RE: red fuseholder under rear seat

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

I'm not familiar with 91 200 which, as far as I know, has much more
sophisticated Bose audio system, but on 5Ks there's an active crossover
for rear speakers located in the trunk. A crossover is an electronic
device that divides the audio signal depending on frequency, so only
high frequencies go to the tweeters, low frequencies to the bass
speakers etc. The "passive" crossover is just a couple of coils and does
not need external power, an "active" one is usually combined with an
amplifier and needs to be powered. I guess your 200 has a similar device
(look for any mysteriously looking boxes in the trunk). Although you
don't have power antenna, you may have an antenna booster that needs to
be powered. 

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Phil and Judy Rose [SMTP:pjrose@servtech.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, October 29, 1997 4:15 AM
> To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	red fuseholder under rear seat
> 
> The Qlist is psychically powered! I was _just_ about to post a
> question
> about the purpose of a 10 amp fuse in a red wire/holder mounted on the
> backside of the battery clamp, under the rear seat. You say it's for
> power
> to the "antenna and rear crossover". You're referring to a power
> antenna,
> which my '91 200q does not have. What's the "crossover" (sounds radio
> speaker-related)? I guess I've learned to be unsurprised that a fuse
> would
> be there although it may serve no purpose. But does it?
> 
> Phil
> '89 100
> '91 200q
> 
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