How to use a crossover??

[stemz 10+ year member]

I just bought 2 kickers that came with tweeters and a crossover set up...im doing the installation on a volkswagen jetta 2000 the thing that i dont get how to hook up up the cables they arnt the standard black and red they are orange and green and the speakers work in wat ever order u conect then does it matter?? As for the crossover it has a couple of setting 0db +3db +6db if im trying to remove the bass from the speakers do i leave it at 0 any help would be apreciated

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[Sonic. 10+ year member]

Post link or model number of what you bought.

 

[stemz 10+ year member]

Kicker ds65.2 compnent system thats what it says on the box

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

The 0,3,6 is your tweeter level...so you can adjust the tweeter level to match your mids.

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

Going to have to use the high pass crossover built in to the head unit or amp to remove bass from the speaker.

 

[stemz 10+ year member]

Im new to this o dont wanna blow out my speakers i lowered the bass on all the speakers and i habe it set so it only come out on my subs i had some old tweeters in the rear that blew but i didnt have a cross over set up would this set up be able to handle some bass??

 

[ancorp 10+ year member]

What are you powering the speakers with?

 

[stemz 10+ year member]

They are hooked up straight to the head unit the old set up didnt have crossovers but these new speakers came with crossovers i just dont want my speakers to blow

 

[Sonic. 10+ year member]

If you have the user manual there is a connection diagram there, and yes as stated above the 0,3,6 db switch is for the level of the tweeters and to remove the low frequency bass you have to either use the head unit filter or the built in crossover on your amp, as for wires use orange as +ve and green as -ve.

 

[stemz 10+ year member]

Ok kool i have my speakers hooked up to the head unit my subs are the only thing that have an amp rite know my head unit does have a hpf but the numbers go from 50 to 125HZ how do i know what setting to put it on??

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

set it to 125 since you don't have the power to reproduce lower req. without an amp on there, doing that will also allow you to tune your bass up/down to your liking without to much distortion from the mids/highs. as for the attenuation on the x-over set it to 0db(I run mine at neg 6db) but setting them lower will reduce harsh sounds and the risk of overpowering your tweets.

 

[stemz 10+ year member]

Ok kool yea my corssivers dont have neg so ill set it to 0i havent messed with the bass on my head unit it self i have the lows set to 0 but those are the ones u said i could adjust rite??

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

Ok kool yea my corssivers dont have neg so ill set it to 6 i can mess with the bass on my head unit it self i have the los set to 0 but those are the ones u said i could adjust rite??

I am saying to set the x-overs the speakers are hooking to to 0 or the lowest setting possible, then set your headunits HPF(high pass filter) to 125hz then you can adjust the bass up some on the headunit settings without it sounding bad instead it will add some kick without over driving the headunits small internal amp.

 

[stemz 10+ year member]

Oh ok gotcha hahaha the only problem is that my rear speakers dont have xovers only my front ones is that gonna be an issuse??

 

[ancorp 10+ year member]

They won't blow off head unit power regardless, but your best bet is to cross them at atleast 80hz (using the HPF on the deck), and sending the rest to the subwoofer.

What back speakers do you have? The crossovers are important for the woofer/tweeter signal split only. If your rear speakers aren't components then you should be just fine without having a crossover for them. The decks HPF will also cut bass from them as well.