I bought this product without reading comments... my mistake. What type of receiver/wires? I am so lost
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A standard 5.1 channel home theater receiver will power the speakers. It's a bit of an odd setup, but let's see if I can explain it: the two front speakers plug into the subwoofer directly using standard speaker wire (use 16-gauge for best results). There are two additional speaker connections on the back of the subwoofer that go out to power the front speakers. I hope this helps and please let me know if I can help more.
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one more thing i forgot to mention son. remember this system is a 4 ohm system. you cannot hook it up to a "normal" stereo receiver because they are almost all wired for 8 ohm. my son`s friend bought these after hearing them at my house and hooked them to an integrated amplifier his buddy gave him and blew them up. my apologies if you already were aware of this.
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I'm not sure what model that receiver is. Is it a newer model or an older model.
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ok,well,as i just stated in my last post, i have already gone to antennaweb.org.and their information must be taken with a grain of salt.the predictions for what you can and cannot get seem to be educated guesses,but do not pan out (at least in my case). but anyway,i already know that knowing the location of a transmitter generally helps.i only want information on different makes of converter boxes.
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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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I bought my transmitter/receiver set on ebay so you may want to check there. Or check in with Creative Labs. Good luck.
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What I would do - is get an older receiver off of fleabay or crglst. But these will take up a lot of desk space. Once you get away from the top of the line models - some old stuff sells for quite cheap. One quick check on crglst for me locally gets - http://raleigh.craigslist.org/ele/4876097189.html
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Just because this unit didn't come with a ground wire dose not mean you can't make one. Find a metal area on the frame of the unit-there should be a screw there somewhere to connect a wire and connect the other end to a metal area on the receiver-there should be a screw there also. I really hope this works for you-good luck.
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Yes this is a problem I am having with my new system as well, same make and model. I ordered a replacement the other day. Seems to be a problem with the receiver, I wrote about it in my review.
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Either you bought different speakers from me (and the ones you posted the comment about), you received different speakers than you ordered or your observation is incorrect. My speakers have terminals on only one side.
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All ur receiver needs is a sub pre-out. So an RCA connection. Plug in to LFE(Low Frequency Effects) on sub.
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L/R analog rca jacks, optical (Toslink), or HDMI CRC (which does *not* work with my Yamaha receiver!)
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It must be cable, is the only one thing not so good about this receiver, everything else I have to say, exceeded my expectations. Best regards.
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I am sorry, but the receiver you have doesn't have pre-amp outputs. You can't add any amp to this receiver. Sorry. Some of the higher end receivers have pre-amp outputs that allow you to add external amplification.
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Honestly, buy a new receiver. You need this, and then you can continue using the speakers you have. Trying to do this any other way is not a good idea, and will end up costing you the same amount of money and continued frustrations on lack of HDMI inputs and outputs.
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I recommend getting good quality banana plugs for the wires. They are easy to get on Amazon..You don't need anything else other than that for an easy plug-in to the receiver. Of course, you need your HDMI cables..
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My sound system receiver fried. I would like to hook this directly to my tv or dvd system. Neither of them have speaker jacks. They both have one rca out or multiple s video/audio spots. How does this hook into them? I do not see any outlets other than speaker wire.