POWERED SUBWOOFER
USING SPEAKER WIRE CONNECTIONS
Some M&K subwoofer owners hook up their subwoofer by connecting it to their receiver or amplifier using speaker wires. To do so, you make the same kind of connections that you would use for your satellite (or main) speakers, except that both the left and right channels go to the subwoofer. (If you are using two subwoofers, connect one channel only to each subwoofer).
1.Run speaker wire between the Amplifier's Left channel output terminals and the subwoofer's Left channel "FROM AMPLIFIER" terminals.
A.Connect the Amplifier's Left channel Positive ( + ) terminal and the subwoofer's Left RED ( + ) "FROM AMPLIFIER" terminal.
B.Connect the Amplifier's Left channel Negative (— ) terminal and the subwoofer's Left BLACK ( — ) "FROM AMPLIFIER" terminal.
2.Make matching connections for the Right channel. See Figure 3.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR DOLBY PRO LOGIC SURROUND SYSTEMS: (NOT DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1)
When the subwoofer is connected to the Left and Right amplifier outputs, the Center channel WIDE/NORMAL switch MUST be set to the NORMAL mode. If the switch is set to the WIDE mode, the bass content of the Center channel will not be fed to the subwoofer, and a significant amount of bass in the program material will not be reproduced.
FIGURE 3 - WIRING TO AMP OR RECEIVER USING SPEAKER WIRES
AMPLIFIER OR RECEIVER
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SATELLITE SPEAKER WIRING OPTIONS
If you use speaker wires to connect the subwoofer, you have two options for the Satellite speakers.
1.Connect both the satellite speakers and the subwoofer direct to your amp or receiver, with one set of wires running to the satellites and another set to the subwoofer. See Figure 4.
2.You can also connect your satellite speakers to the subwoofer. If you choose to do this, connect the amplifier to the "From Amplifier" terminals on the back of the subwoofer and connect the satellite speakers to the "To Speakers" terminals on the back of the subwoofer. For each channel, make sure that the Positive ( + ) terminal on the amplifier is connected to the Positive ( + ) "From Amplifier" terminal (and the Negative ( — ) terminals are connected), and that the Positive ( + ) "To Speakers" terminal is connected to the Positive ( + ) terminal on the speaker (the Negative ( — ) terminals should also be connected.
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