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| Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 03:49 pm: |
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in order to operate, does an rca plug need both a positive and a negative signal? im trying to figure out how to get speaker wire and and rca cable connected, and i think that my best option is to solder an rca plug on the end of a length of speaker wire. will this work? |
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| Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 12:07 am: |
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Did you ever get an answer to this question?
I am trying to do the same thing |
Silver Member Username: Project6
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| Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 07:48 am: |
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yes you do. The outside part of the RCA is usually positive (+) and the prong is negative (-). You need these 2 signals to properly work the speakers.
Are you trying to use rca plugs to connect your speakers to the receiver? |
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| Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 01:28 pm: |
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Im trying to hook my tv up to a speaker with a subwoofer in the box. I dont know what the name of the speaker is..All i know is that i need the normal plug looking wire and then the wire that you can strip to go into a stereo. How do I do this and what kind of wire do I need? |
matty matt Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 10:54 pm: |
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Similar to you all, I am trying to connect speaker wire into a std RCA male connection to hook up some low watt speakers directly to my car cd player (aftermarket Kenwood KDC-2019)without an amp. Do you think this will work? What are the risks besides a blown fuse? thanks |
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| Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 10:51 pm: |
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I found a speaker wire to RCA plug adapter at I.E.C. in Commerce City, CO. Try www.connectworld.net or (800) 765-4432. |
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| Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 09:20 pm: |
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Radio Shack seems to have what you want:
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=42-2449 |
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| Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 06:24 pm: |
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i am trying to hook up my home reciver to my sub which is a single rca input and i have no sub output on that reciver what can i use |
New member Username: Goldenarrow
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| Posted on Monday, June 14, 2004 - 12:56 am: |
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Bill,
Assuming you have a stereo receiver, not a Home Theater (A/V receiver), you are right, there would not usually be a sub-woofer output jack. Is this true of your setup? If so, do you know if the sub-woofer has its own amplifier? The answer makes a big difference what you have to do. |
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Silver Member Username: Project6
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| Posted on Monday, June 14, 2004 - 09:10 am: |
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the single rca input (although not always the case) is usually a giveaway that it is a powered sub. High level or speaker inputs are usually 1-2 pairs and another set of speaker outputs to connect to mid-hi frequency drivers.
You can use the left channel of the stereo receiver line output to connect to the powered sub. |
jenny t. Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 05:23 pm: |
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hey guys,
having a bit of a problem hooking up an amplifier to my car stereo. have had to put RCA plugs on the end of the speaker wires coming from the back of the stereo to hook into the amplifier. problem is, stereo works when only the inside prong of the RCA plug (positive, i hope!) is inserted and the outside part of the RCA is not allowed to touch the amp plug in. as soon as the plug is pushed all the way in, the speaker stops. any suggestions? |
jenny t. Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 05:28 pm: |
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whoops, meant the prong is negative! |
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| Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 07:16 pm: |
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what I'm trying to figure out is, the amp has a red and a white rca input? 4 2negative, two positive? how would you go about hooking this up to a single pos/neg wire? |
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| Posted on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 10:28 pm: |
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I REALLY NEED HELP IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME. I just bought a 2005 Scion tC and it's great and all, but when I tried to install my two bazooka subs (powered by a viper amp) to my stock stereo, I realized the stereo has no place to hook RCA cables...I have no clue how to make them work without them. Any help would save me a lot of headache. Thanks! my email is fortwynt@charter.net |
Gold Member Username: Project6
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| Posted on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 01:55 pm: |
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your viper should have speaker level inputs. You can just splice into the speaker outputs of the stock head unit and you'll be in business. |
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| Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 07:55 pm: |
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im trying to hook this speaker system up in my car. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2,CONTENTID=5047
my cd player does not have rca plugs so would i be able to use one of the speakers wire to hook to the rca adapter that goes with the speakers.
thanks for any help |
iambman Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - 04:38 pm: |
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http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=274-337 I have the above. What I want to do is this:
My rear RCA outputs on my car stereo do not work. But, the rear speaker wires do. Can I take the Right rear + wire and the Right Rear - wire and attach them to these rca connectors above? Same for the Left speaker.
