Friday, March 1, 2013

How to wire a subwoofer with RG6 Cable Connections

How to wire a subwoofer with RG6 Cable Connections

When we were building our house, RG6 (cable) wire was used in the home theater for the subwoofer run (actually two runs - maybe thinking it could be a 7.2 surround system).  So this week I figured out how I was going to hookup these wires.
I have a Polk PSW10 and the back looks like this:

So the first thing I noticed is there was not an LFE connector so I am choosing to use the LINE IN L & R.  The passover would be done on the subwoofer and I'll leave the auto on so that when the signal turns on, the amp kicks on.  I'll try to do this in order to show how these connect.

From here you'll need an adapter to go from a Y to a single RCA jack.  This is OK and the amplifier can resolve the signals.

Next you would need a single RCA from the adapter to the wall jack.

And then an RCA jack into the RG6 F connector:

My receiver has a single input jack for the subwoofer so you would basically reverse the process for the other end of the connection.

Will see how it works this weekend.