Preparing Your Receiver, Connecting Speakers

Preparing Your Receiver

Connecting Speakers

Follow these guidelines when you select and connect speakers.

•Be sure you properly connect all speakers.

•Do not connect two pairs of speakers to a single set of terminals (A or B) at the same time. When you use two pairs of speakers, connect one set to

Speakers A and one set to Speakers B.

•Optimus and other high-quality speak- ers have color-coded speaker termi- nals (red for positive polarity and black for negative polarity). Use these color-coded terminals as a guide to help you properly connect the speak- ers to the receiver.

•Use 16-gauge (or larger) speaker wire for all speaker connections, and con- sider possible speaker locations before you decide how much speaker wire you need.

Preparing the Speaker Wires

Speaker wire consists of two conductors (individual wires) encased in insulation and is usually color-coded or marked with a ridge along one side so you can identify each conductor. Use these markings as a guide to help you properly connect the speakers to your receiver.

Follow these steps to prepare the speaker wires.

Wire Strand

Conductor

Wire Strands

Conductor

1.Cut the speaker wires to the necessary length.

2.Separate the wires about 4 inches on each end.

3.Using a wire stripper, carefully strip about 3/4 inch of insulation from the end of each conductor.

4.Twist the end of each conductor to secure any loose wire strands.

Surround Left

Speakers

R	R	L
T		A
		A
		B
T
CENTER		REAR
R SPEAKER	SPEAKERS

R	L
R	L

Optimus STAV-3580 Preparing Your Receiver, Connecting Speakers, Preparing the Speaker Wires