If so, which wire goes where? + on the inner - outer or vica versa... Obviously, I need these connections for my Amp and other equipment to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated |
Monkey C3 Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Thursday, November 25, 2004 - 01:39 pm: |
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I just bought a new Yamaha Home Receiver and need to modify my old speakers to work with it (a temporary solution until I can afford better speakers). The problem is that the old speakers end in bare wire (that plug into the holes in the back of the old all-in-one I replaced), and I purchased some RCAs to splice in place. My question is, if each speaker ends in 2 wires (split at the ends to striped and non-striped), do I have to use 4 RCAs or can I splice one RCA cap encasing both for a total of 2 channels??? |
New member Username: Hobbitfeet
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| Posted on Friday, November 26, 2004 - 10:52 am: |
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Monkey,
Your receiver should have binding posts for the speaker cables. While hi-fi purists may prefer cables that have been properly terminated with banana plugs or spades, you should have no problem wiring the bare wires onto the speaker binding posts on the receiver.
Unscrew the relevant binding post (speaker output) on the amp, pop the bare part of the wire into the hole on the post (if there's no hole, just wrap it around) then screw the post back down, making sure that no wire is poking out of the connection.
Repeat for each connection.
Any RCA outputs on the receiver are probably for connecting to an equaliser or pre-amp.
No splicing should be necessary.
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| Posted on Monday, November 29, 2004 - 10:51 pm: |
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do not connect a red or white rca jack to a speaker!
the red and white jacks are meant to be connected to a TV or amplifier. connecting a speaker will overload these connections and perhaps destroy them.
the center of audio RCA jacks are signal, they are positive. the outside are connected to the ground (negitive) rail (fixed at 0 volts). |
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| Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 02:54 am: |
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if i'm not mistken, i think this is all you would need to use regular binding post style speakers with rca plug style systems:
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5 F007%5F002%5F003%5F004&product%5Fid=42%2D2457
i think it's better than the other one because it's longer, and has it pre-wired... albeit it costs a bit more. |
New member Username: Killa
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| Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 05:57 am: |
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thare are way to many posts on here so if anyone wants help e-mail me @ geoshit4202001@yahoo.com and you should never hook rca's up to any speaker's in or out |
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| Posted on Thursday, December 09, 2004 - 01:35 pm: |
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Hey i have a similar problem... I want to hook up a pair of phillips speakers to my PC... They have the black/red wires but my comp has a headphone-like jack. Is there some kind of adapter out there?
Unless... It isn't possible to hook up stereo speakers to a pc... that is... |
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| Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2004 - 07:01 pm: |
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Can you take an RCA wire.. Cut it and plug the rca plug into an amp and then wire the other cut side into a speaker wire? (+ and -)
and if so, how do you tell what one is positive and what one negative? |
Gold Member Username: Project6
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| Posted on Monday, December 13, 2004 - 07:42 am: |
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the outside part of the plug is - and the center is + |
New member Username: Killa
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| Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 04:18 am: |
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well its prety useless to hook speakers directly up to a pc with out some sort of amplifier because it wont be very loud. but either way you would be better off ripping a cheap pair of pc speakers apart and connecting the pc wire to your speakers |
the dirt Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 09:22 am: |
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I would like to add a inwall subwoofer to my system. I have run standard speaker wire through the wall to the site of the subwoofer. Now I want to connect the subwooder using a dedicated sub output, which used a rca type connection. My question is..can i use the existing speaker wire and attach rca plugs to each end or do i need to run a seperate rca wire?
please advise (it would be a pain at this point to run the rca wire).. |
Bronze Member Username: Hobbitfeet
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| Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 06:34 pm: |
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The dirt,
What is the wire attached to on the sub? Is the sub active or passive?
