Help with hooking up subwoofer to pioneer receiver to klipsch 10' sub please?

Question

I have a Pioneer VSX-1017TXV-K receiver and the KLIPSCH 10' sub. I use the subwoofer cable to connect the receiver and the sub, im almost 99% sure that i did it correctly, but yet i get no sound from the sub. When i run the setup config in the receiver it does not see the sub and says sub output level too low please turn up the volume on the subwoofer.

For the life of me I have no idea as to what to try. If anyone ever tried using either system please post if it worked or not and how you connected it.

Thank you!

Answer 1

Okay... time to fess up... i have a degree in electrical engineering.. i work in the film biz in l.a. working on lighting for t.v. and films i have worked in the off season as a home theatre installer for many years and have installed hundreds of systems... the other day i did an install, had a similar problem and it took me an hr to see and press the little hidden unmarked power button on the back of the sub....

these things sometimes happen.. give that a shot

Answer 2

on some of the klipch sub,s there is an a/c adapter that you will need . check the internet and see if your,s is one of those models

Answer 3

Assuming the equipment works, here are a few things to try:

1.  Check the gain on your sub woofer and play something that you know will have a sub track like a surround sound DVD.  This is relevant because many receivers require a setting adjustment to allow the sub woofer to play during stereo playback.

2.  If you still don't hear anything, recheck your connections and consider trying another cable.  If you are using a standard coaxial sub woofer cable, you can temporarily replace it with a regular RCA cable just for testing purposes.

You should have a connection on the back of the receiver that is labeled sub or sub woofer but don't confuse it with outputs that may be meant to go to a preamplifier. Good luck.

Answer 4

wut bout dat other 1%

you CLEARLY work at bestbuy in the HOME THREATRE department

HOW DO YOU NOT know how to connect it

LMFAO

da pioneer is WAY TOO GOOD to handle da klipsch =P

hahh