Fit extra speakers to a campervan

colmll

I have a Fiat Ducato campervan with a stereo radio/cd player and two speakers built into the two cab doors. I would like to fit another two speakers in the van itself as it is difficult to hear the radio when you are in the back of the van. Can I just add the speakers and wire them back to the stereo or will I need to buy an amp. I'm not after big volume but I just want to hear the radio when sitting in the van. I would greatly appreciate any advise on this please.

tphase

Pull the radio out to see if you have a 2nd pair of speaker terminals, in which case it's a matter of routing cables to your new speakers. If not, I'd go looking for a new or 2nd unit which has 2 speaker outs. If you do get a new unit, you might want to consider getting one with a remote control - it's a pain in the arse if you're comfortable in bed listening to the radio and have to get up to change channel, adjust volume or switch it off

poutie

We did that exact thing with our camper. My husband wired two extra speakers off the speakers in each door, he soldered a wire onto each existing speaker and added two speakers in the back of the van. You lose a tiny percentage of the volume, but not much, it works perfectly, but you cannot control the rear speakers independantly obviously, they will run off the ones in the front.

colmll

So I can just connect them to the speakers on the doors! Sounds like a plan. Although I like the idea of a remote control too. Thanks for the advice.

poutie

We did change the stereo on the front to a remote control one, very handy.

Aidan_M_M

It'd probably be easier to wire them into the radio , or into the speaker wires under the dash , What year is it?>

colmll

2009 fiat Ducato

Aidan_M_M

ah , pity , if it was the older model it'd be easier . I'd say go for the stereo itself then , easier to remove and run wires from , than from the doors . Plus it won't overload the door speaker outputs , and you can have the fader (front-rear) working properly then.

colmll

Too late Aidan! I actually wired them to the speakers in the door and it worked out fine. I know I can't use the fader between front and back but all I really wanted was to be able to hear the stereo in the back of the van. Bit of work with the wiring but worth it in the end. Thanks to all for the advice.