Ok to run car stereo with only 3 speakers?

[Ecgleaton]

Hi I tried searching for an answer to this but couldn't find one. I recently replaced a car stereo, actually on my pontoon boat. Looked like whoever wired it before had something wired improperly THROUGH the hot wire to the radio so I removed that. This unit is working fine, but one of the four speakers is not. Is it ok to simply unplug it, indefinitely and played at any duration or volume? Thanks

 

[maxwellmelon]

Yes it will be fine. besides you wont get audio from that channel so it could effect sound quality but from hardware point your radio will work fine. you actually risk damage leaving it hooked up to bad wiring. but nothing in the radio can be damaged from it not being hooked up. (just make sure to cap the ends of those two wires so they don't short on anything)