siegelion

Just bought a 2017 Lexus rx350. Recently had friends sitting in the back and they said that they feel the speakers on the side are not working.

It looks like there is a bigger speaker at the bottom, and a smaller one at the top. The bigger one at the bottom is definitely playing, but the smaller one at the top is .. not really noticeable.

Is there some music I can play, so that it would play in the speakers one by one? That way I would be able to test out if the speaker is truly working / malfunctioning?

Or is there any simple test I can try out so that I'd know if they are working properly?

I just had the basic model, so looks like I had something like 10 speakers. (or 12)

dibl

This:
or a dozen others like it.

RXWes

Go to the audio page. Then to the sound page. Find the balance / fader controls. Move the controls back to front. And side to side.

siegelion

thanks will look into it.. I wonder if I could just create some kind of recording where I could set them to be played at certain speakers.

siegelion

I mean, I do feel the sound “moving”, but i can’t tell if the seat in the back can feel the same. Maybe it is indeed broken..

Mikes94GS3

I’d suggest put on some music at a low to moderate level (maybe volume 15 or so), then put your ear up close to each speaker, you’ll definitely be able to tell if it’s working, or not. I believe the speakers you are referring to are near the window towards the front of each rear door, the tweeters. You should only hear the high notes out of them, like drum symbols, guitar, for example.

lexnewbi

The bigger speaker is mid woofer (mid and low frequencies). The smaller speaker at the top are tweeters (high frequencies). Tweeters are not as loud as the bottom speaker. Tweeters are also very directional, need to place your head in front of it. Should be easily notice if you move the fader controls to the back and then to right and left.

dibl

Yeah, I wonder that too .........

Tarkus

It's a stereo system that can play 5.1 dvd. So I'd be very surprised if you could.

lexnewbi

You can create a 5.1 track with Audacity. See this tutorial. The images are for the Mac version, but it works the same under Windows.

Lexus4rx

Download sound recorder on your iphone. Play some music on car. Record the phone near each speaker 1 by 1.
Then play each audio file, you can compare which one is odd one out.