Subwoofers should make sound, right?

[Rubywoofs]

I am a newbie, but think I'm right on my title point. Unfortunately, mine aren't making sound.

Anyway, joking aside, I need some help. I have a Harman Kardon AVR 3600, a Dayton APA 150, and two Niles PSW8 passive in-wall subs. I have not been able to get everything connected and/or set right and can't get anything out of my subs. I have connected a subwoofer cable to the HK subwoofer pre-amp out (I assume it's an LFE out). The amp is set to "auto" and wakes up when I try to calibrate the system using the HK automated set up. So, I know the amp is getting some signal. The subs never make a sound, though, and the auto EQ thing sets up the system to run with no subs. I have wired the subs to the amp for mono and stereo, tried them individually, etc. I don't see how my problem could be how I've wired the speakers into the amp. I have manually set my subs to "on" in the HK menu, still nothing.

So, what am I missing? Does anyone here have a suggestion?

Thanks in advance,

Ruby

 

[j_garcia]

Try a preamp output other than the sub pre-out just to see if you get sound. Try the APA connected to another speaker to make sure it is outputting sound as well.

 

[lsiberian]

Sounds like you hooked up something in the wrong place to me.

That said don't try the auto-on until it works on. You should have a manual test tone you can run to see if it's hooked up.