co.jp/car/pclink2/


Cellular Mute input wire
Clock
COMPACT DISC

Track Scan/Pause/Repeat/Random Play
Audible Fast-Forward/Reverse (CD Audio)
Playback Compatible with Digital CD-R and CD-RW
Disc Title Memory (48 Discs)
CD Text
AGC (Automatic Gain Control)
WMA / MP3 CD-ROM Playback
Pioneer Digital SpeedRead mechanism for faster performance
ID3 Tag Capability (32 character with Auto-Scroll, On/Off)
8x oversampling
3-beam laser pick-up
1-bit D/A Converter
Anti-shock mechanism

If you need more info please tell me and thanks.

[neoblue89lxi]

are you there?

[Lt99]

well it depends on your setup....

Most folks -----> dont have a parametric eq or crossover then u will need to put a bass blocker on the between the tweeter and you radio or amp (to make sure no low freq go to the tweeters).

Advanced folks ----> have a parametric eq (eq that seperates then frequncies sends it to your amps it usually will have 2 rca inputs then 2 front out and 2 rears outs and a subwooofer out) or crossover. System that I had hooked up in my old car consisted of the Kenwood eq , 4X20 Blaupunkt amp and a 4 x 200 pyramid .


The front door speakers are hooked up to the actual deck.(had an issue and had to unhook my amps one day and it sucked to be music less with a 2 hour ride home ..so after that I always leave 2 speakers hooked up to the radio and use bass blockers.)

Front channel of the eq goes to the 4x20 amp which ran the ..4 tweeters. Rear channel on the eq went to the front of the 4x200 amp (turned gain down)which ran rear deck speakers. Use the subwoofer out to go to the rear channel on the 4x200 amp amd ran them bridged ..I dont remember what speakers had because I have had so many different kinds .... remember running 1 - 10 in bandpass box ..have had 2 -15s rockford fosgate ...2 pioneer 10s ..2 pyramid 12s .... hope thie helps





The difference is that the eq sites right behind your radio and it send the signal to your amps and and its give a few more options then a crossover gives (never used a cross over so this is from the way i understand it). Cross over sits behind your amp and seperates the freqencies then sends it directly to your speakers.

[neoblue89lxi]

Here are the 6.5s for your info.

[POS carb]

tweeters can be added to any set of speakers but you need a filter to block the lower freq. from going to them.

you need one of the following
1. a capacitor wired in series to the tweeter, probably a 4.7uf would work good with those, they should be bi-polar caps with a power raiting of at least 50v if you are powering them with the head unit.

2. a pair of 2-way crossovers that divides lows to the woofer and highs to the tweeter, you can get them online (ebay, radio shack, etc) or from an old house speaker

3. get a dedicated tweeter amp that has built in crossovers or an active crossover before it.

[NXRacer]

i bought a pair of tweets from radio shack that had a crossover on them already and i just hooked them up to the door speakers. they sounded killer. not a bad investment at 14 bucks for the pair.