[gtthree]

Guys

I could do with some help.

I am part way through my audio upgrade to an Eton DSP,8 CAN as my car was built with european base audio.

I am mounting a HK centre speaker and tweeter, however I would like to know form the picture what is the +ve and what is the -ve terminal as I need to run my own centre channel wire and terminate with a BMW speaker connector.
Is the top pin or the lower pin?


Note the picture is from a base speaker.

Thanks

[claykin]

Google search "how to check speaker polarity" . You'll see many results that will prove helpful.

Simple test with 9V battery and watching to see which way the speaker cone moves.

[gtthree]

Thanks claykin

I wasn't aware you could do that test.

I end up removing a rear speaker and cross checking the speaker wire colours (colors) to a wiring diagram.

For other users the pin nears the centre of the speaker is the negative.

[FaintReality]

I use the battery method.

[abbas_basil]

I am upgrading from base stereo to a JBL DSP 4086. I am creating pins for all my speakers as I want to keep all wiring as original as possible.

I did a battery test and here are the results. By having the polarity correctly connected to a 1.5V AA battery the speaker cone should extrude outward.