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Trouble hooking up Active Subwoofer
Hello, I recently got a fostex sub mini, (Fostex PM-SUBmini 2 Thomann Greece) and I'm trying to make it work. I'll try and explain my setup :
-win7 machine on z87x-d3h mobo.
-using the onboard soundcard
-Managing audio through Realtek's management software.
-Speakers : m-audio studiophile av40 monitors
Basically I'm trying to make my 2.0 speakers to -> 2.1
I'm connecting the woofer from the "input" panel, with RCA-to-jack 3.5mm on my computer's onboard soundcard. (please click above link to view the back of the sub)
Green : m-audio studiophile av40 monitors (RCA-to-minijack)
Blue : Line-in (turntable & other gear)
Orange : Subwoofer (RCA-to-minijack)
As far as soundcheck goes, the software is able to identify the woofer, and I can successfully hear the test tone coming out of it. The same is true for Windows soundcheck as well.
However, when playing a tune from any source(audio player/browser/movies) the signal doesn't get to the woofer, thus I'm only hearing through the Front Monitors.
Since I'm able to hear the test tone, I figured the connections & the unit itself are okay.
Things I tried :
- completely removing & adding new drivers
- switched/tried different sets of cables
- Switching to 5.1+ channels on both windows and Realtek panel. (again, this works only for the test tone)
- Enabled the option to switch between center/subwoofer (this completely eliminated the test tone)
Other options :
- Connect the sub to the monitors using thru/trs-to-rca (but it feels wrong since the audio source is the computer)
- Get an external audio interface.
Is this a software issue? Could you please help me resolve?
Thank you in advance for your help