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What am I doing wrong?

By 0geist0

4 years ago


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#1 4 years ago

I'm trying to hook up a Polk powered subwoofer to a Williams Getaway 2 pi. and I get no sound out of it at all. I'm trying to pull the sound off of the cabinet box speaker.

#3 4 years ago
Quoted from Jgel:

Can you show or explain how you have it hooked up?

Just running two wires from the cabinet speaker to the red and black input jacks on the sub.

#5 4 years ago
Quoted from RCA1:

Couple ideas:
Do you have the switch set to Auto?
Does the sub work when hooked up to another source (receiver, PC, whatever)?
Have you tried adjusting the crossover level?

Yes it's on auto and it works on my Stern ST

#8 4 years ago
Quoted from shovelhed:

I always have ran wire from the subwoofer inside bottom of the cab to the powered sub and never had a problem. You stated your running from the back box and thats your problem.
Harley D.

No, I'm hooked to the bottom cabinet speaker

#10 4 years ago
Quoted from manadams:

Do you have volume on pin up enough? Sometimes the sub won't kick in until your volume is up to a certain level.

I think so I'm a little deaf so it's a bit loud.

#12 4 years ago
Quoted from Rager170:

Also, I bet I have the same Polk Sub. Make sure the crossover is all the way to max and work your way down from there to where you like it. And of course, volume knob lol

I will give it a try.

#13 4 years ago
Quoted from 0geist0:

I will give it a try.

With the volume all the way up and the crossover maxed out I get a slight sound

#15 4 years ago
Quoted from Rager170:

Can you take a picture of the connection on the back of the sub. I assume your on Speaker Level INPUT terminals.
Also, give the game a play to be sure. Subwoofer isnt going to make noise without some noise to play.

I just played it all I get is a slight rumble out of the sub

#19 4 years ago
Quoted from ryan1234:

Are you sure the cabinet speaker is working?

Yes it works great

#20 4 years ago
Quoted from Rager170:

And not sure of that Pin, but have you ever played around with the music attenuation or anything like that which could possibly affect it?

Everything is stock

#23 4 years ago

Here is a pic of the sub

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#24 4 years ago
Quoted from Rager170:

Im sorry but im out of ideas at this point... I can only think of a loose connection.

Thanks for your help

#31 4 years ago
Quoted from adol75:

I cant see the label on the bottom part where your cables are plugged. Is it an output like the ones above or an input ?

the bottom row is input

#34 4 years ago
Quoted from Rager170:

Also to check, Positive is to positive and negative to negative?

I have tried to phase it both ways.

#39 4 years ago
Quoted from Rager170:

Not the phase, just making sure the wire is connected to red on the cabinet speaker and red to the subwoofer input.

Hang on let me take a pic of it.

#44 4 years ago
Quoted from Atari_Daze:

Have you tried the sub on your home stereo to make sure it works?

It works on my Stern Star Trek just fine.

#47 4 years ago
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#51 4 years ago
Quoted from Rager170:

It looks correct to me. I just cant figure why it wouldnt be working.

I agree it should work.

#52 4 years ago

I give up. Thanks everyone for your help.

#58 4 years ago
Quoted from Atari_Daze:

Damnit you can't quit now...

I'm kind of considering pulling off of the left upper speaker that one has the most volume of all of them. Won't be until tomorrow though.

#61 4 years ago
Quoted from bangerjay:

Not showing pictures is what

There are pictures.

#62 4 years ago
Quoted from RatShack:

You should meter out the wires between the speaker and your sub if you have a multimeter.

I ran new wires with the same results, I even tried it from the left backbox speaker.

#65 4 years ago
Quoted from bangerjay:

I was drunk, sorry

No problem I get there too...lol

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