John_JLtZD
Grip
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2002
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- 16
Hello, hopefully someone has some insight into a problem I am having with my reciever's subwoofer out.
I've been slowly upgrading my system, Ascend in the front, HTD in the back, and a Tempest/PE 250 sub so far. I just completed the wiring and was able to move the subwoofer from right next to my tv (where it is very much in the way) to the back of the room (which is in a diamond shape).
The trouble is, the sub is no longer receving signal. First thing I did was test my cables by hooking them up to a small stereo's aux input and cranking the crossover on my receiver all the way up - worked no problem. I then plugged the sub back in and nothing. So I plug the small stereo back in and nothing.
I next plugged an old vcr into the source end of the cables in place of the receiver and hooked the subwoofer up. It was faint, but signal was getting through to the sub.
I was able to get the small stereo to work with my recevier's sub out one more time before I gave up but never a peep from the sub.
My current thought is that it may be some type of protection circuit in the receiver (a JVC RX-884v) being overloaded. The cable run is somewhere between 30-40 feet. The sub has always worked great when it was plugged in with a six foot cable, but unfortunately, it must move.
I am planning to replace the JVC with an Onkyo sr-601 but I don't intend to do it this month and I want to work out this problem first.
Any insight or test I should try would be appreciated. I've boosted the sub signal as much as possible on the amp and swapped every setting I could back and forth.
Thanks,
JL
I've been slowly upgrading my system, Ascend in the front, HTD in the back, and a Tempest/PE 250 sub so far. I just completed the wiring and was able to move the subwoofer from right next to my tv (where it is very much in the way) to the back of the room (which is in a diamond shape).
The trouble is, the sub is no longer receving signal. First thing I did was test my cables by hooking them up to a small stereo's aux input and cranking the crossover on my receiver all the way up - worked no problem. I then plugged the sub back in and nothing. So I plug the small stereo back in and nothing.
I next plugged an old vcr into the source end of the cables in place of the receiver and hooked the subwoofer up. It was faint, but signal was getting through to the sub.
I was able to get the small stereo to work with my recevier's sub out one more time before I gave up but never a peep from the sub.
My current thought is that it may be some type of protection circuit in the receiver (a JVC RX-884v) being overloaded. The cable run is somewhere between 30-40 feet. The sub has always worked great when it was plugged in with a six foot cable, but unfortunately, it must move.
I am planning to replace the JVC with an Onkyo sr-601 but I don't intend to do it this month and I want to work out this problem first.
Any insight or test I should try would be appreciated. I've boosted the sub signal as much as possible on the amp and swapped every setting I could back and forth.
Thanks,
JL