Speaker Installation

Speaker Layout

The illustration below shows a basic example of installation of the amplifier combined with 8 speakers and a monitor.

Subwoofer

Center speaker

Surround back speakers

Speaker Connections

Example: 9.3-channels and ZONE2 use

 

 

Front speaker (R)

Center speaker

Subwoofer 1

Front speaker (L)

b L : Left

 

Subwoofer

 

R : Right

 

 

 

with built-in

 

 

(R)

 

amplifier

(L)

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Front speakers

 

Place the front speakers to the

 

Surround speakers

sides of the monitor or screen and

 

as flush with the screen surface as

 

possible.

 

Two surround back speakers are required to use the THX Ultra2 Cinema,THX Music mode and THX Games mode.

Set the surround back speakers so that the distance to the listening position is the same for both the left and right speakers. It is also recommended that the deviations of the distance from the listening position to L and R channel speakers (front left (FL) and front right (FR), surround left (SL) and surround right (SR), surround back left (SBL) and surround back right (SBR)) is less than 2 ft (60 cm).

The table below shows a typical speaker configuration for the AVR-5308CI.

 

FRONT

CENTER

SURROUND

SURROUND

SURROUND BACK

SUBWOOFER

 

 

 

 

A

 

B

 

 

 

(b)

 

L

R

 

L

 

R

L

 

R

L

R

1 only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.1-channels

S

S

S

S

 

S

S

 

S

S

S

–

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.1-channels

S

S

S

S

 

S

–

 

–

S

S

–

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.1-channels

S

S

S

S

 

S

–

 

–

–

–

S

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1-channels

S

S

S

S

 

S

–

 

–

–

–

–

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1-channels

S

S

S

–

 

–

–

 

–

–

–

–

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1-channels

S

S

–

–

 

–

–

 

–

–

–

–

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2-channels

S

S

–

–

 

–

–

 

–

–

–

–

–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b The AVR-5308CI can be connected to a maximum of 3 subwoofers.

 

 

 

Subwoofer with built-in

 

 

 

 

 

 

amplifier

 

 

 

 

(R)

(R)

(R)

 

 

(L)

(L)

(L)

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Surround

Surround

Surround

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Surround

Surround

Surround

back

Subwoofer 3

Subwoofer 2

back

speaker-

speaker-

speaker-

speaker-

speaker

speaker

A (R)

B (R)

 

 

B (L)

A (L)

(R)

 

 

(L)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(R)(L)

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ZONE2 speakers

ZONE2

When using just one surround back speaker, connect it to the left channel (SBL).

NOTE

By default, the AVR-5308CI’s “Amp Assign” setting is set to “ZONE2”, so sound is not output simply by connecting a speaker to the surround back terminal. To use as the surround back speaker for the MAIN ZONE, either turn the ZONE2 power off or change the “Amp Assign” setting (vpage 85 ~ 88).

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