Im unsure of the model but it is two speakers and a subwoofer. The speakers connect to the subwoofer via an orange dsub cable(looks like a monitor cable plug kinda) . Anyway. I love these speakers, but two days ago they started cutting out in one channel and i traced the issue to a break in the cable going to the 3.5mm output jack. (Red cable was severed). Since my audio interface has RCA outputs, discrete left and right, i was going to mod the dell cable for left and right RCA instead of putting another 3.5 mm plug on.
The problem is this.
I wired the dell cable like this : white : left channel
Red: right channel
Silver:shield
Connecting to the rca plugs the same way(except i combined the shields on the two rca plugs)
But only one channel is working. I know its something with me wiring wrong/pinout because ive tried 3 different (butchered) rca plugs.
Please help? a green 3.5 mm plug came with the speakers. Inside the cable there are white , red, and silver cable. One each. I want to terminate to left and right(discrete) rca plugs NOT another 3.5mm stereo/mini jack.
What am i screwing up?
The problem is this.
I wired the dell cable like this : white : left channel
Red: right channel
Silver:shield
Connecting to the rca plugs the same way(except i combined the shields on the two rca plugs)
But only one channel is working. I know its something with me wiring wrong/pinout because ive tried 3 different (butchered) rca plugs.
Please help? a green 3.5 mm plug came with the speakers. Inside the cable there are white , red, and silver cable. One each. I want to terminate to left and right(discrete) rca plugs NOT another 3.5mm stereo/mini jack.
What am i screwing up?
Output, or is it an Input to the speakers ?
Your wiring seems correct.
Check the cable with a multimeter, but perhaps You have melted the cable in one of the RCA's or the input jack is faulty.
Have You tried swapping the RCA's on the source also ?
Yessir, you are correct, it's a speaker input, I was talking about the interface end(which I'd like to terminate in dual RCA /left and right). I've tried 3 separate RCA (hacked thrift store) cable pairs, connected them all the same way, and each time I only get the right speaker working, no matter what interface output I connect it to. I didn't know if dell just wires things different. I'll keep at it I reckon! Thank you for your advice!