Connecting Your Speakers | Onkyo TX-SR504/B, TX-SR504E, TX-SR8450

Connecting Your Speakers—Continued

Connecting Speaker Set A

1	Strip 5/8" (15 mm) of insu-	5/8" (15 mm)
	Strip 5/8" (15 mm) of insu-
	lation from the ends of the
	lation from the ends of the
	speaker cables, and twist
	the bare wires tightly, as
	shown.

2 Unscrew the terminal. Fully insert the bare wire, making sure that it’s touching the threaded shaft in the center. Screw the terminal tight.

Connecting a Powered Subwoofer

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

Note:

Make sure the plugs are pushed in all the way.

The following illustration shows which speaker should be connected to each pair of terminals.

If you’re using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the left (L) SURROUND BACK SPEAKERS terminals.

ANTENNA	SURROUND BACK	SURROUND	FRONT	CENTER
	SPEAKERS	SPEAKERS	SPEAKERS A	SPEAKER

COMPONENT VIDEO

FM 75

DIGITAL IN

VIDEO 2 IN

VIDEO 1 IN

DVD IN

OUT

COA

XIAL

MONITOR

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 1

DVD

OPTICAL

OUT

AC OUTLET

AC 120V

60Hz

SWITCHED

TOTAL 120W 1A MAX.

FRONT

OUT

PRE OUT

SPEAKERS B

OUT

FRONT

SURROUND

CENTER

SURR BACK

SUB

AV RECEIVER

WOOFER

REMOTE

CONTROL

SUB

TAPE

WOOFER

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 1

DVD

Connecting Speaker Set B

1	Strip 3/8" (10 mm) of insu-	3/8" (10 mm)
	Strip 3/8" (10 mm) of insu-
	lation from the ends of the
	lation from the ends of the
	speaker cables, and twist
	the bare wires tightly, as
	shown.
2 While pressing the lever, insert
	the wire into the hole, and then
	release the lever.
	Make sure that the terminals are
	gripping the bare wires, not the
	insulation.

Note:

While speaker set B is on, speaker set A is reduced to 5.1-channel playback.

		Speaker Set A
Front right		Speaker Set A	Front left
Front right			Front left
	speaker			speaker

		Center
		speaker

SURROUND BACK	SURROUND	FRONT	CENTER
SPEAKERS	SPEAKERS	SPEAKERS A	SPEAKER
L			L
R			R

Front right	Front left
speaker	speaker

Speaker Set B

Powered	Surround	Surround	Surround	Surround
subwoofer	back right	back left	right	left
	speaker	speaker	speaker	speaker

TX-SR504/B, TX-SR8450, TX-SR504E specifications

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