bose cinemate 2.1 help

pokerdaft · 06-11-2009, 11:21 AM

Hi i have a bose cinemate 2.1 system and want to connect it to a pioneer 2016 amp 7.1 as the sub and front 2 speakers can i do this? the front 2 speakers connect to the sub and the sub has a cable with red and white audio cables but when i connect this to the pioneer amp the sound only comes out the left speaker. can anyone suggest anything? thanks tom

davepuma · 06-11-2009, 11:28 AM

No is the short answer.

confused88 · 06-11-2009, 12:42 PM

Isn't that an active 2.1? Why do you want to mess with that?

pokerdaft · 06-11-2009, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by confused88

Isn't that an active 2.1? Why do you want to mess with that?

hi the sound from the bose is brill but i would like to get 5.1 or 7.1 im not to sure what active means as ian new to this thanks could you explain please

confused88 · 06-11-2009, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by pokerdaft

hi the sound from the bose is brill but i would like to get 5.1 or 7.1 im not to sure what active means as ian new to this thanks could you explain please

It has inbuilt amplification so you don't need to connect it to an amplifier.Powered speakers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. You can connect them directly to a TV, PC , dvd player etc. Is the Bose like that ? I don't know the technical details but I think these type of systems are designed to work only on their own.