Miata Mailing List: April 1996, Message #49
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   From: Roly Hurley 
Subject: Re: Headrest Speaker harness
   Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 15:47:40 -0500

At 07:11 AM 4/1/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I am in the process of doing a home installation of headrest speakers.  I
>removed the seat (the passenger side first so I can still drive) and found
>the connector for the headrest speaker wiring harness.  Being cheap, I have
>decided to do without a factory wiring harness for my speakers and instead
>rely on my trusty friends at Radio Shack to supply me with the parts I need.
>
>Enough background - here's my question.  The plug on the floor under the seat
>has six wires going into it.  That's two for the left headrest speaker, two
>for the right headrest speaker, and two for. . .what?  Now, I'm no
>electronics wizard, but what do you need to connect besides a positive and
>negative for each of the speakers?
>
>If somebody who has done a home installation of headrest speakers could share
>this info with me, or maybe one of the dealers who sells the wiring harness
>(Tommy at Roebuck?) I'd be most grateful.
>
>Mike Pablo
>Red '94 base
>Springfield, VA
>Capital Chapter, MCA
>MIATA 96 #170
>


Mike 
I am not a electro wizard either but my thought is;
There are two speakers on each headrest, therefore  two positive terminals
(left, right) and one neg(ground) for each seat
This would use up the six connectors

Roly
90 Red
MX5*EH

P. S. Lisa another damn red one eh!!