<VV> 66 am / fm radio question (multiplex)

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/8/2005 9:29:11 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
jsconiers@mac.com writes:

Quick  question.  If you had a 66 that came with an AM / FM radio was 
there  more than one speaker installed (multiplex) and if so where was it  
installed?



As long as you mean a 1966 Corvair, there were at least three  options, 
although only two from the factory. You could get an AM-FM Mono radio  with only a 
front speaker. You could also get a Mono version with a rear speaker  - at 
least in a coupe or sedan. I've never seen a factory rear MONO speaker in a  
Vair. The dealer option was to install four speakers and a multiplex adapter  
under the dash. It fed the fronts and with the L-R feed reversed, the rears. The  
fronts were installed (hideously, in my opinion) in the doors. The rears - in  
the coupe or sedan were installed on a special added package shelf behind  
the rear seat.  The 66 multiplex adapter had a tone control, a L-R balance  and 
a F-R fader. The system took the FM signal into the adapter, split the  
multiplex to the left/right components and sent a channel back to the radio for  one 
side and supplied the second power amp in the adapter for the other. If the  
Multiplex adapter was not installed, a special plug was inserted in the radio 
to  keep the signals (in mono) inside the radio. In 1967 they added an 8-track 
 player option with even a third component to fit in! - Seth Emerson
 
Seth  Emerson
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C's the day! Corvair, Camaro,  Corvette