Connecting the AV Receiver
Connecting Your Speakers
Speaker Configuration
The following table indicates the channels you should use depending on the number of speakers that you have.
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Number of channels | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Front speakers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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Center speaker |
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Surround speakers |
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No matter how many speakers you use, a powered sub- woofer is recommended for a really powerful and solid bass.
To get the best from your surround sound system, you need to set the speaker settings. You can do this manually (➔ 31).
Connecting the Speaker Cables
The AV receiver’s positive (+) speaker terminals are color- coded for ease of identification. (The negative
Speaker | Color |
Front left | White |
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Front right | Red |
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Center | Green |
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Surround left | Blue |
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Surround right | Gray |
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Subwoofer | Purple |
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Speaker Connection Precautions
Read the following before connecting your speakers:
•You can connect speakers with an impedance of between 6 and 16 ohms. If you use speakers with a lower imped- ance, and use the amplifier at high volume levels for a long period of time, the
•Disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet before making any connections.
•Pay close attention to speaker wiring polarity. In other words, connect positive (+) terminals only to positive (+) terminals, and negative
•Unnecessarily long, or very thin speaker cables may affect the sound quality and should be avoided.
•Be careful not to short the positive and negative wires. Doing so may damage the AV receiver.
•Make sure the metal core of the wire does not have con- tact with the AV receiver’s rear panel. Doing so may damage the AV receiver.
•Don’t connect more than one cable to each speaker ter- minal. Doing so may damage the AV receiver.
•Don’t connect one speaker to several terminals.
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