Onkyo HT-R518 Connecting Your Speakers, Speaker Configuration, Connecting a Powered Subwoofer

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Connecting Your Speakers—Continued

Speaker Configuration

For 5.1-channel surround-sound playback, you need five speakers and a powered subwoofer.

The following table shows which channels you should use based on the number of speakers you have.

Number of speakers:	2	3	4	5	6	7
Front left	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Front right	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Center		✓		✓	✓	✓
Surround left			✓	✓	✓	✓
Surround right			✓	✓	✓	✓

No matter how many speakers you use, a powered sub- woofer is recommended for a powerful and solid bass.

To get the best from your surround-sound system, you must set the speaker settings. You can do this automati- cally (see page 34) or manually (see page 59).

Connecting a Powered Subwoofer

Using a suitable cable, connect the AV receiver’s PRE OUT: SUBWOOFER to the input on your powered sub- woofer. If your subwoofer is unpowered and you’re using an external amplifier, connect the PRE OUT: SUB- WOOFER to the amp’s input.

Powered		HDMI	IN 3	IN 2	IN 1	OUT		SURR SPEA
		ASSIGNABLE		Y				AM
	DIGITAL IN	COMPONENT VIDEO						L
subwoofer
	(DVD)1
	COAXIAL			CB/ PB	CBL/SAT	VCR/DVR	DVD	MONITOR
								OUT

(CBL/SAT)2			V				V	R
							ANTENNA
			CR/ PR				FM
(VCR/DVR)1							75
			S				S
OPTICAL	IN 1(DVD)	OUT
IN 2				IN	OUT	IN	IN
2	ASSIGNABLE
(CD)	IN	OUT	IN	IN	OUT	IN	FRONT SURR CENTER	PRE OUT
ASSIGNABLE								SUB
	L		L				L	WOOFER
	R		R				R

REMOTE				SUB
CONTROL
				WOOFER
CD	TAPE	CBL/SAT	VCR/DVR	DVD

PRE OUT

SUB

WOOFER

LINE INPUT

Using Dipole Speakers

You can use dipole speakers for the surround left and right speakers. Dipole speakers output the same sound in two directions.

Dipole speakers typically have an arrow printed on them to indicate how they should be positioned. The surround left and right dipole speakers should be positioned so that their arrows point toward your TV or screen, while the surround back left and right dipolar speakers should be positioned so that their arrows point toward each other, as shown.

Dipole speakers			Normal speakers
		1			1
	TV/screen			TV/screen

2 3 4 2 3 4

5 6 5 6

1. Subwoofer	5. Surround left speaker
2. Front left speaker	6. Surround right speaker

3.Center speaker

4.Front right speaker

Attaching the Speaker Labels

(The speaker labels are not supplied with the HT-S5105 Home Theater System.)

The AV receiver’s positive (+) speaker terminals are all red. (The negative (–) speaker terminals are all black.)

Speaker	Color
Front left	White
Front right	Red
Center	Green
Surround left	Blue
Surround right	Gray

The supplied speaker labels are color-coded and you should attach them to the positive (+) side of each speaker cable in accordance with the above table. All you need to do then is to match the color of each label to the corresponding speaker terminal.

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