Hello, I have Sony DAV-SR2 system which has its own set of 5.1 speakers and subwoofer. The DVD player broke and I was thinking of purchasing receiver and standalone DVD player to replace the broken one. The thing I noticed that I can use all existing speakers from DAV-SR2 system (connectable through speaker cords) except subwoofer. I noticed that when you are using receiver it has a different output on the back of the receiver, so the input on subwoofer should be the same. This refers to as monaural audio cord - the black one. The problem is that my subwoofer doesn't have monaural audio input. How do I override this? It has plain speaker cords in. I want to replace the DVD player from DAV-SR2 system with standalone receiver and DVD player. I hope that I explained this correctly.
Hello dalibor, Yes explained very well - if you have a line-level subwoofer output from an A/V receiver, and your subwoofer is not self-powered and accepts only speakerwire inputs, then you need an amplifier. A small amp, bridged to mono would be perfect, or maybe you could find a 1-channel amp designed for sub or centre channel use. Actually a centre channel amp could get by with ~20 watts output, however a subwoofer could require maybe 10 times that... Modern A/V receivers these days will always power the 5 channels, but not the .1 (the subwoofer) because of the power required; also because of the popularity of self-powered subwoofers. Anyway, any old tired ratty amp or pooched receiver could be pressed into duty to power your sub in the meanwhile ;^) Regards
I've determine that my subwoofer has built-in audio and power in. Nothing I can do. There's seems to be only solution to this. Buy another standalone DVD Player and connect it to digital-in on the existing system. Something I have now, but I have PS2 connected to digital-in on DAV-SR2. I use PS2 to play scratched and damaged rental discs... they work fine in PS2, but not in DAV-SR2...
Dalibor, I don't know what model Sub you have but I have a Sony 12 inch, on/off button on the lower front and volume controls on the top towards the rear. Basically my sub works off the rear speakers as I have these wired into the sub. Rear speaker wires from Reciever - Input of Sub then wires from output of sub and into the rear speakers... Don't know if I am anywhere in the ballpark with this in regards to what you have...
I have Sony DAV-SR2 system with set of 5.1 speakers incl. subwoofer. I decided that I will purchase a separate DVD Player and conected it thru Digital Output to Input on DAV-SR2.
if the money is there, i'd suggest getting a new subwoofer as well. from what i understand, you've basically got the home theater in a box? I had that once, and quickly dismissed it to upgrade. I think a new receiver, and a powered sub, you'd certainly notice a difference and probably enjoy it much more
