Could someone confirm whether or not the Subwoofer works (at all) with just a single RCA cable plugged into one of the two inputs on the sub?
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Not if that works or not. I simply bought a rca cable "Y" cable and ran from subwoofer out on the receiver to the two inputs. These cables can be bought for less than $10.
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The answer is yes. As to whether or not there is a loss of quality, it's up for debate. I did buy Y-Splitter for like $5.
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No it does not! If you do it that way, you won't get the full bass!! You can buy the cable required cheap from radio shack. I paid 5 dollars for mine! Works perfectly!
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It works just fine for me I have it set up that way my AV receiver only have one LFE output
967778
The Subwoofer out has to be enabled look at the manual. Also there's a test function to see if the subwoofer is connected correctly.
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RCA inputs on the subwoofer requiring a male plug. If you use a computer a stereo mini for the computer. It came with the cables needed.
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This receiver has pre out subwoofer connection .two Rca inputs can play two subwoofers
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The subwoofer will connect with the standard woofer RCA plug. I don't know about the other devices. Bob
602094
I have a JBL sub with 2 inputs (L+R), the left goes to a line level control. My amplifier only has 1 sub out, I connected the cable to the left input of the sub. Really works great.
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All I know is I plug the single cable end into the AVR and the double end into the sub woofer and everything works just fine. Since there is no stereo information involved I would assume that the hot lead on the single end goes to both of the hot leads on the sub end and the ground of the single lead goes to both of the ground leads on the sub end making it a splitter of sorts but don't ask me why they used a double jack to begin with on the older subs.JJK
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No. As far as I know, subs are always a mono signal. There should only be one output from the receiver and input into the sub. This sub has a second RCA jack, but I believe it's an output, and I assume that is for chaining. I just have a regular stereo RCA cable and I'm only using one side for the connection.Hope that helps.Adam.
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Sorry, I'm a newbie at home theater stuffs, but why do we need a separate "subwoofer cable"? Won't the speaker wires work? I'm using a HTiB and they all use one type of speaker cables, even the subwoofer. I'm just curious as I'm about to get this system and have to learn how to set it up with a receiver. Thanks.
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I didn't have any problem getting audio from the two RCA outputs...how do you have it hooked up?
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If you are using RCA outputs for input on the subwoofers then yes. If you are using line level inputs you will get most likely get impedance problems.
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I did not check but http://store.sony.com/ shows as follows: RCA Audio Output(s) : Front, Rear, and Subwoofer RCA pre-amp outputs
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I believe with this receiver, the sub gets connected with a coaxial cable. Even though there are two coax outputs for sub, my sub only has one input so I use the right output. I don't believe there is a way to use positive and negative connection wires (speaker wire) to the sub unless you get some kind of low-high level converter converting the wires from the sub to the required input on the amp
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All I know is I plug the single cable end into the AVR and the double end into the sub woofer and everything works just fine. Since there is no stereo information involved I would assume that the hot lead on the single end goes to both of the hot leads on the sub end and the ground of the single lead goes to both of the ground leads on the sub end making it a splitter of sorts but don't ask me why they used a double jack to begin with on the older subs. JJK
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Yes It does. But I just setup my PC last night and didn't plug it in. I've heard it's not that good. We'll see. Update: I used the subwoofer for a few days and it's not any good. In fact, I removed it and plugged back in my logitech 2.1 speaker system and the PC came alive.
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if it's a standard RCA jack the answer is yes I use the MediaBridge subwoofer cable from Amazon
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Dear Bill, Thanks for the info. I didn't connect the wire's directly but I guess it amounts to the same thing. The left and right front speakers are attached to STR-DH800 posts. I connected separate the speaker wires from the left and right front speakers posts to the left and right posts of the subwoofer. The subwoofer is a part of a Paradigm Cinema 70 set. It has its own power plug, an on/off switch and an RCA input The subwoofer hums when the RCA is plugged into it and I touch the unplugged end. Sincerely, John