Kenwood VR-406

Justin Herrington Bronze Member Username: Jth0033 Downingtown, Pennsylvania United States Post Number: 68 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 01:45 GMT So I just bought the system on craigslist from a guy locally. I read some reviews online and figured it would be a good add for my college apartment so I bought the system for $75. Well the trouble comes when trying to hook-up the subwoofer for the system. On the back of the unit there is a pre-amp out and on the powered sub there are two, aux hookups for input and output. I've tried hooking up to both and it doesn't seem to work. Can anyone help me with this please? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Jim Bay Gold Member Username: Jrbay Livonia [Detroit area], Michigan USA Post Number: 1101 Registered: Feb-08	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 15:27 GMT Greetings Justin, The two inputs you are speaking of on the back of the sub woofer are redundant and used for a very few receivers/amps that called for left and right subwoofer. You only need to connect to one of those (either one). If the sub is making thumping noises when you attempt to plug the RCA jack into it you should be all set on the subwoofer end of things. I do not have a picture of the back of your receiver but there may be more than one pre-out for the subwoofer. If you have the right one then perhaps the problem can be solved in the setup menu by telling the receiver what kind of speakers it is running. Hope this helps.
Nuck Platinum Member Username: Nuck Post Number: 14662 Registered: Dec-04	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 16:27 GMT Justin, read the manual for setup. It went to default when unplugged and needs a quick setup. Have fun!
Justin Herrington Bronze Member Username: Jth0033 Downingtown, Pennsylvania United States Post Number: 70 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 18:10 GMT Thanks for your help, but after going through the setup and the plug-in nothing works still. The setup says that a subwoofer is connected and I tried all four slots on the sub to plug into (two red and two white) but nothing seems to work. Hmm I just don't know. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Jim Bay Gold Member Username: Jrbay Livonia [Detroit area], Michigan USA Post Number: 1103 Registered: Feb-08	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 18:18 GMT The subwoofer should have RCA jacks on the back, yes???
Justin Bronze Member Username: Jth0033 Downingtown, Pennsylvania United States Post Number: 72 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 18:26 GMT Correct. Two sets one input and one output.
Jim Bay Gold Member Username: Jrbay Livonia [Detroit area], Michigan USA Post Number: 1104 Registered: Feb-08	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 18:50 GMT I think you are looking at speaker terminals. There wouldn't be an output with line level RCA jacks. You are looking for connectors that look like the ones on the back of this: http://www.connectedacoustic.com/shopimages/products/normal/Sub10_back_web.jpg Does your subwoofer have a power cord?
Justin Bronze Member Username: Jth0033 Downingtown, Pennsylvania United States Post Number: 73 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 19:11 GMT Here's two pictures of the back of the subwoofer. The image is a little blurry but there are TWO RCA jacks. One says input and the other says output. This is a powered subwoofer, with a plug.
Justin Bronze Member Username: Jth0033 Downingtown, Pennsylvania United States Post Number: 74 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 19:15 GMT Here's two photos. Better quality. http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r126/jth0033/Home%20Stereo/0228101401-00.jpg http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r126/jth0033/Home%20Stereo/0228101400-00.jpg
Jim Bay Gold Member Username: Jrbay Livonia [Detroit area], Michigan USA Post Number: 1105 Registered: Feb-08	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 19:30 GMT OK, I sure didn't expect RCA outputs but anyway we go back to the beginning, connecting an RCA cable to the input with the power on should make some noise, if so then back to the receiver for correct connections and set up.
Justin Bronze Member Username: Jth0033 Downingtown, Pennsylvania United States Post Number: 75 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 19:37 GMT Haha, okay. Yea it does make a noise. Hmm must be the receiver then I just don't know. Like I said I went through everything on the receiver pertaining to the subwoofer. Any other help?
Jim Bay Gold Member Username: Jrbay Livonia [Detroit area], Michigan USA Post Number: 1107 Registered: Feb-08	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 20:30 GMT Can you take a picture of the back of the receiver?
Justin Bronze Member Username: Jth0033 Downingtown, Pennsylvania United States Post Number: 76 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 22:16 GMT Getting to the back of the receiver is nearly impossible. If you want an image you can check out the manual. http://inform3.kenwoodusa.com/manuals%5CVR407.pdf Thanks for all your help Jim, this is really really really appreciated. I never realized I was such a noob at this stuff, haha.
Jim Bay Gold Member Username: Jrbay Livonia [Detroit area], Michigan USA Post Number: 1108 Registered: Feb-08	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 22:44 GMT And you have followed the procedure on page 15 and the left right speakers set to small???
Nuck Platinum Member Username: Nuck Post Number: 14666 Registered: Dec-04	Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 23:25 GMT Nice legwork Jim! Justin??
Justin Bronze Member Username: Jth0033 Downingtown, Pennsylvania United States Post Number: 77 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Monday, March 01, 2010 - 03:14 GMT Yup, followed the procedure on page 15 and made sure to set all of the speakers to small

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