2018 Kakadu Speaker Arrangement

[McBanny Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close McBanny]

Hi fellow Prado lovers,

I recently notice the speaker positioned at rear doors isn't loud enough to be heard or I should say almost nothing (I assume the bottom speaker is acting as subwoofer?)

Do any of you knows the arrangement of these speakers? Or those had who might have upgraded these JBL speaker that can share some insides?

Thanks!

[Leethal Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Leethal]

Not sure what speaker you mean, my VX has a subwoofer located in the left hand rear corner. Perhaps check your audio setup in settings.

Lee

[McBanny Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close McBanny]

Not sure what speaker you mean, my VX has a subwoofer located in the left hand rear corner. Perhaps check your audio setup in settings.

Yep, the actual woofer is at the far left corner (3rd row). I’m referring to the speakers installed on the bottom of the doors. If you turn treble and mid down to lowest and bass to highest you might notice it’s used for bass.

With this design if the car is full of people (5 or 7) second row passenger wont be able to hear much but bass.

I’ll pull one these speaker off to have closer look tomorrow.

[Leethal Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Leethal]

The lower door speakers are mid-range speakers with tweeters mounted up high on the door.
The lower speakers lack size to be a proper bass speaker, try reducing the bass & treble while increasing mid range to confirm. High frequency is very directional hence the preferred high mounting position.
While the OEM system doesn’t match my previous Dynaudio 3 way active system It still has ample volume for middle row passengers.

Lee