pwest Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I am new to the forum and need some assistance. I am old and kind of thick so plesae forgive me beforehand. I have an older Onyko from around 1990 that is configured with a amp and pre-amp running Bose 901 Series VI. I know you all hold that against me but I am ok with that. I beleive the models are P-3160 and M-5160 respectively. As you maybe aware, the Bose run off an equilizer that allows the mid ranges to create bass. I have a Samsung LCD that has got me thinking Home theater system in a big way, however money is tight. Right now I have a couple of RCA jacks running from my TV to my audio system above and it sounds decent not great. Eventaully I would like to get a real AV receiver and Surrongd sounds speakers. With Christmas coming, my wife bought me a RSW subwoofer that I would like to see if I can connect to my current system. I beleive I should connect the RSW to the preamp via the "out" RCA. I tried that with no sound coming from the RSW. I also tried a split y with one connected to the Bose equalizer and one to the RSW. Still no sound. My wife t bought the RSW used from craigslist but said she is sure it worked as it was connected to the sellers system before purchase. She heard it during the demo. The light in the frpont of the RSW is lit and appears to make a "turned on" sound so I beleive the amp is still good and the fuse appears not to be blown. Anyt thoughts on how to get this to work. I am friustrated. I have tried to also run the "B" speaker system to the line in on the back of the RSW, that did not work either. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need very explicit thoughts as I am not that great with electronics. Thanks in advance!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted December 7, 2009 Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2009 Welcome to the forums (although I'm not sure why it says 0 posts). Don't sweat the BOSE thing. We raz about BOSE speakers a lot around here but it's cool that you are totally satisfied with them. As far as the sub goes, is your Onkyo a receiver (preamp and amplifier in one unit)? If so, you should have a Sub Out on the back of the unit. Single RCA from that to the sub should do the trick. Some subs require you to use both RCA Inputs on the back of the sub for it to work so you might need a Y adapter. You might also need to go into your Onkyo Menu to make sure that your sub is enabled. That would be my guess as to why you aren't getting any sound from it. It's powering on but your receiver isn't sending the audio signal to it. We'll be glad to help you troubleshoot so feel free to ask all the questions you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwest Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 Youthman: Thanks for the quick response. The Onkyo is two spearate units. It was KIING Kong in its time, even had two VCR connections! WOW yuh!. The pre-amp has only two RCA connects as output (L & R). Lots of input connections left. I beleive there is a audio/video output but this is not the main output Pretty sure this is actually an enhancement pass thru from the front of the unit connections (camrecorder) to the TV. I will try using the y RCA and double connect to the RSW and see if that works. Good thought. I have not tried that. Any other thoughts? Thank you kindly for oyur help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted December 7, 2009 Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2009 Can you provide the model number for the preamp? Does it have a sub out on the back of it? If not, if your sub has line level inputs (where you can connect speaker wire), you can connect the main out on your amp to the line inputs on the sub, then line out from your sub to your main speakers. Does that make sense? I've never hooked up a sub that way but they usually have line level inputs on the sub for those who do not have a sub out on their preamp or receiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 You can use your pre amp outputs assuming you have them or run mains through the sub (output from the receiver to the sub and then your mains hooked up through the outputs on the sub, which I believe your sub has. If you don't have the manual, just go to the download it from Klipsch and it should give you the different wiring configurations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwest Posted December 8, 2009 Author Share Posted December 8, 2009 The pre-amp is P-3160 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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