Hooking up a Subwoofer to a Receiver....

[NoCalMike 0]

So I bought a new A/V Receiver, a pretty nice Sony Model. My dilemma is, the receiver has a Subwoofer port that takes the RCA Cable, (The metal connector that looks similar to a headphone jack) and the Subwoofer that I have in my set is the kind that has the standard positive/negative two wire connector. Now, currently just so I can have it working, I plugged the Sub wire into the "Rear Center" port, and it seems to be working ok, but I really want to have the Subwoofer plugged into the Subwoofer port because when I use DTS/DTS-ES it doesn't pick up that the Woofer is plugged into a different place(although it works fine for Dolby Surround-EX and 5.1, it is just DTS that gets confused)

 

So my question is, is it possible to go buy a standard rca plug and splice it with the positive/negative connector, or is the only solution to this, buying another Subwoofer that has the right connector already built in?

 

Thanks Guys.

[Carnival 0]

I would hit up your local Radio-Shack with this problem. That cable or a converter should exist.

[Guest Vitamin X]

I think it is possible to splice the end of your subwoofer cable into a plug that would connect, but make sure you're careful with it. The only thing you're changing is the connection, not the wires themselves, as any standard subwoofer RCA plug will still also have positive/negative wires as well.

 

This will require a bit of work, but you should be able to handle it. Like Carnival said, hit up Radio Shack. They should have what you're looking for, or possibly a better solution that would require just a simple split instead of splicing it.

[NoCalMike 0]

Well I asked some guys from another board, and it looks like I need a Powered Sub because the Sub I have came with an old Receiver that powered the Sub, and I need a Powered Subwoofer that has it's own power adapter and such, and even if I spliced the right connecter and plugged it in, there would be no sound because there is nothing powering the sub.

[Carnival 0]

come to think of it, every sub i've used, computer or home entertainment was powered.

didn't even think of that.

[NoCalMike 0]

Quick Update: I bought me a powered Sub. Yeah!!! Everything is working fine now. GO ME!!

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Yep, I was just going to type that, 'til I read your last post. An older "passive" sub that takes a regular speaker wire connection is powered by the receiver, where as a newer powered subwoofer that takes an RCA cable has its own amplifier built in.