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There are two basic ways. They are Parallel or Series.
Either way will give you 4 speakers producing the exact same mono signal. No stereo separation, no front and rear separation.
In series, you would connect the positive amp output to the positive speaker terminal on speaker #1, and the Negative amp output to the negative speaker terminal on speaker #4.
Then you connect the speakers to each other. Speaker #1 negative to speaker #2 positive. Speaker #2 negative to speaker #3 positive. Speaker #3 negative to speaker #4 positive. If each individual speaker is rated at 4 ohms, this will give you an impedance (ohms) of 16 ohms. In this configuration an amp will give you almost no power. Car audio amps aren't intended to deal with this impedance load.
Now, parallel is a bit easier to envision. You would connect 4 wires to the positive amp output and each of those goes to the positive on one speaker. The same procedure is applicable for the negative. Again, If each individual speaker is rated at 4 ohms, this will give you an impedence (ohms) of 1 ohm. This is something that many more amps will be able to deal with. A fair number of car audio amps are capable of working at 1 ohm.
In both cases, you'll have to be sure that the amp can supply the necessary Watts. If each of those speakers are rated at 100 Watts, you will need an amp capable of delivering 400W at 16 ohms (series setup) or 400W at 1 ohm(parallel setup).
Hopefully this helps.
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