Tone Out Speaker Wires

Connect each end of the single wire to the positive and negative leads of the multimeter.

Tone out speaker wires.

If there is an unbroken circuit through the speaker there will be a continuous tone output from the multimeter and or the meter will not read ol open. If your wire has light colored insulation this stripe or dash may be dark. If a speaker wire doesn t have a two tone color scheme look for a single stripe or dashed lines these usually indicate the positive end along one of the sides. If the insulation is a dark color the stripe or dash is more likely to be white.

The tone generator cable tester is the main testing unit and is used to test cable continuity for coaxial cables rj45 and rj11 cables and for individual wires using the attached alligator clips. Another use of the tone generator is to test the speakers in your cars. It s an inexpensive tool that will cost you around 50 80 and save you multiples of that amount in time and frustration. To test the continuity of the wires themselves and both ends of a single wire and test the continuity.

A detachable remote terminator is used for rj45 and rj11 cables to provide the continuity link at the remote end of the cable. Step 5 speaker. Move the switch on the device to the tone setting. This will tone down and turn off the speaker volume.

You can determine the positive wire by looking at the led. So if you ever find yourself trying to trace out speaker wires or data wires use an analog tone generator and probe.