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Subwoofer question I have a Kenwood powered subwoofer and the receiver for it... i have sound coming out of the sub but its not constant. I have gone through the set up and selected the SUBW to ON, but still the bass is powerful for a second then goes really quiet then loud again... iv tried a few different things but nothing is helping. Any suggestions?

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  • Anonymous Apr 01, 2012

    Its a VR-505 Receiver and a KS 303HT Sub. Reciever only has a Subwoofer PRE OUT. I have a Y wire running out of that, into the red and white that goes to the INPUT on the sub.

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Check your wires from the amp to the sub and if possible change them. If that makes no difference the powered sub or the amp have a intermittent problem, but I think it is more than likely the sub, there are probably bad solder connections that need fixing and maybe a good time to consider a repairman to take a closer look.

  • Anonymous Apr 01, 2012

    Ill give all the wires a look at! thank you for the suggestion!!

  • Anonymous Apr 02, 2012

    Thanks for keeping me posted.

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  • Posted on Jan 28, 2010

SOURCE: subwoofer pre-out wires

Sorry for the stupid question but is your subwoofer a powered sub? The subwoofer out is just a preamped signal that drives a powered subwoofer. Let me know then we can go from there.

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SOURCE: Connect a Sony SA-W3800 powered subwoofer to a kenwood receiver

Yes. It needs to know you have a subwoofer or it won't send low frequencies out to one. Then you have to calibrate its level to match the rest of your speakers. Hit the SETUP section in the manual (available at retrevo.com).

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