I'm using an old Yamaha stereo receiver off my Panasonic Plasma to run a pair of E660's, can I just use the Speaker ''B'' on the receiver to run the center channel? (E660CEN)

The broadcaster of the TV station has to tell you they are transmitting surround sound - sometimes they are just transmitting stereo. Also, the media as in CD's and DVD movies must have surround sound embedded or recorded on it to allow surround sound.

According to the manual, which you should have:

1st question: No "A" and "B" choice, just one set of Front speakers. Center speaker, yes. It requires a self-amplified subwoofer.

2nd question: In the manual. Select Speaker Sizes, presence, distances and other parameters. Run Test Tone for relative volume of each.

3rd question: Yes, for stereo material only. It has no multichannel Line Level pre-outs.

Hi and welcome to FixYa,

Unfortunately, size limitation of what could be attached prevents posting a connection diagram. Still, proposed connection scheme:

• 4250HDC's HDMI to Panasonic's HDMI 1 or 2;
• 4250HDC's VIDEO OUT to GoVideo's LINE IN 1 VIDEO;
• 4250HDC's AUDIO OUT to 2 pcs of RCA Splitters (shown below);
• 1 pair from the 2 splitters to GoVideo's LINE IN 1 R-AUDIO-L;
• the other pair to Yamaha's LD/TV L & R;
• GoVideo's LINE OUT VIDEO to Panasonic's VIDEO IN 1 VIDEO;
• GoVideo's LINE OUT R-AUDIO-L to 2 more RCA Splitters;
• 1 pair from the 2 splitters to Panasonic's VIDEO IN 1 L-AUDIO-R;
• the other pair to Yamaha's VCR 1 IN L & R;
• to watch cable TV in HD quality, set Panasonic to HDMI 1 or 2 by pressing Panasonic remote's INPUT button, then 3 (or 4), then OK;
• to hear cable TV programs on Yamaha's speakers, set Yamaha to LD/TV;
• to watch DVD or VHS, set Panasonic to Video 1 by pressing Panasonic remote's INPUT button, then 6, then OK;
• to hear DVD or VHS on Yamaha's speakers, set Yamaha to VCR 1;
• to record cable TV programs, press GoVideo remote's TV VIEW button a couple of times to cycle through the signal sources or until Line 1 is displayed.

The use of the splitter shown below would effectively double the AUDIO OUT of the cable box and the DVD/VCR combo to feed both the TV and the stereo. Additionally, this would allow use of the cable box and/or the DVD/VCR combo with or without the Yamaha.

or

or



Good luck and thank you for asking FixYa.

No can do without an intervening phono preamp.

Check out eBay for one or, if you still have an older stereo receiver with a Phono input hanging around, use it to preamplify the TT and run an RCA pair from the Tape Out to any available stereo input on your Yamaha.

If the car has a factory amp it would have been powered from the old factory radio with a remote feed, hence if you can identify this then you can use the bule power feed coming from the jvc harness, if not with keys out the speaker wires should be in coloured pairs, disconect radio and use a 9v battery on each pair of speaker wires if no noise from the speaker then they are connected to an amp, u should be able to find an audio harness that will allow it to work, or just run new leads to the speakers.

Your instincts are correct. In fact, the only way the 901's can live in an A/V system is with dedicated amplification.

Put that old amp back to work.

This is exactly how mine are connected.

For connection I would run a pair of RCA cables from the Front L&R Audio Line OUT to the Active EQ's Line IN; then the EQ's Line OUT to a separate amp's Line IN. Attach the 901's to the new amp, run through the receiver's setup procedures for volume, etc and you're done.

His receiver has enough power all 6 pairs of speakers, however, he should use a speaker selector switch. Niles is very well built and you can find them with an "on/off" button for each pair, and they have models that will independantly conrol volume as well. (SSVC-6) For a good unit, expect to pay from $250-$400. They will keep the unit at an 8ohm load and not over tax the receivers power supply.
Hope this helps

yes only that the current will be less on the load.
no problem you can use .
also consider the watts of the speaker and the amplifier dont forget. the speaker should have more watts rated than amplifier output watts

you will need to buy a surround sound receiver. the new tv's do not have an external speaker jacks on them. you might also try a old stereo receiver hooked up to the tv's audio out jacks

Is it old ? Is it making a rattling noise inside ? Completely lost its sound as in completely stopped sounding like a woofer and has higher frequencys coming out of it or as in no sound at all coming out of it ? I would say it's probably the crossover, perhaps a burnt resistor.