Question 1

Will these speakers work with my Cyberpower 2140 PC?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely.  These speakers will work for any type of PC that has a 3.5mm audio output.  They have fantastic sound and the remote control works great as long as the remote has line of sight with the subwoofer.  I also love the fact that the left and right speakers plug into the back of the subwoofer using RCA connectors.  That means that if you want to extend the separation of the left and right speaker, you can easily do so by adding an RCA extension cable.  That is the main reason why I bought these speakers.

Question 2

how long is the wire between the speakers?

Accepted Answer

@ Bob C - The cool thing about these that you can get extension cables to lengthen the separation.  That is what I did to allow enough separation so that I could put the speakers in the corners of my room.  These speakers are one of the very few that use RCA connections.  Most that I have seen don't allow you to add extension cables.  That is the main reason why I got rid of my older speakers and bought these.

Question 3

do these work with windows 8?

Accepted Answer

Yes they are just plug and play no drivers required.

Question 4

Would I have to get other cords if I used the speakers with the Creative Sound Blaster Z 70SB150200000 soundcard?

Accepted Answer

Josh,

It's a 2.1 system so there is only one connection to make to your sound card, and that's to the little pastel green line-out port.  I have a Creative Sound Blaster X-fi Titanium, so while not exactly the same, the line-out ports are standard.  I think that for the $ this will sound great with your sound card, and your not going to have any problem connecting it.  The only thing you may want is a longer RCA cable since the one that comes with it is pretty short, but you can pick those up locally since they are so common.  The short cable may limit your placement of the speakers.  (I think it was only about two feet long.)  I'd recommend setting it up first, and then if you need a longer cable you'll be able to figure out the length you need. You might even find you have one left over from something else. If you wanted to order one you'll probably get a better deal on the RCA cable from NewEgg and it'll probably be better quality too.  If you were to just guess at the length and order the cable with the speakers it would cut shipping costs I imagine.  BTW, you may know this, but an RCA cable has a pin that protrudes from the center with an outer collar.  Both ends of the cable are the same, there's no Male/Female. It will have two wires running side by side, one will have white ends and the other red ends, all four ends have same connector, just different colors.  Sometimes TVs, DVD or BluRay players come with one that has three wires and the third wire has yellow ends on it- you can use that, you just don't connect the yellow ends to anything.

Question 5

Does anyone know if you can program a DirecTV remote to control these speakers?  If so, do you know the right code(s)?

Accepted Answer

No the system does not have a IR reader and has no way to recive the single from the remote. There are other devices that allow you to control the speakers connected to it via a remote, but I don't know what they are called.

Question 6

I currently have two devices connected to my sound system, my computer, and my Xbox/TV. I can switch between them at will. I'm wondering if I'd be able to do the same with this sound sound system? Does the remote have a button for switching inputs? My computer uses a split stereo jack like the kind included with this sound system, and the Xbox/TV uses a single 35mm stereo jack.

Accepted Answer

I have my computer hooked up to this system.  If I want to switch to the TV I just plug into the aux input on the control pad.  It's not like a conventional remote, just a round control pod with volume control, aux input and headphone output.  It's very convenient to mute when necessary.

Question 7

Speakers and woofer arrived in tact but defective. Both speakers do not work. Tried swapping cables and instructions from the manufacturer but nothing worked. Both speakers are plugged in, but only one works. When cables are swapped only one speaker works the other still does not. Am I missing something here?

Accepted Answer

My speaker cords were also messed up. They worked but the cords had to be in the right spot. I feel like the speakers cords aren't the best quality. Might try and move the cords around to see of something is wrong inside the cord.

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