Attempt at Charging the Center JBL Speaker without Hearing it...

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Like a lot of you I am not a fan of the JBL center speaker and prefer that it is silent, but still charging.

I pulled the speaker and its enclosure out of the dash to see what I was dealing with. I'll let the pictures do the talking...

Blue painters tape over the audio connection leaving the positive and negative connections only.

I'll report back after testing for a few months.

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[TacoFreak]

Interesting - keep us posted on how that goes.

I don't like the removable speaker bias either, but when I removed mine I thought that the sound was even worse. Maybe I need to try that again.

 

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Interesting - keep us posted on how that goes.

I don't like the removable speaker bias either, but when I removed mine I thought that the sound was even worse. Maybe I need to try that again.

If you have not upgraded to the Beat-Sonic amp yet, you may not want to do this.

 

[MERAKIAUTOWORKS]

If you have not upgraded to the Beat-Sonic amp yet, you may not want to do this.

Super popular mod within the past 2 weeks.

IF you don't want that JBL middle speaker, I'd be glad to take it off your hands.

-Josh

 

[SnowmanJPS]

less than a month of testing what do you notice different?

 

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less than a month of testing what do you notice different?

Well no center speaker sounds a lot better IMO. The speaker is staying fully charged still.

So far a win win.

 

[Josh256]

Like a lot of you I am not a fan of the JBL center speaker and prefer that it is silent, but still charging.

I pulled the speaker and its enclosure out of the dash to see what I was dealing with. I'll let the pictures do the talking...

I was misled by the 5-pin dock wiring harness -- the actual 4 wire supply feeds to the side (12V+/-, Center +/-) where it mates with a small circuit board.. Pull the dock. You could remove the two center channel leads from the connector keeping the 12V supply however I *think* the JBL amp re-EQs the whole system when the JBL center is present:

https://www.tacoma4g.com/forum/threads/jbl-replacement-center-channel-speaker-prototype-diy.10601/

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