POWERED SUBWOOFER
FIGURE 1 - CONNECTING TO A COMPONENT’S SUBWOOFER OUTPUT
SUBWOOFER
SURROUND PROCESSOR OR RECEIVER
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This will give you better bass quality than using the speaker inputs, because it bypasses your amp or receiver's amplifier stage. To connect the subwoofer in this way, simply run one or a pair of shielded RCA - RCA interconnect cables from the output jacks on your component to the "LINE LEVEL" jacks on the Subwoofer's backplate. If you run one cable, connect it to the “LEFT” input jack. See Figure 1. It is not necessary to use both input jacks on the sub- woofer.
If you don't have a subwoofer output available, check to see if you have preamp outputs on your preamp, amp, or processor to be able to use these inputs. If you have only one set of preamp outputs, use a
FIGURE 2 - CONNECTING TO A STEREO AMP OR PREAMP
SURROUND PROCESSOR OR RECEIVER
MAIN PRE OUT
LEFT 
RIGHT
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LEFT | RIGHT |
| MAIN INPUT |
- LEFT + | - RIGHT + |
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