what in the world is going on with sub.....

[legendary70]

hello its been a while.

OK. I cannot get my subwoofers to get going. I have three of them that i have connected and tried out and all do the same. they are barely putting out any power. the woofer itself under the sub is barely moving. what is going on?

I decided to hook up my sony strdn840 which i had connected to a surround system in one of my rooms. decided to hook it up to my PC. Ok I have two tall jbl front speakers connected to the rcvr. then i ran an optical cable from my motherboard to the optical on the rcvr. i have sound.

then i ran my sub cable from one of the sub connections on rcvr to the back of the sub. i plugged it into the white connection and the red connection and non give it enough power. I have the power knob in the back of sub at full blast and still nothing. i went into the level setting in the rcvr and put the sub at 8.0 just see and still nothing. what am i doing wrong? any ideas?

all three subs work.

my pc:
ryzen 7 3700x
rtx 2060
32 gb ram
750 psu
asus rog b450 f gaming mobo

thx

 

[shadyJ]

Make sure that the sound setup from the PC is for a surround sound system that includes a sub. Maybe an update reset it. Also check the system setup in your AVR to make sure it also set up for a sub.

 

[legendary70]

setup for a sub how....on the avr?t hx

 

[legendary70]

ok im in the windows settings under my default audio device "realtek digital output" and i ran a dts and dolby audio test and the sub goes off really loud and deep and then the speakers go off. so obviously it is working. but why not while watching a video or playing a pc game? if it is the rcvr how do i confiugre it? thx

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

What sound mode is the AVR on? And as shady said, make the the pc is set for 5.1. I believe the AVR will take a 2.0 signal and a active the subs as long as it is in a mode to use the subs. Like stereo, DSU, pro logic surround. Just not direct, or pure direct. That will normally defeat the sub out.

 

[legendary70]

pl II music

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Well that should have the subs active...

 

[legendary70]

it does not. i am thinking it might be the optical. my mobo might not support surround. idk man. but tomorrow i will run an hdmi from my gpu to the avr and we wil see. thx

 

[Verdinut]

Are your subwoofers powered by inboard amplifiers? How did you connect them to your AVR?

 

[legendary70]

they are connected via coaxial audio cable.

 

[lovinthehd]

Do you have speakers set to "small" in the avr? What crossover?

A woofer under the sub? What subs?

 

[legendary70]

just set them to small in the avr. 180. the speaker under the sub. i have three subs that i have tested all dont put out the power. the speaker under sub barely moves?

 

[lovinthehd]

just set them to small in the avr. 180. the speaker under the sub. i have three subs that i have tested all dont put out the power. the speaker under sub barely moves?

I have no idea what speaker under the sub means still. What subs are you using? What speakers? What isn't moving?

 

[CajunLB]

It seems like he is simply trying to describe a down firing sub ..

 

[sterling shoote]

hello its been a while.

OK. I cannot get my subwoofers to get going. I have three of them that i have connected and tried out and all do the same. they are barely putting out any power. the woofer itself under the sub is barely moving. what is going on?

I decided to hook up my sony strdn840 which i had connected to a surround system in one of my rooms. decided to hook it up to my PC. Ok I have two tall jbl front speakers connected to the rcvr. then i ran an optical cable from my motherboard to the optical on the rcvr. i have sound.

then i ran my sub cable from one of the sub connections on rcvr to the back of the sub. i plugged it into the white connection and the red connection and non give it enough power. I have the power knob in the back of sub at full blast and still nothing. i went into the level setting in the rcvr and put the sub at 8.0 just see and still nothing. what am i doing wrong? any ideas?

all three subs work.

my pc:
ryzen 7 3700x
rtx 2060
32 gb ram
750 psu
asus rog b450 f gaming mobo

thx

Does the Toslink carry multi-channel? What happens when you play two channel material. Also, remember you must set the Sony to output to sub.

 

[lovinthehd]

It seems like he is simply trying to describe a down firing sub ..

In another thread he's got a damaged midrange on an Infinity SM152, and he's calling that a woofer. I think he's calling the woofer a subwoofer in this thread in error.

 

[IansDad88(Don)]

It seems like he is simply trying to describe a down firing sub ..

I was literally just thinking this. I had the same on my old Harmon Kardon 5.1 pc setup.