Boston Acoustics 9000, 9500 manual How to Wire Your Speakers cont, Connecting Your MicroSystem

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How to Wire Your Speakers (cont.)

Using the five-way binding posts: The binding posts permit easy connection to banana plugs, pins, spade lugs, and bare wire. The metal surfaces are plated with 24K gold to prevent corrosion.

Insert the wire in	To connect two wires to one
the hole and	terminal, first twist them
tighten.	together. Then insert the wire
	in the hole and tighten.

Connecting Your MicroSystem

Speaker-Level Connections

The simplest way to wire either system is via speaker connections. Wired in this way, the subwoofer does not present any additional load to your amplifier. There are three ways to wire the subwoofer to your speaker connections; each way produces the same result (see options 1, 2 and 3). You may want to use long wires to the subwoofer at first, so you may experiment with placement.

As a general rule, it is best to keep the total length of wire between the amplifier and Micro90x II/80x II satellites as short as possible. The subwoofer, on the other hand, is not sensitive to wire length.

Be sure to connect + to + (positive) and – to – (negative) by using the markings on the wire.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of electrical shock, always switch off the system and the amplifier and/or receiver when making connections to the system and speakers.

Dolby® Pro Logic® Systems Speaker-Level Connection

The subwoofer and front satellites should be wired to connections for the front left and right speakers. Even though both MicroSystems have separate subwoofers, when you use speaker-level connections, their satellites and subwoofer look to your receiver like a pair of conventional large speakers. Set the center channel mode on your receiver to “NORMAL.” This will send all the bass to the subwoofer.

Dolby® Digital Systems Speaker-Level Connection

The subwoofer and front satellites should be wired to connections for the front left and right speakers. Even though both MicroSystems have separate subwoofers, when you use speaker-level connections, their satellites and subwoofer look to your receiver like a pair of conventional large speakers. On your receiver’s setup menu, set the front left/right speaker mode to “LARGE.” Choose “SUBWOOFER-NO.” Set the center channel and surround speaker modes to “SMALL.” This sends all the bass to the front left and right channels, where it will be reproduced by the MicroSystem’s subwoofer.

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