6700 and new reciever

roystr
roystr Posts: 13
edited October 2003 in Subwoofer Hookup & Bass Management
my new reciever has a port on the back for a powered sub, but the "polk" way of wireing the thing up i believe is different.(my son does it). it seems it would be easier to wire it directly each to its own port on the reciever, but im thinking there may be a good reason to do it the way polk says to.
sinse the pioneer VSX-55TXi is sitting on the kitchen table, as soon as i could figgure this out, id be gratefull. also,is there anything else i need to know about this new reciever?? i have hooked up pro-logic before,but this just seems more confusing. maybe im jus confusing myself..

any help out there??

thanx alot folks,

roy
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2003
    To keep the explanation simple, just use the subwoofer pre-out for subwoofer connection. There is nothing wrong with that method.

    If you would like a potential rats nest of speaker cable running everywhere, then use the "Polk" way.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • roystr
    roystr Posts: 13
    edited October 2003
    ok then. so then will all my speakers on the reciever prompt be for small? they are in fact small.

    the back of my tv only has a coax out, and the guy at radio shack said i needed a new tv set to take full advantage of my new recievers qualities,digital,optical whatever....sheeeeesh. i hate this stuff.
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited October 2003
    Set all speakers to small, set the sub to on/yes, set the sub crossover to 80 Hz (in the receiver, not at the sub), plug the cable from the receiver to the LFE input on the subwoofer.

    If the sub lacks an LFE input, use the L/R input and then set the sub's filter to its highest frequency (should be around 120-150 Hz) and don't worry about it.

    Calibrate all speaks to the same volume at the seat with the test tones and an SPL meter.

    Calibrate the sub a little hotter (maybe 2 dB) than the other speaks for a little more oomph on HT DVD.
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
    SVS
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  • roystr
    roystr Posts: 13
    edited October 2003
    thanx for the help, it seems ill need a new tv,as my old one only has the cable out on it, and the radio shack guy told me to take full advantage of my new receiver,id need to. ill wait and see.

    for now, i guess im going to just pull all the wires from the old kenwood, and put them in the matching holes in the pioneer,and see how that goes for now.
    thanks again, ill be back,,LOL
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited October 2003
    If you've got a vcr, you could hook the cable tv to it and then connect the vcr to your receiver to get surround sound for tv shows. You really ought to get a new tv though. The basic coax connection sucks. :)
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