Help Hooking Up A Sub (1 Viewer)

[Brad Scott]

Total newbie question here, and it's probably been covered a thousand times:

My receiver only seems to have an RCA-type input for a sub. Do subs typically use RCA plugs and not conventional speaker cable with red and black ends?

If you are supposed to use the RCA cables, then since my receiver only has 1 input for the sub (a Dayton 10"), do I get a special cable with only one RCA end on each side, or use standard RCA cables with red/white ends and use the red end only, etc?

Please help.

 

[John S]

Y adapter to split it and your done.. Subs are powered, they use line level signals and amplify them with their own amp, that is why it is an RCA connection.