johnny p
01-25-2008, 12:57 PM
Part 1,249 in my series of dumb questions:
I looked at the back of my subwoofer so I could try to connect an RCA cable I have laying around to my subwoofer, and my receiver, and rid myself of the four speaker cables I'm currently running, and finally get true 5.1 surround...... here's the problem.
The back of my Sub has Red/White Audio In, and Audio Out...... well, that's a no brainer, I'll connect the RCAs to Audio In right...... via Red/White....
HERE's THE PROBLEM.... The back of my receiver has black RCA female parts, one port for Sub, one for Center, one for L, one for R, and one for each surround......
WHAT???? Do I need a "Y" RCA cable to connect my sub?? I don't remember what the Monster Cable I purchased (and returned) was, but it might have been a "Y" deal..... Can I test my connection, or is it purchase the cable, and then see the results??? Am I connecting it to the wrong RCAs in the back of my receiver??? If so, I don't think there are any other places to connect the RCA to.... I'm gonna look again when I'm home, as I only crawled behind it with a flash-light, and didn't disconnect everything b/c I was lazy.
Please help, and as always THANKS!
I looked at the back of my subwoofer so I could try to connect an RCA cable I have laying around to my subwoofer, and my receiver, and rid myself of the four speaker cables I'm currently running, and finally get true 5.1 surround...... here's the problem.
The back of my Sub has Red/White Audio In, and Audio Out...... well, that's a no brainer, I'll connect the RCAs to Audio In right...... via Red/White....
HERE's THE PROBLEM.... The back of my receiver has black RCA female parts, one port for Sub, one for Center, one for L, one for R, and one for each surround......
WHAT???? Do I need a "Y" RCA cable to connect my sub?? I don't remember what the Monster Cable I purchased (and returned) was, but it might have been a "Y" deal..... Can I test my connection, or is it purchase the cable, and then see the results??? Am I connecting it to the wrong RCAs in the back of my receiver??? If so, I don't think there are any other places to connect the RCA to.... I'm gonna look again when I'm home, as I only crawled behind it with a flash-light, and didn't disconnect everything b/c I was lazy.
Please help, and as always THANKS!