Subwoofer produces sound only on Bluray and some TV movies

petervan
petervan Posts: 14
edited June 2012 in Subwoofer Hookup & Bass Management
Just installed a polk speaker system with a Pioneer VSX 53 receiver, Samsung Smart TV and OPPO BD93 BluRay player. Noticed subwoofer does not work when playing CD's or regular TV. Works great with BluRay (haven't tried DVD) and when watching HD movies on TV (such as Green Hornet).
Clearly I must have made an incorrect hook up (Actually it was professionally installed and I already advised them via voice mail). Any thoughts? I have one wire going into sub (it's a PRO440 wireless ready, however, it's hard wired)
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited May 2012
    Hello petervan,
    In all likelihood the sub is connected correctly. The Pioneer's setup is responsible for sending low frequency information via the sub-out connection. There should be a menu choice, in the Pioneer, that might need changing to send bass whenever non-multichannel sources are selected.
    Regards, Ken
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  • petervan
    petervan Posts: 14
    edited May 2012
    Thank you Ken. Just as I hoped.

    Peter
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited May 2012
    No problem, let us know what happens.
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  • Syndil
    Syndil Posts: 1,582
    edited May 2012
    Most likely the AVR is configured so that all of your speakers are set to "large," thus the only sound being sent to the subwoofer is the LFE channel. No LFE channel, no sound from the sub. Need to set your speakers to "small" and set a crossover point for them in order to send more sound to the sub.

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  • petervan
    petervan Posts: 14
    edited May 2012
    Syndil wrote: »
    Most likely the AVR is configured so that all of your speakers are set to "large," thus the only sound being sent to the subwoofer is the LFE channel. No LFE channel, no sound from the sub. Need to set your speakers to "small" and set a crossover point for them in order to send more sound to the sub.

    That was exactly the problem! Installer returned (great service from Sam Sound!!) and set the speaker from Large to Small. Even explained why!

    Thanks again everyone!!

    Peter
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited June 2012
    Maileq l'ordure thai escroc a ?t? rapport
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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