How do you hook this device up to a stereo system? My Onkyo receiver does not have a subwoofer outlet, my speakers take old fashioned speaker wires
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My sub-woofer has some spring terminals for connecting ordinary wires that are labeled "high level in", you would simply connect these in parallel with your 'old fashioned speakers'. My system had line level connections, so I didn't do it that way, but you would need to. High level simply means the level that you need to drive your speakers in. Having read the other reply, I do not see the need for any special wire, just ordinary speaker wire. I do not mean to demean the other respondent. The wires do not even have to be large diameter, though that would do no harm. They do not really need to carry much current, only the signal to drive the internal amplifier in your SW-8. My sub-woofer has some spring terminals for connecting ordinary wires that are labeled "high level in", you would simply connect these in parallel with your 'old fashioned speakers'. My system had line level connections, so I didn't do it that way, but you would need to. High level simply means the level that you need to drive your speakers in. Having read the other reply, I do not see the need for any special wire, just ordinary speaker wire. I do not mean to demean the other respondent. The wires do not even have to be large diameter, though that would do no harm. They do not... » Read More My sub-woofer has some spring terminals for connecting ordinary wires that are labeled "high level in", you would simply connect these in parallel with your 'old fashioned speakers'. My system had line level connections, so I didn't do it that way, but you would need to. High level simply means the level that you need to drive your speakers in. Having read the other reply, I do not see the need for any special wire, just ordinary speaker wire. I do not mean to demean the other respondent. The wires do not even have to be large diameter, though that would do no harm. They do not really need to carry much current, only the signal to drive the internal amplifier in your SW-8. « Show Less
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My sub-woofer has some spring terminals for connecting ordinary wires that are labeled "high level in", you would simply connect these in parallel with your 'old fashioned speakers'. My system had line level connections, so I didn't do it that way, but you would need to. High level simply means the level that you need to drive your speakers in. Having read the other reply, I do not see the need for any special wire, just ordinary speaker wire. I do not mean to demean the other respondent. The wires do not even have to be large diameter, though that would do no harm. They do not really need to carry much current, only the signal to drive the internal amplifier in your SW-8.
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if your receiver does not have a dedicated subwoofer outlet then you will need a special wire. it's RCA to speaker wire, and it's kinda pricey for a wire. you would have to tie into the left and right speakers, or maybe even all sides of the surround. the quality might be diminished since it's trying to push all the frequencies through the speaker, and not just the lower bass frequencies. heres a link to the wire you would need. IEC 18 AWG 6' Speaker Wire Pair with RCA Males - Black/Red
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It has jacks to run your regular speaker wires through the subwoofer. You can see them in the pictures, and in the specs.
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It's amazing how instead of READING THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR THE SUB, which will guide you on how to connect, people would rather ask that question here.
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Speakers do not have to come the same manufacturer. In my case I am using the stereo unit with an existing built-in speaker system. There are several stereo speakers in different rooms so in my case I need & use an impedance matching unit so that I do not burn out the amplifier in the stereo receiver. If I recall correctly the Onkyo unit I have has to be connected to 8 ohm impedance speakers. I don't recall the power output per channel, but I suspect you could get away with speakers rated for 30 watts or greater. Hope this helps.
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This receiver has a subwoofer pre-out. You plug a subwoofer cable to the bottom plug on the pre-out on the receiver.
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Hey Matt, we just purchased the Onkyo cs-355. we attached a pair of Yamaha speakers to it.... works great!
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I connected my Yamaha speaker to an Onkyo receiver (surround sound amplifier), via speaker wires with no "connections", i.e., wires to screw receptacles on both the speaker and receiver. As to directly to a TV, you will need a receiver to amplify the sound from the TV to the speaker. At least as far as I know.
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Read the manual. You must select source. Call Onkyo if need be.mine works fine
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This is because your Onkyo only does HDMI Passthrough and no audio processing. It's basically an HDMI switch. So you need a separate audio connection to get sound to your AVR.
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I don't know what type of reciever you have). Most of the new ones onkyo and yamaha provide you with an app that automatically sets up the room for you. There is i believe a cd that does the same.
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There is no sub sub out or any AV output so the only way to hook up a Sub is through speaker wires. It does have a headphone jack.
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You can't connect a receiver to the soundbar, unless the receiver has a line level output. Since this is an active soundbar, it's designed to be used without a receiver.
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Yea its compleatly ohk to use the speaker wire you already have. But I would pay attention to the gage wire the onkyo system can handle. Because if you have to thick of speaker wire it won't fit. Plus this is a 7.1 surround sound system if you don't have the 7 speaker wires in you walls your not getting full listing experience.
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No, not directly. I would use an adapter, or just cut the speaker cable at the RCA plug and use just the blank cables. The Onkyo merits very good speakers though. I consider it an excellent receiver and I use professional Tannoy Studio Monitors with it.
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You can use the aux input located on the back of the system. You have to buy an analog Y speaker wire with a 1/8th plug insert
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Hello Louise, Buy a sub that has Speaker level inputs and outputs on the back ( many polk, sony, bic etc. do). Simply install right and left speaker wires to the amp as you normally would for regular speakers. Then conect those wires to the r/l speaker INPUT on the back of the sub. Then run seperate wires from the r/l OUTPUT on sub to your speakers. Works and sounds great! Hope this helps. S
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Helllo JBMy Onkyo receiver is the HTR990So it has a special plug for the iPod dockIts not RCA or hdmi , you have to have a receiver that's iPod direct .Or what I used to do is plug into headphone jack and then use RCA cableBut you have to operate iPod with handYou don't get picture on your tv and of course the fancy matching base
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Buy a receiver and hook up external speakers to the receiver. Only way you will get a decent sound out of this unit. I have a similar problem and after much debate, I am planning to buy Sherwood RX-41 9 105WAat model to augument this stereo system. Good Luck.
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The sub being used would need to have RCA inputs(how mine us currently setup). I guess you could rig up a splitter off of one of the speaker inputs. Or if your sub has input/output for speaker wire you could do that too.