98 radio question

bought a 98 ford ranger xlt the other week and it has a stock radio in it and i took the speaker covers off in the back of the cab and no speakers but found the wires tested with circuit tester and had power both sides (hooked up known to be good cause i tested them before i tried to put them in speakers)
well after i had them hooked up no sound ou tof them so i tested them again and yep stil had power

on stock radio there is only a push to turn on knob with volumn control other side of radio is just seek and tune buttons cant find thre fade or balance knob

any ideas as to why the speakers will not produce sounds ???

maybe they are just blown. i dont know. if the radio is the same as mine in my 00 it will have buttons next to where the time is for fade and what not. otherwise i would get a speaker that works and hook it to the wires and see if its just the speaker. it sounds like your speaker is completely shot that is why its not working. ask mulletman hes a ford tech.

speakers work i know this as i have tested them !!! and not there is no fade or balance knob on radio

You mean those wires have 12V DC power? They are not speaker wires then.

yes they have 12 volt as tester buld lite up

than why would they be sitting in the speaker compart ment and what would they go to as they were just taped up ??

it is an 98 ford ranger 2wheel drive xlt everything stock

If they were just taped up, then that is not factory. Maybe someone had some neon lights or something in there.

The factory speaker wires maybe pushed down into the panel somewhere. It might be a pain, but you may have to remove the panel to find them.

i removed the panels and no others wire in there justthe ones that were taped up and when i put a tester on them with truck running and radio on it light ups when i turn radio off the light the light slowly goes out

what could they be for ??