Bose Acoustimass 25 series II

Ginc New member Username: Ginc Post Number: 1 Registered: Jul-11	Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 21:15 GMT Is it possible to hook up a bose lifestyle acoustimass 25 series II to a sony reciever? I plugged in the sub but its not working. I know that the sub works fine and in working condition. Any suggestions other than not using a bose sub?

Plymouth Platinum Member Username: Plymouth Canada Post Number: 16482 Registered: Jan-08	Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 04:07 GMT Welcome to eCoustics Ginc! Please list the Sony receiver model!
Ginc New member Username: Ginc Post Number: 2 Registered: Jul-11	Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 09:40 GMT The model number is STR-DE675
Plymouth Platinum Member Username: Plymouth Canada Post Number: 16484 Registered: Jan-08	Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 13:10 GMT Ginc The easy way to hook the Acoustimat is by using of the Music center or you can also use a RCA cable and weld the ground to pin 5 and the signal to pin 1-2 of the mini din plug of the acoutimat!
Ginc New member Username: Ginc Post Number: 3 Registered: Jul-11	Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 13:18 GMT Thank you for getting back to my post so quickly. When you say to use the music center do you mean plug an rca into the center speaker output into the subs center input?
Plymouth Platinum Member Username: Plymouth Canada Post Number: 16486 Registered: Jan-08	Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 13:53 GMT No don't do this or you will blow your Sony sub output, the Music Center is like the Pre-amp of the Acoustimat, the Acoustimat come with the Music center called Lyfestyle then the inter-connection is made by a Mini Din cable(the round plug with multi-pin in back of the sub), this is the plug where you must hook the RCA cable to the pin-in but if you can't do it by yourself ask it to a competent person.
Ginc New member Username: Ginc Post Number: 4 Registered: Jul-11	Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 14:53 GMT yes it is a passive subwoofer with satellite speakers that attach to it but i dont have the satellite speakers and i just want to use it as a subwoofer
Carlos New member Username: Jellytool Post Number: 4 Registered: Jan-10	Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 09:18 GMT Thanks for the advice Plymouth. I have been searching for a solution to this for several years now. Could you explain in a a bit more detail how to activate the Acoustimass with an RCA cable please? My understanding is that the sub needs a 12volt charge to 'trigger' the power on. So what should the other end of the RCA cable be connected to, once I have soldered the ground to pin 5 and the signal to... (is that pins 1&2 or pin 12???) of the mini din plug? I would be really grateful for some help with this. Oh, and just in case it saves me some head-scratching, do you know if all the satellites have to be connected before sound is heard from the Acoustimass? Thanks in advance.
shah New member Username: Swpro72 Post Number: 1 Registered: Jun-12	Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 17:27 GMT Bose Powered Acoustimass 25 Series II I have this AM25 II but this has no sound, I want to use this with my Onkyo receiver, I tried a couple of things to find the woofer and power transformer are working. But not sure how to apply the 12v turn on trigger ..I mean which pins this voltage get applied to. Also in case there is problem with the circuit that turns on the AMP what would be the Test point to start with. Any help on this is highly appreciated Thanks, Swpro72
Humbert New member Username: Humbertite Post Number: 1 Registered: Mar-13	Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2013 - 06:19 GMT How do I connect and operate 25 powered subwoofer Bose without having a pre amplifier lifestyle and it can connect to a Sherwood RX-4105
Plymouth Platinum Member Username: Plymouth Canada Post Number: 16756 Registered: Jan-08	Posted on Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - 06:21 GMT Ho It seem I missed some questions! Carlos, shah and Humbert I check it then I'm back soon later with your answers!
Humbert New member Username: Humbertite Post Number: 2 Registered: Mar-13	Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2013 - 02:04 GMT How do I connect and operate 25 powered subwoofer Bose without having a pre amplifier lifestyle and it can connect to a Sherwood RX-4105?