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Chuckalicious

Member Since: 23 May 2014
Location: Midlothian
Posts: 1701

2014 Freelander 2 SD4 SE Auto Santorini Black

Very Low Volume From Rear Speakers

My midline Alpine stereo seems to be outputting next to nothing to the rear door speakers compared to the speakers in the front.

Balance is set at 0 and if I send more to the rear, it really dulls the sound from the front, with a lot of the highs getting lost, so sounds crap.

From your experience are the rears much quieter or does it sound (no pun intended) like I've got an issue?

Cheers. Learned to drive in 2011.
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15th Feb 2019 10:16 pm

bjones

Member Since: 30 Dec 2020
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 1

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Manual Barolo Black

Rear speakers extremely quiet

I have the same fault. Considering it’s the Alpine system with over 73 speakers, awful sound quality.
Did you ever get to the bottom of this?
Cheers
Ben

7th Jan 2021 11:40 pm

MotionInc

Member Since: 17 Jun 2019
Location: North America
Posts: 1288

It's the "fade" setting that has to be adjusted; "balance" is side to side.

8th Jan 2021 9:11 am

Kage

Member Since: 03 Oct 2018
Location: Midlands
Posts: 223

Re: Rear speakers extremely quiet

bjones wrote:
I have the same fault. Considering it’s the Alpine system with over 73 speakers, awful sound quality.

I don’t think there are quite as many as 73 speakers.

Maybe 9?

8th Jan 2021 9:30 am

Nodge68

Member Since: 15 Jul 2020
Location: Newquay
Posts: 1792

2009 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Rimini Red

Re: Rear speakers extremely quiet

bjones wrote:
I have the same fault. Considering it’s the Alpine system with over 73 speakers, awful sound quality.
Did you ever get to the bottom of this?
Cheers
Ben

It has 9 or 14 speakers, depending if it's a mid line or high line system fitted.

My SE has the mid line 9 speaker system, and isn't that bad at all. It's comparable to the Bose system in our family Mazda CX5, actually the Alpine in my SE is considerably louder than the Bose system in the CX5.

With all the tone controls flat, the Freelander is missing something, but tweeks to the levels really brings it to life.

My rear speakers aren't quite as loud as the fronts, but only because they are lower down the door, especially the rear tweeters, which are a lot lower down than the front tweeters. 2009 Rimini Red SE TD4. Soon to be sold.
Hyundai Ionic 5 Ultimate on order.
Gone. 2006 Tonga Green i6 HSE.

8th Jan 2021 11:23 am

Chuckalicious

Member Since: 23 May 2014
Location: Midlothian
Posts: 1701

Having moved to a 2020 Disco Sport SE, the Freelander's midline system blows the new one out the water.

As someone else said, you need to tweak the Alpine settings but I think it's a very good system. Learned to drive in 2011.
Bought a Micra - great little car
"Upgraded" to Kia Sportage - hated it
Proper upgrade to FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - tailgate paint issues, fuel gauge rewire, transfer box failure at 36k miles, clutch at 60k
Reconditioned diff at 70k ish
Sold at 84k and now on a DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental

8th Jan 2021 3:23 pm

Arese

Member Since: 09 Jan 2012
Location: Casablanca
Posts: 395

2012 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Santorini Black

This is not an issue ... this is normal because the sound should always come from the front, the rear speakers should be quiter than the front ones.

I have the alpine system on my HSE free2 and the quality of the sound is very good

8th Jan 2021 4:42 pm

Chuckalicious

Member Since: 23 May 2014
Location: Midlothian
Posts: 1701

I think I originally posted my question because I felt the audio experience for passengers in the back was very different to those in the front. Learned to drive in 2011.
Bought a Micra - great little car
"Upgraded" to Kia Sportage - hated it
Proper upgrade to FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - tailgate paint issues, fuel gauge rewire, transfer box failure at 36k miles, clutch at 60k
Reconditioned diff at 70k ish
Sold at 84k and now on a DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental

8th Jan 2021 4:43 pm

Kage

Member Since: 03 Oct 2018
Location: Midlands
Posts: 223

Re: Rear speakers extremely quiet

Nodge68 wrote:
bjones wrote:
I have the same fault. Considering it’s the Alpine system with over 73 speakers, awful sound quality.
Did you ever get to the bottom of this?
Cheers
Ben

My SE has the mid line 9 speaker system, and isn't that bad at all. It's comparable to the Bose system in our family Mazda CX5, actually the Alpine in my SE is considerably louder than the Bose system in the CX5.

I had a Bose system in the CX7 I had prior to the FL2. The Alpine system is much clearer.

8th Jan 2021 10:16 pm

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