Miswired Speaker Zones in Mallard

[cruzin101]

Just quick fyi- I took delivery of my Mallard M27 yesterday. Everything was demo'd well. I guess due to the other noises in the area i never noticed how my speakers were wired. Zone 1 had one speaker indoors and 1 speaker outdoors. Zone 2 was the same. I assume this was just wired incorrectly and corrected the issue myself ensuring zone 1 and zone 2 were inside \outside with right and left speakers in each zone. Glad I noticed before we sent camping and disturbed the neighbors.

 

[jerryjay11]

Just quick fyi- I took delivery of my Mallard M27 yesterday. Everything was demo'd well. I guess due to the other noises in the area i never noticed how my speakers were wired. Zone 1 had one speaker indoors and 1 speaker outdoors. Zone 2 was the same. I assume this was just wired incorrectly and corrected the issue myself ensuring zone 1 and zone 2 were inside \outside with right and left speakers in each zone. Glad I noticed before we sent camping and disturbed the neighbors.

Had the same problem with our new 2018 Pioneer and took care of it myself. I also had to deploy the wire type antenna to get any reception as it was rolled up behind the radio.

 

[cruzin101]

Had the same problem with our new 2018 Pioneer and took care of it myself. I also had to deploy the wire type antenna to get any reception as it was rolled up behind the radio.

I noticed that as well. I kinda blew it off since I plan to BT most of the time. How did you deploy the wire antenna?

 

[jerryjay11]

I noticed that as well. I kinda blew it off since I plan to BT most of the time. How did you deploy the wire antenna?

Since the TV is located above the radio I simply drilled a hole in the cabinet back-right corner and deployed the antenna with push-pins around the top edge of the TV compartment. The TV covers it enough not to be a distraction.

 

[cruzin101]

Since the TV is located above the radio I simply drilled a hole in the cabinet back-right corner and deployed the antenna with push-pins around the top edge of the TV compartment. The TV covers it enough not to be a distraction.

Thanks! I'm going to give that a shot as well. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !!

 

[tdclark]

My pioneer is wired this way too. I'd like to fix it but not sure how to get into it. Does the faceplate trim piece just pop off? I dont want to force it and break something.

Dadio

 

[jerryjay11]

The trim pops off and then there will be 4 screws that hold the stereo in place. What I did was to remove all the speaker wires then just used one set of the stereo speaker wires to test each set of speaker wire, one set at a time. I ID'd them with a piece of tape and then shut of one zone to find which wires from the stereo were for each zone. Took a it of trial and error but not Zone 1 is inside and Zone 2 is outside. I also had to unravel the antenna wire and deploy it through a hole I drilled in the cabinet so it could be tacked to the cabinet wall around the TV.

 

[tdclark]

My pioneer is wired this way too. I'd like to fix it but not sure how to get into it. Does the faceplate trim piece just pop off? I dont want to force it and break something.

Dadio

 

[cruzin101]

My pioneer is wired this way too. I'd like to fix it but not sure how to get into it. Does the faceplate trim piece just pop off? I dont want to force it and break something.

Dadio

My faceplate popped of and there are 4 screw wick hold the audio player in. You can do a quick google on the model number + removal to be sure