? About passive subwoofer. I have a set of Kenwood HTIB speakers. I need a new AV REceiver and have decided on this one. But my subwoofer is passive - not powered. How do I connect it to this receiver. I see it has a pre-out which I honk means it expects a powered subwoofer. I'd rather not purchase all new speakers. Thanks in advance. ? About passive subwoofer. I have a set of Kenwood HTIB speakers. I need a new AV REceiver and have decided on this one. But my subwoofer is passive - not powered. How do I connect it to... » Read More ? About passive subwoofer. I have a set of Kenwood HTIB speakers. I need a new AV REceiver and have decided on this one. But my subwoofer is passive - not powered. How do I connect it to this receiver. I see it has a pre-out which I honk means it expects a powered subwoofer. I'd rather not purchase all new speakers. Thanks in advance. « Show Less
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This receiver does use a powered subwoofer. If you hook a non-powered speaker to this outlet, you could very well blow your sub-woofer. I wouldn't take the chance.
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Hello, In your sub you should already have the circuitry needed. Just use your front L+R outputs and double them up going to your front speakers and to your sub. Yes L+R in one input on the sub. You may have to set your volume on your receiver for your front speakers a bit higher once you setup. I have done this for decades in may instances and it is also in the Yamaha manual online.
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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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The receiver has 2 subwoofer outputs. You can use either of them with an RCA cable to plug your subwoofer. I did exactly that with my own. If one day in the future you think you need a second subwoofer, you can use the other Onkyo output to plug it.
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Stephen G., I'm interested in connecting 2 receivers and switching between them. I have a modern home theater receiver (Yamaha RX-V477) and a vintage receiver (Realistic STA-76 circa 1975). Each one does some things better than the other and I want to easily switch between them depending on what I want to do (like play vinyl on the vintage) and watch movies on the home theater receiver. If you know of something that can do this, please let me know. Thanks.
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I had a similar question. I even emailed Polk to ask them and never heard back. You will need an amplifier because the subwoofer is passive. It has its own crossover built in, but the receiver should only be sending high sounds to your other speakers and low sounds to your sub. I just attached both positive wires from the sub to the single positive wire coming from the amp (and the same for the negative wires). It seems to work great and I have had it in for at least a year.
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Most AVR recievers will have at least one sub output also known as LFE or low frequency effects, as one of the other responses stated, that's all you really need to connect the sub. You will want to learn about configuration of subs and your speakers to make sure that your sub handles only the frequencies it is designed to handle and the same with your other speakers. I have my sub handle everything under 80Hz and let my other speakers handle the rest since I run small speakers for everything besides the base.
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#1) If is a passive subwoofer you can use front left and front right speakers to the subwoofer inputs left and right and from the subwoofer output to the front left and front right speakers all this can be done with banana plugs, #2 if your subwoofer is self powered you dont need the banana plugs all you need is a sigle rca/component fitting cable from receiver sub output to the line in left or right in the suwoofer.
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I swapped out the speakers for more powerfull outdoor speakers. The sub woofer has to be connected, power goes thru it if i remember correctly. Hope this helps.
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This mono amp is designed to be used with a "passive", (non-powered) sub woofer. If your subwoofer has a power cord, then it is "active" , meaning it has an amplifier built into it. In this case you don't need the separate mono amp. Simply run an rca cable from your sub-out on your receiver to the woofer.
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I will be able to provide a definitive answer if you can provide me the model of the receiver. To get this sub working, you either need a LFE out ( a co-axial port usually available on most of the basic receivers) or a sub-woofer speaker screw-in ports. To get the most out of this sub, i would prefer LFE out to connect to the sub.
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This amplifier requires a preamp, or existing receiver. If your subwoofer is powered, you will have to use the preamp or receivers subwoofer preout. If your subwoofer is passive, you can sent the signal to the amplifier but will not be able to run a true 5.1 surround
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Make sure ur mixer is a 'powered' mixer because ur subwoofer is NOT a powered speaker, (meaning-it doesn't have a power button to turn ona and a input slots to Connect a keyboard or guitar, and volume) so you need to connect the powered mixer (if it is one) to the woofer.. Is The amp just a powered amp? Or does the amp have equalizers and volume and treble and bass controllers? If the amp has all of these controllers, then you do not need The Powered mixer.. If the amp has or have not controllers you can still use the mixer (powered or not) to enhance the sound. YOU CANNOT CONNECT A NON POWERED MIXER TO A NON POWERED SPEAKER.. Either the mixer have to be a powered mixer or the speaker have to be a powered speaker. 1-So connect first the equipment your using, to the mixer (example) bus 1 input. 2-Then cord out from mixer out to Amp going to input slot, 3-Then on the (out slot) send a cord from there, out slot to the subwoofer. You should be good..
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No, it's passive. Take your left and right speaker wires from receiver to the sub, then go from the sub to your left and right speakers. Hope that helps!
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Hi Eric I use powered speakers as i was told i couldnt mix powered with passive speakers. Though i have seen a link on youtube explaing how you can use both using a sound filter check it out i dont have the link. But i use powered speakers and powered bass bin. Sorry i couldnt help. Thanks from Barry.
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I just bought one and it does have a sub-woofer out, but my old sub-woofer (unpowered) does not work, i am trying to find out if i need a powered one. Does anyone know?
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Yes, ass a passive (as opposed to active) subwoofer, it receives its power from the receiver. The only connections to the subwoofer are for speakers IN and speakers OUT.
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I believe there are passive pass thru subs where the outputs of the speaker connect to the input of the sub and then the outputs of the sub go to the speakers, similar to a sub hookup for a home stereo system. Look for the specs on several sub woofers and you should get your answer.