I've got an older subwoofer that I am trying to integrate into my setup

[Onceler]

it has both left and right IN speaker terminals and my reciever only has a subwoofer out that is an RCA jack. Is there a way to make this work?

 

[SithSolo1]

Heading off to work so I'll keep this short. If it has a built in amp and it just needs a signal you can set your front speakers to large and run a second pair of wires of the front speaker terminals to the sub high level inputs. If it needs power from the amp, I dunno. For better responses posts pictures of the back of the sub and receiver or at least list the models.

 

[vshah]

does the subwoofer have a power cable of it's own?

If not, you may have trouble driving it from your receiver, unless your receiver has a dedicated amplified subwoofer channel.

 

[Onceler]

yes it does
I disconnected it from the AC and I took it apart and discharged the capacitors and tried it with a splice of CAT6 and an RCA cord, it did not work.

 

[jtvang125]

Without a brand and model number of the sub I cant give you specific instructions but generally for these types of subwoofers here's what you do:

Take left and right front channels from receiver and connect to the left and right inputs of subwoofer respectively. There should be speaker outputs on the back of the sub amp. These go to your front speakers. Turn down the sub level and plug in the power for the amp. Play something and adjust the sub level to your liking. There may or may not be a crossover level adjustment on the sub so adjust to liking if there is.

 

[Onceler]

Without a brand and model number of the sub I cant give you specific instructions but generally for these types of subwoofers here's what you do:

Take left and right front channels from receiver and connect to the left and right inputs of subwoofer respectively. There should be speaker outputs on the back of the sub amp. These go to your front speakers. Turn down the sub level and plug in the power for the amp. Play something and adjust the sub level to your liking. There may or may not be a crossover level adjustment on the sub so adjust to liking if there is.

It is a Yamaha YST-SW40
I tried putting it the way that you have described but all I got out of it was a steady buzz sound.

 

[queequeg99]

It is a Yamaha YST-SW40
I tried putting it the way that you have described but all I got out of it was a steady buzz sound.

Hmm, maybe something's wrong with the sub? According to the manual (which is easily found online), the method suggested by jtvang125 should have worked.

 

[biostud]

maybe a cable like this?

 

[Onceler]

Hmm, maybe something's wrong with the sub? According to the manual (which is easily found online), the method suggested by jtvang125 should have worked.

There might be something wrong with it,it is very old.
I will retry again tonight. The wires are still hooked up, I just have to reasemble and hook up the sub.

 

[Onceler]

Actually I'll put it together now. A cable had come off on the inside of the unit which is why I was getting that buzz.
And... It works!
Thank you all for your suggestions and help.

 

[vshah]

you should set the "high cut" knob to just above the lower end frequency cutoff for your main speakers. you should be able to find these specs online.
so if your speakers say 80hz-22khz, perhaps set the high cut knob on the yamaha to around 90hz. or whatever sounds good to you