Pioneer stereo speakers are not providing sound but are wired

[Feenom]

I am trying to hook up a pre-wired speaker system. I have a pioneer receiver and bose box. I can only get three speakers on the surround sound working. The two that are not do make sound when connecting a AAA battery but don't providr sound when I hook them up to the BOSE.

When I started I had only three ends coming out of the wall and another wire that wasn't cut but continued back inot the wall. I figuered I need to cut this wire because I have 5 speakers. The center speaker doesn't need a wire so I have an extra wire that is coming out of the hole where all the speaker wires are.

I'm using an optical cable to connect to the tv.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[waggs098]

First be sure you know where all the wires are going. Hate to see something blown just hooking things up without knowing.

What is the Bose box? Can you bypass it and hook speakers directly to the receiver to see if all speakers play?

 

[Feenom]

The Bose box is a sub woofer. It connects to the receiver with a long serial port connected to the Bose sub woofer. So I can connect the other speakers to the receiver?

How could I blow a speaker?

 

[waggs098]

So all speakers hook to the sub? Is it a 5 channel surround system? I assume the receiver is Bose also. If all speakers are connected and your positive all speakers work than there is an issue with an improper setting or a problem with the outputs to the speakers. Do you have a standard receiver you can hook up to the speakers to see if they all work?

 

[the skipper]

That "Bose box" is part of a total system. What system is it?

Generally, in Bose systems, all speakers need to be connected to that "Bose box" and not your receiver. That "Bose box" is then connected to the receiver.

 

[toxcrusadr]

[Edit: Crossposted with the above]

No, the OP says they have a Pioneer receiver.

We'll need a better description of exactly what you have connected to what. Apparently there are wires in your walls and we have no idea what those are or where they go.

 

[waggs098]

[Edit: Crossposted with the above]

No, the OP says they have a Pioneer receiver.

We'll need a better description of exactly what you have connected to what. Apparently there are wires in your walls and we have no idea what those are or where they go.

My bad, he did say Pioneer receiver.

Model numbers of both pieces would be very helpful.

 

[interalian]

Trying to chase wires in a house can be fun. Try getting an amplifier you know works, and attach to one speaker lead at a time and figure out if the speaker works and, more importantly, where the speaker is. Mark the wire with its location and move to the next wire. All you need to do afterwards is connect each cable to the approprate output on the Pioneer.

Here's an example of a rather complex home speaker setup I just had to rewire. They have speakers in every room, plus a surround system in their TV room. The surround receiver wasn't wired correctly - two of the outputs from the receiver were actually attached + to one speaker, and - to a different one. Obviously that won't work...

 

[reydelaplaya]

Here's an example of a rather complex home speaker setup I just had to rewire.

Jeez - the only thing that's missing is Alfredo sauce and garlic bread!

 

[interalian]

Jeez - the only thing that's missing is Alfredo sauce and garlic bread!

I know. And the lady couldn't understand later why there wasn't sound coming from ALL the speakers in the TV room when she was watching a talk show. Couldn't get her to understand there's no surround information on that source... Education is one of the hardest parts of my business.

 

[Feenom]

So I by passed the speaker wires in the wall to start with that and still couldn't get the two speakers functioning. It didn't work however I pressed the advanced speaker button and one of the modes actually produced the surround sound. Geeez. I tried this process a few times but it didn't work. Not sure why it did now. Anyway back to wiring it up from the wires coming out of the wall. Wish me luck.

 

[waggs098]

Have you tried testing all the speakers one by one with a simple receiver that you know works correctly? You need.to make sure you know exactly which wire is hooked to which speaker then label them. This is the first step I would take.

After making sure all speakers work next I would test the Pioneer receiver. Hook it up to the speakers without the Bose box and make sure the receiver works correctly.

If all goes good the next step is to hook up the Bose then see if it all works.

Need to use process of elimination. If you just hook it all up and have problems you can beat your head against a wall forever just pushing buttons and flopping wires.