Speaker Wiring dead-ends

I am new to the Monaco Esquire motorhome. My two speaker mysteries are now solved. The ceiling mounted speakers in the front and back of the cabin are controlled by the dash radio fade setting.

The other mystery is attributed to the standard AM/FM/CD player that is provided with the "built in radio and CD player" option. It is located by the dinette or the curb side living area. Every time the house battery is disconnected the unit's speaker Balance setting is reset to zero. With this setting one of the mid cabin speakers is muted when a stereo signal is played. You must manually change the balance setting to eight to give the left and right stereo channels equal weight. The Balance setting runs from zero to 16.

The two speaker pairs are connected to the radio in the dash. Not the ideal situation from my viewpoint, but at least I know. Thank you for the lead.

Alan_Hepburn wrote:
In our Bounder we have 2 speakers up front, in the ceiling over the driver and copilot seats, and 2 speakers in the bedroom. They are controlled by the fader control in the dash radio - we can select front, rear, or both. I assume that the back of the radio has outputs for front and rear speakers.

While you're there, at the MH, note the brand and model number. It might be a good thing to know for others, like myself.:)

Next time I visit the motorhome I will turn on the cab radio and see if it drives the other speakers. Thank you for the idea.

Alan_Hepburn wrote:
In our Bounder we have 2 speakers up front, in the ceiling over the driver and copilot seats, and 2 speakers in the bedroom. They are controlled by the fader control in the dash radio - we can select front, rear, or both. I assume that the back of the radio has outputs for front and rear speakers.

The AM/FM/Cd Entertainment player design is a bit odd. I have examined the wiring harness and it only has speaker wires connected to one pair of speakers. No other speaker wires are visible in any of the cabinets. Thank you for your suggestions.

MitchF150 wrote:
I've never heard of that for a headphone jack?? But, if that's the way it works, well there you go..

Have you looked in all the cabinets to make sure there aren't any wires tied up someplace waiting for a receiver to hook to? What about the TV cabinet in the bedroom?

I can see the front and mid speakers being hooked to the same receiver and the bedroom being it's own setup.

You might have to pull the receiver out and see how the A B speaker outputs are wired and go from there. Like I said, I've never had a receiver that you had to switch for headphones.. You just plug in the headphones and it switched automatically, and that was with stereo equipment from the 70's and 80's..

Mitch

In our Bounder we have 2 speakers up front, in the ceiling over the driver and copilot seats, and 2 speakers in the bedroom. They are controlled by the fader control in the dash radio - we can select front, rear, or both. I assume that the back of the radio has outputs for front and rear speakers.

I've never heard of that for a headphone jack?? But, if that's the way it works, well there you go..

Have you looked in all the cabinets to make sure there aren't any wires tied up someplace waiting for a receiver to hook to? What about the TV cabinet in the bedroom?

I can see the front and mid speakers being hooked to the same receiver and the bedroom being it's own setup.

You might have to pull the receiver out and see how the A B speaker outputs are wired and go from there. Like I said, I've never had a receiver that you had to switch for headphones.. You just plug in the headphones and it switched automatically, and that was with stereo equipment from the 70's and 80's..

Mitch

MitchF150 wrote:
Does your entertainment center have something like A, B, C speaker switch(s)??

They do this so you can either have all 6 going at the same time, or just a single pair going where ever you are sitting at?

That's all I can think of..

Good luck!

Mitch

Thank you for your response. It has an A/B switch but the B speaker position is the headphone jack.

Does your entertainment center have something like A, B, C speaker switch(s)??

They do this so you can either have all 6 going at the same time, or just a single pair going where ever you are sitting at?

That's all I can think of..

Good luck!

Mitch