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Subwoofer connection for Fisher 500c

Hello folks!

I recently acquired a Velodyne ULD-18 sub for next to nothing. By outward appearances it looks to be in excellent shape. The driver looks and feels excellent, and the 400 watt servo controller is in fine shape too. According to the owners manuel a normal way to connect the sub to a system is connecting the servo controller/amp in between your amp and preamp with two sets of RCA cables. So my problem is that I have this vintage Fisher 500c receiver. It has a "to reverb" feature with four inputs, a pair of right & left "ins" and a pair of right and left "outs." I was hoping this would be the way to connect it properly. However, I've got nothing happening in the way of sound from my monitors or the sub in this configuration.
Any help would be appreciated! I can send photos too, if that helps.
Thanks!
lincnabby
lloydelee21
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What speaker are you using? I would use the Velodyne in parallel (without active crossover) unless you have small bookshelf speakers. If you run in parallel, then you can connect from your L/R RCA outs on your Receiver to your sub. Keep running your speakers from your receiver via the speakerwire.

If you have bookshelves, pls post.
lincnabby OP
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Thanks for your response Lloyd.
My speakers are smaller monitors- Sound Dynamics RTS-3's, though the bass cutoff isn't too high-probably around 45 or 50 hz.
I must say I did figure out how to get the sub running with them, but there are two things that still bug me.
1. The crossover/servo/amp Velodyne unit is preset at 85 hz, and cannot be adjusted.
2. The volume control for the sub and the volume control for my receiver cannot be synchronized together, so I have to adjust each separately.
Don't know if I can remedy this or not?

Thank you for any other advice anyone can offer!
Lincoln
lloydelee21
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Hi Lincnabby,

1. Yes that is what some Velodynes do...most of them in fact. Driven by hometheater specs more than music.

2. The volume control should always be adjusted by your preamp automatically...particularly if you are using the crossover. the reason is that the signal presumably originates from your preamp...goes out to the subwoofer.

I presume this is how you are using your Fisher receiver?
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