Yes, I did get the manual with the unit. But each page was printed in 6 languages. I did not have the patience to sort through that, plus the wiring diagrams presented were mostly with home theater or audio receivers. My manual also included wiring examples for the PSW12 to add to the busy pages. However, I appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Those are instructions I can understand. Thanks. I was all ready to get this set up operational yesterday only to discover I have no extra speaker wire. Anyway, if I don't post again on this subject assume the hookup worked fine and we can let this post slide into oblivion.

o.k. Got my Polk sub, but ordered a 10" by mistake; will keep it because it cost the same as the 8" and has same power output - 50 watts. However, there appears to be more connection points in back than I fully understand. Given my lack of understanding re this issue, some here may wonder how I managed to correctly hookup a 5.1 home theater system (w/Boston Acoustic sub) and a home stereo system with an Acoustic Research sub. Easy: in both systems I have modern receivers with instructions that are very close to "put plug A into socket B", etc. For reference, I do not have the owner's manual to the Polk book shelfs, so do not know wattage output but I doubt if it exceeds 30 watts. Any additional info you can provide to point me in the right direction will be appreciated. Attached is a photo of the back of the sub.

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Found the Polk sub on eBay for same price and free shipping. It is being sold by Cruchfield. Have purchased over the years from them 3 HD tvs, 2 home theater receivers, and at least 3 audio receivers. INMHO, a first rate outfit. When the sub arrives I may want to return to this post for further clarification.
Regards to all that have contributed to my post.

I do have a tape deck hookup on back of amp (left & right input/output, RCA jacks) and a tape monitor on/off button on front panel. The amp`s power is 30 watts/channel "both channels driven into 8 Ohms, 20-20,000 Hz". "Power bandwidth @ half rated output into 8 Ohms". The typical power output of most 8" subwoofers I have looked at on eBay are rated @ 200 watts, but don't remember what the rated Ohms are or how to determine compatibility in that regard. This amp has hookups for record changer/turntable, cassette deck, and CD player.

I am using a 1982 Harman Kardon amplifier to drive a pair of equally vintage Polk bookshelf size speakers. Still sounds good after all these years, but I would like to enrich the base output. The amp has hookups for two speaker sets. Each set can be active separately or played simultaneously. Since I am using just one set of speakers , is there a way to effectively connect a powered subwoofer? Thinking of a Klipsch or similar model.

Corn oil, but peanut oil will do just as well. I use peanut oil primarily for popcorn and fried potatoes. I think olive oil smokes at the temperature suitable for frying in hot oil, about 400 degrees. Also, we use a lid to cover while frying to prevent splatters. Lean meat splatters least, such as strip steak. I mentioned that ribeye steak can be used, but to lessen splatters it needs to be trimmed of as much fat as possible. If I only have a ribeye on hand and had planned to fondue then ribeye it is.

We have fondue several times during the winter months and have been doing so ever since the fad started (1960s I think). While we like cheese fondue, never considered cheese and bread as the main course. Our favorite is steak fondue and it is easy. Cut up a strip or ribeye steak into bite sized pieces and cook them a bite or two at a time in hot oil. It produces a nice crispy outside while allowing one to vary the doneness of the interior to their preference. We dip the cooked piece in horseradish sauce. Our sauce of choice is Bookbinder,s Sassy. Requires a conservative dip.😛 or it will definitely get your attention.
We also have done shrimp, scallops, chicken, etc in similar manner but use other appropriate dips.

Yes, I have a laptop. Good idea to try. The laptop is operating on Win7. Not sure if older Win version will skew results, if any.

I have a Hoo Too brand 8 port USB 3.0 dock that has 7 input ports plus one charging port. It is approximately 5 yrs old and has worked flawlessly until a week or two after I installed a new Dell desktop, about three weeks ago. Plugged in to it are two printers, two external HDs, and a scanner. Thus, about two weeks ago when I brought the PC out of one of those rest modes none of the 5 connected were recognized on the PC. I rebooted the PC; no recognition noted. Then, I unplugged both the dock’s power supply and the USB cable; still no dice after replugging. Finally, I connected all the aforementioned equipment, one at a time, to a USB port on the front of the tower chassis. The equipment was recognized.
Is there any other test procedure that I have overlooked to determine if the dock is truly dead? I have on order another dock, but am reluctant to toss the HOO TOO just yet.

Thanks. Sounds like just what I need. I have been using WIN8 for 5yrs with no problems after I figured out how to emulate the traditional desktop layout. For me, WIN7 was the best behaved and easiest to use so far, although if memory serves me correctly WIN95 was quite good.

Thanks. The front left and right output (green) was the solution. Both speakers and the Sub woofer sound good.

I am still having a strong learning curve with WIN 10, mostly navigating. At the moment I have no idea where to find the control panel but I am sure it will find me sooner or later.
Regards

Thanks. Green outlet works. Test sounded great including base.

Would I get base with that?
Thanks for responding.

In a previous post I asked for help connecting the new monitor to the tower. Got that taken care of. Now I want to connect a new set of speakers. Instead of buying Dell speakers, I went on eBay and got a Klipsch ProMedia Thx 2.1. This set has only one cable to connect to an audio source. The cable, named “mini-mp3/aux”, is attached (permanently) to the right desktop speaker which is the “control” unit for the set. So the right speaker receives the entire audio stream, then splits the stereo sound to the left and right speakers and sends base frequencies to the subwoofer. Or that is what I understand the process to be. There are 3 audio output jacks on the back of the tower labeled “Front Left & Right”, “Back Left & Right”, and “Subwoofer”. Have not tried to see if the mini jack will fit those. And if so, which one? There is a headphone jack on the tower front; the speaker jack appears to fit that one but I hesitate to try it with speakers powered until I know it is safe to do so.
I will appreciate any help/advice offered.
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