IIRC you shouldn't run a line level connector (RCA) to a high level (speaker terminal) connector on a sub - not sure why though - maybe it's the other way around?
If the sub is passive (unamplified) then attaching it to the sub connector is pointless as it's not going to get any amplification at all.
HTH  |
the dirt Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 11:03 am: |
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c,
thanks for the response. i do not yet have the sub. i am planning the wiring for 'future' use. i ran speaker wire assuming that the cross over would be on the sub, however, i may upgrade the amp to one that has a sub out (the receiver i have now does not have sub out). so, my question is should i run an additional wire for the dedicated sub (rca type), or can i use the existing speaker wire and attach rca plugs to each? |
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| Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 11:11 am: |
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Craig and Dirt,
I have basically the same question. I just built a house and without knowing it at the time ran speaker wire in the wall for my sub. The output on the receiver is an rca jack and the input on the sub is an rca jack. The sub is powered. So basically the speaker wire is the middle man to the same connections on each end. Can I hook this up as is and have it work or do I need to start fishing wire? |
the dirt Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 10:52 am: |
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g,
so far i figure that i can use the speaker wire, just attach rca's to each end...
thats what i plan to do when the time comes.
let me know if that works out for you..
d.
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| Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 01:39 am: |
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Hey, I just received an old turntable as a hand me down but the speakers I already own have wire ends and the system requires plug in speakers. I am speaker illiterate and I was wondering if there is a solution to the problem. And if there is not, do you happen to know where I can find old speakers like the ones needed? I've tried ebay and thrift stores but I've had no luck. |
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| Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 08:34 pm: |
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i wanna hook up my house sub to my car its only 8 inches and i dont have an amp....how would i do this? |
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| Posted on Monday, March 07, 2005 - 12:14 am: |
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i got a big problem my power line came off my batery, so i took the amp out thinking it was at fault. came back around adn found the wire that came off so when i came to put the amp back on it lit up the offset led. it only does so when i plug in the l channel RCA and i have no resistance at all between the center and the middle of that RCA jack so as far as it goes i can still listen to one sub, but it's just not the same.... anyone have any answers |
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 10:33 am: |
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Has anyone tried or talked to a company to see if these speaker wire to rca adapters workd for the subwoofer, i'm trying not to have to buy another one ...thanks alot... |
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| Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 09:14 am: |
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this ones a bit different. trying to make a set of earphones for work disguised as earmuffs. got an good set of good earphones but will have to cut the cable and reconnect it. will this work??? how do i do it? there are 2 wires going soldered to back of speakers. |
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| Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 01:09 pm: |
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I want to connect normal speaker wire to an rca plug. Looking at the other posts, I now know what I want but can't seem to find a site selling it that will ship to England. Can someone help please? |
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| Posted on Saturday, May 21, 2005 - 04:35 pm: |
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ok i have a rca stearo that is 270 watts and i have a jensin 450 watt sub i have the + end to the woffer input on the stearo and the - end to the intena input and works good but it seems i am not useing all the watts from my sub do i need a amp or have it hooked up rong |
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| Posted on Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 06:42 pm: |
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On car speakers there is a wide piece of metal, and a thinner one. Which one is the negative and which one is the positive
Also, there are contradictary posts about which part of an RCA jack is positive and which side is negative, can you clarify |
Geo;rge Beggs Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Monday, June 06, 2005 - 02:33 pm: |
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Can one attach stereo earphone to the speaker output terminals of a an amplifier? |
Slaphappy Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Monday, June 06, 2005 - 04:29 pm: |
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http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5 F007%5F002%5F003%5F004&product%5Fid=42%2D2457
I have some wires similar to this, my problem is, i don't know which wire is positive, and which is negative. The RCA plug can't be take off, not without ruining the casing on it at least, so i can't see which wire is attached to the prong, and which to the outside. But, one of the wires does have a white line that runs along the side of it, would this mean the wire is positive, or negative? Thanks |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
