Problems! 2000 Caravan Sport and Infinity Sound

I got a website http://www.pac-audio.com/oem1kits/oem1search.htm from
someone who replied earlier, did a little research on that site and it said
that if you have sound in the front, but nothing in the rear you need to
turn on the rear amps. Looking over the connections again, I found one wire
from the harness, and from the receiver that weren't being used, turns out
they were the amp "on" wire on the harness, and the power antenna/remote
turn on wire on the receiver. I connected them together without a relay, and
it works ok, UNTIL I turn it up real loud, or have too much bass in the
sound, then the rear channels drop in and out, until I lower the volume.
Maybe the amp is getting too "hot" a signal and causes it to drop out? I
guess I can use it like that for now, until I can get some new speakers in
the back.

Thanks to all!!,
Snydley


"mic canic" > wrote in message
...
> you can use the stock speakers with amps you just have to power up the
amps
> using a relay and getting it's trigger from the remote turn on wire off
the
> aftermarket radio
>
> Snydley wrote:
>
> > I removed the Infinity CD/Tape/Radio unit from my 2000 Caravan because
the
> > CD player no longer works and I am attempting to replace it with an
> > aftermarket unit. I bought a dash adapter and wiring kit so I wouldn't
have
> > to cut/splice any of the wires.
> > Now that I have it installed the rear speakers won't work. Wanting to
rule
> > out bad rear channels in the receiver, I swapped the front and rear
speaker
> > connections. The front speakers still work using the rear channels of
the
> > receiver, so I know the receiver is ok, and it must be something with
the
> > wiring. I tried to get continuity with my V/Ohm meter and couldn't get
any
> > with the rear speakers.
> > As a last ditch effort, I went to the local Mopar garage and told the
guy at
> > the service counter my story and he told me that "you can put an
Infinity
> > receiver in a non-Infinity vehicle, but you can't put an aftermarket
radio
> > in an Infinity equipped vehicle without replacing the speakers. Each
speaker
> > has it's own amp on the back of it". By that I figured he meant a diode
or
> > transformer of some kind.
> > Is there any way I can use the stock speakers? Remove the
diode/transformer
> > or something.
> > What do people usually do in this instance?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Snydley
>