Onkyo PR-SC5508 Connecting the AV Controller, Connecting Your Speakers, Speaker Configuration

Connecting the AV Controller

Connecting Your Speakers

The AV controller is designed to be used with a separate multichannel power amplifier. You connect the AV controller’s PRE OUT jacks to the amplifier’s inputs, and connect your speakers to the amplifier’s speakers terminals. Speaker settings such as crossover frequency and distance are set on the AV controller.

Speaker Configuration

The following table indicates the channels you should use depending on the number of speakers that you have. For 9.2-channel surround-sound playback, you need 9 speakers and 2 powered subwoofers.

Number of speakers

2

3

4

5

6

7

7

7

8

8

9

9

9

Front speakers

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

Center speaker

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

Surround speakers

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

Surround back speaker*1

✔

✔

✔

Surround back speakers

✔

✔

✔

Front high speakers

✔

✔

✔

✔

Front wide speakers*2

✔

✔

✔

✔

*1

If you’re using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the SURR BACK L output.

*2

If you use the front high and wide speakers at the same time, you need to set the “Front High + Front Wide” setting to “Yes”

(➔ 48).

No matter how many speakers you use, 2 powered subwoofers are 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 automatically (➔ 29) or manually (➔ 48).

Connecting a Power Amplifier with RCA Inputs

You can connect the AV controller to a multichannel power amplifier with RCA input jacks by using a multichannel RCA audio cable or several stereo RCA audio cables.

See your multichannel power amplifier’s instruction manual for more information on connecting speakers.

AV controller

Multichannel power amplifier

FRONT HIGH/								FRONT HIGH/
FRONT WIDE	SURROUND BACK	SURROUND	FRONT		FRONT	SURROUND	SURROUND BACK	FRONT WIDE
RIGHT	RIGHT	RIGHT	RIGHT	CENTER	LEFT	LEFT	LEFT	LEFT
INPUT	INPUT	INPUT	INPUT	INPUT	INPUT	INPUT	INPUT	INPUT
SELECT	SELECT	SELECT	SELECT	SELECT	SELECT	SELECT	SELECT	SELECT

OUTPUT

OUTPUT

OUTPUT

OUTPUT

OUTPUT

OUTPUT

OUTPUT

OUTPUT

OUTPUT

Front high/	Surround	Surround	Front right
Front wide	back/Front	right	speaker
right speaker*1	wide right	speaker
	speaker*2

	SPEAKER IMPEDANCE
	4 OHMS MIN. PER EACH
	SPEAKER TERMINAL
FUSE	AC INLET	12V TRIGGER			SEVEN CHANNEL AMPLIFIER
		IN	OUT	MODEL NO.	RDA-7.1

Center	Front left	Surround	Surround	Front high/
speaker	speaker	left	back/Front	Front wide
		speaker	wide left	left speaker*1
			speaker*2

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