Home Audio Problem

[Cliffio]

ok, so im having a little problem with my stereo

this is what ive got

Yamaha HTR-5550 reciever
JBL studio series floor speakers (312 series i believe)
Sony 300 disc CD
JBL 12" Sub (PB12)

also, these are plugged into my reciever just like the speakers, and everything works great.
dvd player
turn table
digital cable box
computer

but my problem is i just bought the JBL sub and i cant get any sound to come out. the lights on the front do change from red to green but no sound. I dont get any sound no matter what i have it on, cd, computer, dvd nothing works out of the sub. the speakers all work, but not bass from the sub

i had a monster cable sub cable and i took it back and got another one, so i dont think its that, also this sub is brand new.

oh, i did read the manuel(sp) but it was like 3 pages and i hooked it up correct, i also looked how best buy had it hooked up, and hooked mine up similar.

lemme know what you guys think

thanks

Cliff


edit- now that i let it sit for a second, the sub lights on the front go back to red, which means no signal, so whats the deal? something in my reciever?

thanks again

[Miscue]

Double check your receiver and make sure it's in the correct mode and stuff...

[Cliffio]

well i thought about that, but my speakers were just plug and play, i tried to push a few buttons on my reciever to get something like the sub controls to come up, but nothing seemed to happen, cant get any kind of controls to come up


im gonna try and find my reciever manual

[rhetor22]

Cliff-

does your reciever have a seperate sub output, like a 5.1 set up?

If you have it setup with speaker level inputs you would most certainly be getting sound...

wait... you said sub cable... drrr

Don't worry Cliff, nothing is broken. you just need to activate your sub output, and that secret mystery lies somewhere in the endless depths of the hell hole we call a user manual.

[Cliffio]

haha, man do i feel like an idiot

i just went to yamahas website, and the first thing it says under faq is make sure its in the output sub not input, and of course, i had it in input


man, wow, i feel alot better, i was startin to stress cause this has been a problem and my computer is funky as hell too, but wow

at least it sounds hella good now

thanks

Cliff

[Miscue]

Dork!

[rhetor22]

baha!

lets all laugh at the guy who couldn't figure the input from the output!!!

[ShooterJM]

Hmmm you'll want to try to get your "input" and "output" holes figured out. Could lead to a lot worse then a red light later on in life....