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Ok here goes,i have a set of 5.1 speakers my question is,it says about connecting a G9 cable to the G9 in plug on the subwoofer and the other end to the decoder if my system has a prologic and ac-3 decoder, it has a doldy digital decoder is this the same thing,and what is a G9 cable and where can i get one.
thanks in advance for any help

This item was edited on Thursday, 27th November 2003, 01:03

AC-3 is just another name for Dolby Digital.

Mike

thanks Mike G, you don`t know what a G9 cable is

G9 cables are pretty unusual for this kind of setup. What kind of decoder do you have? (make & model ideally). Did it come with the speakers or separately?

Are there any other inputs on the subwoofer?

i have a ronin p80h dvd player, now my speakers are separate, on the subwoofer it has input
1 fl,fr -1 sl,sr,- and 1 c,sub and 1 G9 in
output
1 off each fl,fr,sl,sr,and c
i also have 3 cables with a red and white plug on the end and 1 connection on the other end, can i plug these into the back of the dvd player, i also have a length of cable with 3 plugs on each end 1 green, 1 black and a tan coloured one, these fit the connection on the end off the red and white.

OK, I`m not sure what cables you`ve got, but it looks as if you don`t need to worry about the G9 cable.

Your inputs on the subwoofer are:

Front left, front right, surround left, surround right, centre and subwoofer.

On the back of the DVD player (according to the photo I`ve found, anyway) you`ve got Eight (4 pairs) "Audio Out" phono sockets. Ignore the pair on the left hand side, and the other six should correspond exactly with the six inputs you`ve got on your subwoofer. You then just need 6 (or 3 pairs) ordinary phono-phono cables to connect each of the sockets on the dvd player to the corresponding socket on the subwoofer.

Like I said, I don`t know what cables you`ve got there and whether they`ll be able to do the job somehow - maybe someone else can answer that one. What I`ve described above should work though.

I hope this helps!!!

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