Newbie needs help with a Pioneer VSX53 and subwoofer issue.

[DaveStre]

So I was adding some rear speakers to the system and realized I was using only the front channels for each side channel. They are NOT on the "surround back" channel. Will this play a role in the issue? I have the sub turned to "yes", the 2 front channels to "large" and my added speakers are the center channel as "small".

 

[Trebdp83]

If using Front Speakers set to Large, the Subwoofer will need to be set to PLUS, not just YES, to output any audio from two channel signals.

 

[TLS Guy]

So I was adding some rear speakers to the system and realized I was using only the front channels for each side channel. They are NOT on the "surround back" channel. Will this play a role in the issue? I have the sub turned to "yes", the 2 front channels to "large" and my added speakers are the center channel as "small".

Are you saying your front speakers are connected to the side channels? You post is confusing and does not make sense to me. Your front speakers need to be connected the the front output jacks.

 

[DaveStre]

Are you saying your front speakers are connected to the side channels? You post is confusing and does not make sense to me. Your front speakers need to be connected the the front output jacks.

So I have two big speakers, plus a subwoofer. I am using my setup for music off my turntable. I have the 2 large speakers wired into the "front" channels. I am wondering if having those plugged into the front versus the "surround back" could be causing the subwoofer to NOT fire up and produce output.

 

[Trebdp83]

No. If the Front speakers are set to Large and the Subwooferi is set to YES, you will not get sound out of the Subwoofer when playing two channel signals. The Front speakers need to be set to Small with the Subwoofer set to YES or the Front can be set to Large with the Subwoofer set to PLUS to produce sound from the Subwoofer when playing two channel signals.

 

[DaveStre]

Resolved.

The output on the sub, when hooked to a front channel was very loud with the sub knobs on 5% volume.

I was testing everything with the knobs turned down since I was getting obvious output from the incorrect channel.

Once I adjusted the knobs to 50%,with the sub attached to SW output I got output.

Yeah...it was as simple as that.

To all the contributed, I am so very thankful for your time.

 

[Trebdp83]

I'm going to join the confused party here now. It is my own fault for not asking for more information concerning the components and connections in use here from the get go. It seems the Subwoofer Pre Out on the receiver is now being used to connect the subwoofer which I thought was the case from the get go. So, are the Front Speakers set to Small with Subwoofer set to YES or are they set to Large with Subwoofer set to PLUS? If Small, what is the setting of the crossover?

 

[DaveStre]

I'm going to join the confused party here now. It is my own fault for not asking for more information concerning the components and connections in use here from the get go. It seems the Subwoofer Pre Out on the receiver is now being used to connect the subwoofer which I thought was the case from the get go. So, are the Front Speakers set to Small with Subwoofer set to YES or are they set to Large with Subwoofer set to PLUS? If Small, what is the setting of the crossover?

Yes it is being used now, I was not using it due thinking it was failed and I had given up on the issue before I posted this thread.

Essentially, since the output was so aggressive when plugged into the wrong channel I never stopped to adjust the knobs on the sub up. The output was always there, I just assumed it wasn't since the sub has no audible output when plugged into the correct channel unless those knobs are adjusted to a higher level.