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Old December 14th 05, 01:29 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
matt weber
 
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Default Hooking up Radio Speakers

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:18:06 -0600, wrote:

The Pioneer AM/FM/Stereo Onyko model SX-690 radio I bought for five
dollars at the Goodwill store last week has some red and black push
buttons on the back of the radio.Push the buttons and little metal gates
raise up for inserting the speaker wires,we have all seen those kinds of
connections before.Question is,which side of the speaker wires (two
large Pioneer speakers I bought for three dollars each when I bought the
radio at the Goodwill store) are suppose to connect to the red
connections,the black wires with the stripe line or the solid black
wires that dont have a stripe line on them?
cuhulin

It generally doesn't make much difference for speakers, if you have an
external crossover or a power amp, it may make some difference
because they can be 'single ended' inputs/devices . Generally the
black side may end up tied to ground (negative ground vehicles).