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| Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 10:03 am: |
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Either way as long as you are consistent in using the stripe as the indicator at all connections. |
Slaphappy Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 03:38 am: |
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the thing is, it is already attached to the rca plug, and i can't take the plug off without destroying it, so i can't see if the wire with the stripe is attached to the prong, or the outside of the rca plug. |
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| Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 09:49 am: |
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Slappy - It doesn't matter as long as you are consistent in your use of the stripe as the identifier. Make it the positive leg and connect it like that at all other connections. |
Slaphappy Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 03:04 am: |
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Alrighty, just wanted to be positive so I don't risk blowing out a speaker. Thanks! |
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| Posted on Thursday, June 16, 2005 - 10:38 am: |
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PLEASE HELP, HOW DO YOU WIRE UP YOUR T.V TO TOUR AMPLIFIER IN YOUR HOUSE AND WHAT CABLES ARE NEEDED. |
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| Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 12:57 am: |
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i just bought a sony xplode im trying to hook my sub up to it .the stereo already has a sub out but i need to hook up rca plugs for the sub-woofer(its a 300 watt thunder 10 inch)im at a lose as how to set rca to sub |
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| Posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 - 03:21 pm: |
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Simple question but no goddamn answer anywhere on the web!
HOW TO CONNECT CORDED HEADPHONES TO TV?
(all audio sockets on TV are rca type, while all corded headphones come with 3.5mm or 6.5mm plugs) |
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 02:21 pm: |
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I have speaker wires that are not color coded.
How does one know which is positve and which is negative. |
Silver Member Username: 1st61
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 02:55 pm: |
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There should be small "+" and "-" signs on the wraping. It highly unlikely the two strands look exactly the same. |
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| Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 05:13 am: |
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How can I hook up an earphone set to a car stereo/cd player? |
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| Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 11:59 am: |
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Hey, I have an RCA stereo with fairly good speakers that I want to hook up to my computer. The RCA has negative/positive wire system, does anyone know of an adapter that can be used to plug it into my computer? |
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 07:31 pm: |
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Okay, I'd like to use the stereo speakers in my TV as my center channel for my home theater. The TV has an audio-in jack (red and white RCA jacks) and I'd like to run the center channel from my receiver into that input. Is that possible? The center channel speaker I am currently using just has L and R inputs. |
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| Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 08:32 pm: |
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Hey guys,
I have a Sony STR-DB930 Home Cinema Amp/Receiver & Paramount Pictures branded Subwoofer. My prob is this; The Amp is designed for a passive sub, but my sub does not have a RCA plug only has +/-speaker connections. Would it still be possible to use this Sub if I make up a suitable cable? |
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| Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 01:38 pm: |
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Update: Sorry my Amp is designed for an Active Sub. |
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| Posted on Monday, August 29, 2005 - 09:34 pm: |
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question. can you plug headphones into car stereo rca out and have them work? Or better yet is there a car/marine in dash system that has an audio OUT jack for headphones. If no, then how can i install a headphone jack to the car stereo. |
Gold Member Username: Project6
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| Posted on Monday, August 29, 2005 - 09:38 pm: |
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no.
go to radio shack or some other electronics store and they will have a solution for you.
But basing on your line of questioning, I am inclined to think that you are not electronically adept? You'd better leave it to the pros, or get a unit with headphone outputs. |
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 08:39 pm: |
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someone posted a question earlier in this thread but it wasn't answered so i feel inclined to ask again:
i'm trying to find an adapter to put between my stock car stereo speaker wiring and my amp RCA input. apparently the signal needs to be leveled or balanced (and converted to RCA but that's easy to do) before the amp is happy with what it gets.
anyone know what this adapter is called? |
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