Subwoofer connector

[JustPeach]

I just bought an creative stage V2 2.1 soundbar, but I found out the subwoofer cable is a litle to short for how I want to set up stuff...can someone tell me wich connector is this, so I could find like an extension cable or something to solve my problem.
Also the cable is hardwired to the sub, kinda sucks...could just buy a longer one instead of suing an extension

[NinJake]

Looks like a power connector to be honest. Otherwise most subs use a coax cable. If it's coax, just make sure to get a longer one with the same diameter plug in, although that looks a bit small, or your hands are huge!

[JustPeach]

3 minutes ago, NinJake said:

Looks like a power connector to be honest. Otherwise most subs use a coax cable. If it's coax, just make sure to get a longer one with the same diameter plug in, although that looks a bit small, or your hands are huge!

It looks just like an dold barrel plug, but since it's a sub idk, how that works tbh.
I was guessing it needed onne cable for power an done for sound
But all I connect to the sound bar is this cable and the sub sure works

[mariushm]

It's a standard barrel jack connector ... you need to determine the outer diameter (OD) and the inner diameter (ID) and the thickness of the center pin.

 

It could be both outer and inner part of the ring carry the same signal, or the two sides could be isolated from each other and then you have two signals... you can easily determine that with a multimeter in continuity mode, touch inside and outside and if it beeps it's just two wire connector, with ring one wire and pin in middle another wire. Otherwise it's a 3 wire / pin connector (outer side of the ring is some signal, inner side of the ring something else , center pin something else.

 

So it could be ground , voltage and signal (mono) if the subwoofer has amplifier inside it  or could be ground, left channel , right channel ... if it's a non powered / no amplifier subwoofer....

 

Example of such barrel jack connectors  - use filters to get close to your own connector : https://www.digikey.com/short/rn8rff0m

 

Example of ready made cables with barrel jack connectors : https://www.digikey.com/en/products/filter/barrel-power-cables/464

 

 

 

[Mojo-Jojo]

Yeah, agreed with @NinJake, this looks like a run-of-the-mill barrel plug with centre pin.

[NinJake]

Just to add, here's a snip of the manual. I'm assuming either the sub is using a wireless tech to send the signal but most likely the cable is supplying both power and the audio through that cable.

 

[GuiltySpark_]

If the subwoofer doesn't have its own power cable then they're just using that barrel plug connection as a speaker cable, more or less. Odd, but it'll work. You'd need the exact dimensions to find an extension. If it was me I'd just cut it and half and splice in an extra length of speaker wire. 

[JustPeach]

31 minutes ago, mariushm said:

It's a standard barrel jack connector ... you need to determine the outer diameter (OD) and the inner diameter (ID) and the thickness of the center pin.

 

It could be both outer and inner part of the ring carry the same signal, or the two sides could be isolated from each other and then you have two signals... you can easily determine that with a multimeter in continuity mode, touch inside and outside and if it beeps it's just two wire connector, with ring one wire and pin in middle another wire. Otherwise it's a 3 wire / pin connector (outer side of the ring is some signal, inner side of the ring something else , center pin something else.

 

So it could be ground , voltage and signal (mono) if the subwoofer has amplifier inside it  or could be ground, left channel , right channel ... if it's a non powered / no amplifier subwoofer....

 

Example of such barrel jack connectors  - use filters to get close to your own connector : https://www.digikey.com/short/rn8rff0m

 

Example of ready made cables with barrel jack connectors : https://www.digikey.com/en/products/filter/barrel-power-cables/464

 

 

 

thanks, but I can't find a barrel plug cable extension with 6mm OD and 4.3mm ID

[JustPeach]

18 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

If the subwoofer doesn't have its own power cable then they're just using that barrel plug connection as a speaker cable, more or less. Odd, but it'll work. You'd need the exact dimensions to find an extension. If it was me I'd just cut it and half and splice in an extra length of speaker wire. 

yeah, didn't want to do that because of warranty but already thought of that has an last resort...

 

[JustPeach]

1 hour ago, Daniel Pereira said:

I just bought an creative stage V2 2.1 soundbar, but I found out the subwoofer cable is a litle to short for how I want to set up stuff...can someone tell me wich connector is this, so I could find like an extension cable or something to solve my problem.
Also the cable is hardwired to the sub, kinda sucks...could just buy a longer one instead of suing an extension

While trying to figure this out, I tried to update the firmware it wended up bricking

[J0nasH]

Has anyone been able to solve the problem? Creative Support told me it was a proprietary cable....