I searched the forums and the net.

I have a logitech 5.1 surround sound system for my computer, i spilled tea on it earlier this year, and the outputs for the 2 left channels stopped working, so i took this as a sign to buy a nice system for my new Tv.

I've got a pioneer vsx-917v

Now here is my question, my sub uses 3 stereo jack ins,its designed to be used with a analog out surround card, 2 channels on each. I've got a splitter to turn one stereo jack into 2 rcas.

Now i have the sub hooked up through the splitter to the preout on the reciever.
I can hear the bass, but only barely, and only if i turn the volume to max on the sub.

Is the preout not strong enough for the sub to be useful? I could amp the signal further by sending optical from receiver into computer sound card, then using the analog stereo jacks to connect back to sub, but that seems like so much freaking work.

I've played around with receiver settings, but didn't get much to happen.

A few people on forums seemed to have similar problems, but i couldn't find any answers, im hoping someone here will have an idea.

The sub still works perfectly fine if hooked into a computer, as opposed to the receiver, even with the computers volume almost off, if i jack the sub up, its loud.

Any thoughts?

Get a real sub for your Pioneer. ;)


Ian

lol trust me i plan to, but im on a budget now, due to a unforeseen unemployment :(

I wouldn't have replaced the logitech system if i knew i was losing my job lol. It was awesome, but anyway.

The subs 100watts, and sounds good when connected to a computer/dvdplayer/tv

I mean anything with stereo mini jack, or RCA jacks work fine.

So is there a way to get it to work with my sub preout jack? Its a powered sub. Im new to receivers so im not sure why it shouldn't work.



UPDATE.
Last night i didnt have a chance to crank the receiver up, the sub works just fine, and sounds fine when the reciever is up louder, and by loud i mean normal day time listening, or normal day time movie watching, of course this is with the subs volume being cranked too, but it def is working more then fine for during the day.

But at night, when my family/roommates are sleeping, i dont have it very loud, and the sub is useless, nothing really noticeable comes from it.

This is all just a temporary solution till i have a new job.


Any additional suggestions would still be very appreciated.