Connecting the Speakers, Front L&R Speakers

RIGHT

FRONT

Connecting the Speakers

We have supplied you with 5 sets of audiophile- grade speaker wire to connect your speakers. Each wire is color coded just to make it easy for you to see which wire is which at the subwoofer (amplifier) side. You can use any wire on any channel. Use whatever length makes sense for your set up and speaker placement. You can temporarily (and safely) rest the subwoofer on the grille-end to make it easy to see the terminals and connect the wires.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The speaker wire may impede the satellite speaker from sitting flat on a surface.

To correct this problem, gently bend the wire just below the spade-lug connector as illustrated in Figure 2.

Front L&R Speakers

Use one of the supplied 20' (6M) speaker wires to connect the Left satellite speaker to the Left Front speaker output on the subwoofer amplifier. One conductor of the speaker wire is marked with a color insulator. Use that conductor to connect the red (+) terminal of the speaker to the red

(+)Left Front speaker terminal on the subwoofer amplifier. Use the speaker wire conductor with a black insulator to connect the black (-) terminal of the satellite speaker to the black (-) terminal

on the subwoofer amplifier. To get a secure connection, loosen the 5-way binding post thumb nuts far enough to slip the spade lug connectors under the thumb nuts (Fig. 1). Tighten the thumb nut by hand or with a 3/8" nut driver. DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN. Repeat for the Right Front channel satellite speaker.

Center Speaker

Follow the same procedure described above to connect the center speaker to the Center Speaker outputs on the subwoofer amplifier.

RIGHT	LEFT
SURROUND	SURROUND

CONNECTOR TO
PREAMP/PROCESSOR
		SUBWOOFER
AUDIO INPUT
FRONT		CENTER
SPEAKER OUTPUT		SPEAKER OUTPUT
L	R	L SURROUND	R
		SPEAKER OUTPUT

	CENTER	LEFT
	CENTER	FRONT
		FRONT

Surround L&R Speakers

Follow the same procedure described above

to connect the rear surround speakers to the Left Surround and Right Surround speaker outputs on the subwoofer amplifier. Use the 40' (12M) wires.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Be careful to maintain correct polarity on all the speakers by always using the speaker wire with the color insulator for the red (+) terminals and the black marked wire for the black (-) terminals ON THE AMPLIFIER AND ALL

THE SPEAKERS. Failure to maintain correct polarity will result in poor sound quality. Double check all connections before using the system.

If the supplied speaker wire is not long enough, contact your

Polk Audio retailer for more high quality speaker wire. Use only high quality 16 gauge or thicker speaker wire. Do not use lamp cord. Lamp cord is not speaker wire, and your satellites will not light up.

Connecting to AC Outlets

If you are completely finished connecting all your source components, your TV, and your speakers, now you can plug the system into household 110-120 V, 60 Hz AC power outlets. You must first connect the supplied AC power cord to the receptacle on the rear panel of the subwoofer. Locate the Power switch on the back of the subwoofer and set it to the “Standby” position. A small pilot light on the bottom, front side of the subwoofer will glow red indicating that the system amplifiers are plugged in and awaiting a turn-on “order” from the preamp/processor. When the preamp/processor is turned on, it will turn the amplifiers fully on and the pilot light will glow green. If you will be away from home for an extended period of time, turn the subwoofer power switch to “Off.”

BEND

(Fig. 1)

(Fig. 2)

POWER

SWITCH

FUSE

PILOT LIGHT