Logitech speakers
Hi
Had a rubbish day made an easy mistake and it cost me £40 to replace my 5.1 Logitech X-530 speakers
The front right speaker connects to the bass unit using a D-Sub connection which is only 1.5 Metres or so, not ideal so I connected it to an extension cable so I could have the bass unit a couple more metres away from this front right speaker, doing this put my speakers into an early grave as my google searches now find that it has to be a certain pin orientation
Wouldn't you think a company like Logitech and all there wisdom would either make a standard VGA extension work with there speakers or make it a be-spoke connection
Has anyone heard of this problem
Had a rubbish day made an easy mistake and it cost me £40 to replace my 5.1 Logitech X-530 speakers
The front right speaker connects to the bass unit using a D-Sub connection which is only 1.5 Metres or so, not ideal so I connected it to an extension cable so I could have the bass unit a couple more metres away from this front right speaker, doing this put my speakers into an early grave as my google searches now find that it has to be a certain pin orientation
Wouldn't you think a company like Logitech and all there wisdom would either make a standard VGA extension work with there speakers or make it a be-spoke connection
Has anyone heard of this problem
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Plantwiz Mod Posts: 5,057 ModHi
Had a rubbish day made an easy mistake and it cost me £40 to replace my 5.1 Logitech X-530 speakers
The front right speaker connects to the bass unit using a D-Sub connection which is only 1.5 Metres or so, not ideal so I connected it to an extension cable so I could have the bass unit a couple more metres away from this front right speaker, doing this put my speakers into an early grave as my google searches now find that it has to be a certain pin orientation
Wouldn't you think a company like Logitech and all there wisdom would either make a standard VGA extension work with there speakers or make it a be-spoke connection
Has anyone heard of this problem
I've seen plenty of D-type cables, and yes there are specific VGA cables (or xga, svga, etc..) are typically marked as such as they are intended for GC cards and a video output.
I wouldn't blame Logitech on this one though since you opted to modify the original setup. Generally, it is a good practice to review the mfg's material before plugging things in and seeing what they recommend. Once you see that their recommended cable is 'x' then you may shop around for the best price. Otherwise, simply using a cable that 'looks' like it will work tends to be a costly error. Though, I bet you won't be doing it again
Logitech has a pretty extensive FAQ and easily accessible manuals (which sounds like you figured that out after-the-fact).
Sorry for your troubles.Plantwiz
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tiersten Member Posts: 4,505Wouldn't you think a company like Logitech and all there wisdom would either make a standard VGA extension work with there speakers or make it a be-spoke connection
This is a simplified diagram and doesn't show the DDC wires as they're just listed as NC.
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Lee H Member Posts: 1,135Thanks for the "I told you so" response, lol
I am 100% to blame I wasn't saying I wasn't, is that gooder English what school did I went
Anyway, lesson learnt, £40 lesson that is
I also read in a post somewhere that they regulary have to replace a fuse in the bass speakers because it loses power, well when I have my old ones plugged in it still gets power as I see a small green light on the front right speaker, still though it may be worth looking at that cos then I can put my old ones in another room. -
tiersten Member Posts: 4,505Anyway, lesson learnt, £40 lesson that isI also read in a post somewhere that they regulary have to replace a fuse in the bass speakers because it loses power, well when I have my old ones plugged in it still gets power as I see a small green light on the front right speaker, still though it may be worth looking at that cos then I can put my old ones in another room