PSW125 Hook Up

SINGHJG
SINGHJG Posts: 7
edited June 2012 in Troubleshooting
I hooked PSW125 to Denon AVR-1912 using RCA cable. There is an output on the receiver saying Pre-Out. I inserted one end of the RCA cable there and the other end was inserted into the red input on backside of subwoofer. The subwoofer has two inputs in the back for RCA. One is white (L) and the other is red (R) . The red also had a slash next to it and it said R/LFE. I believe the LFE is shared with R here so I inserted the other end of RCA into red (R). The manual said if using RCA cable, set the front/surround/center channel to small and subwoofer to ?ON?. There is a power switch on subwoofer, turned that to on. There is also a switch for phase. Its set to 0 so I left it there. The volume on backside of subwoofer was set in middle and frequency was set below 90 Hz. I just had a USB with me so I plugged that in. The 3 speakers (FR, FL and Center) worked but subwoofer didn't budge. I went in the Denon settings and changed the bass settings from 120Hz to 80Hz. Still no response from sub. I played with the remote and changed the modes from music, to game or to movie. Initially center wasn?t working either but when changed the mode to music, it worked. No Sub still.

I don?t know what am I doing wrong. I did connect the Audyssey mic and started the calibration. I heard sound coming out of FL, FR and CS but when it went to subwoofer, I heard a very faint Dug, Dug. What could be the reason here for sub not working

Thanks
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited June 2012
    Connect the RCA cable to the "sub" output, not the "pre-out" on the receiver. Turn the sub volume down to test your connections and work your way up. The frequency setting on the sub should be fine at 90 as it should be ignored if you just use the LFE input on the sub. Your setting of 80hz on the Denon should be about right for most applications.

    Let us know how this works for you and we will have more suggestions.
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  • SINGHJG
    SINGHJG Posts: 7
    edited June 2012
    The subwoofer is working now but I went in the Denon settings and increased it from 0 to +10 decibels. I am not sure what is the best number here. Also there is an option for FR, FL and CS and I kept them at 0 decibels. What is an optimum setting. I havent used the auddessy yet. Will do once the surround speakers are hooked up. My question is after using Audyssey, would the speakers be adjusted to new settings on their own and they will overwrite my settings ?? Thanks
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