I have the ProMedia Ultra 5.1 and whatever the 4.1 system is called. 4.1 runs perfect, no issues. The 5.1 system has been repaired once, returned August 2008, then failed again (but in a different component - Elliot did a military-upgrade of the parts and those parts are still good). I'm not going to deal with another repair. I've purchased a receiver and, since I have nine little speakers, I may as well setup a 7.1 or 7.2 setup (receiver doesn't have outputs for a 9.x system). Once I get more funds, I'll buy new speakers but until then, these will have to do.
#1.) The satellites and center are no problem hooking up. My question has to do with hooking up the sub. I know the PSU and sub output of the 5.1 works fine - the failure is somewhere in the satellite output. So, on the back of the 5.1 sub, there is the input for center/sub. The input is a 3.5mm "headphone jack". On the jack itself, separated in three by black insulator bands. If I hold the plug in the my hand with the tip up and tip is position #1, center is #2 and #3 is closed to my hand, which band is the sub signal carried on? My receiver has RCA LFEs output, so I know I'll need an adapter from RCA (male) to 3.5mm (male). But what I don't know is on the inside of the 5.1 sub, what part of the 3.5mm jack is for sub, and which is for the center? then can I get a 3.5mm jack what that same arrangement?
#2.) Is it better to use the SWS link out of the 5.1 sub and connect that through some black magic voodoo connection or to use the second LFE output of the receiver to input to the 4.1 sub?
#3.) I'd like to do away with the control pod of the 5.1 and of the 4.1 and have a knob installed on the back the plate amp that is already there. Is that possible?
I guess I'm trying to ask is it possible to convert the 5.1 sub to a stand-alone sub?