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Subwoofer will not play with other speakers

This is in response to the answer you provided, i do not have the cables mixed up maybe i didnt explain my problem correctly. the problem is that my subwoofer doesnt play even when i go to the pc lay out and click on the appropriate speaker they all play when i click on the sub i get no sound at all.

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Hello

It looks like you have posted this before. Unfortunately, I don't know what you have tried so I may be repeating some of your earlier troubleshooting.

The subwoofer needs its own power supply to function properly. if it isn't getting enough power, the sub will not work at all.

On the back of the unit, you should see a green LED when the power is turned on. Is this light on all of the time of does it fade / flicker? This would indicate the power supply is going bad and you need to replace it.

http://forums.creative.com/t5/Speaker-Systems/GigaWorks-S750-power-problems-green-LED-faded-and-flickering/td-p/547311;jsessionid=9B7C9D2D939336148A9036D7E7D18A12

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