Any Help?? (1 Viewer)

[Shajan]

Hi all.

I was able to buy a powered sub really cheap from a store going out of business. The sub is one part of the Polk RMDS1 system. According to the sales person, this sub will only work with Polk system. But for $25.00, I thought I'll take the risk.

The amp for the system(5 channels + sub) is built in the sub. Is there any way I can make a working amp out of its parts? It has a very heavy transformer that impressed me.

I can take digital pictures of the parts inside, and post it if anyone would like to try to help out.

Regards,

 

[David Preston]

Maybe a administator will move this to the speaker and subs area for you. I don't think they like it if you post in two seperate areas. I'm sure someone over there can help.

 

[Frank Mowry]

I looked at the specs page for that Polk system. The problem I see with using it with your current setup as a sub is the type of input it uses. Is there RCA input or just the DB-25 input? You would need a way to attach your receiver or amp to the sub.

Frank

 

[Shajan]

Frank, thanks for checking it out. It's a 25 pin connector. Polk receiver sends it a proprietary turn on signal.

 

[Rob Formica]

I don't know if they use the standard db25 cable assignments... I know Rotel had then on most of their equipment http://www.rotel.com/support/files/db25-techup.pdf ... I guess you could always test out with a low line level source and some probes. If you only use the built in amp to drive the sub (ie: no satellites hooked up to it) it'll just lighten it's load and improve headroom the way I see it. You may find yourself with the world cheapest functioning sub...

 

[Shajan]

rOB
"You may find yourself with the world cheapest functioning sub..."

That's what I'm hoping
I found the preamp inputs, but the problem is, Polk also sends a turn on signal through the db25 cable. I figured out that the signal is 24V, but when I rigged it, I hear the relay click once, and then nothing. I guess the amp is looking for something else.