You are now ready to connect your various components to your receiver. Before beginning, make sure that all components, including the AVR 145, are turned completely off and their power cords are unplugged. Don’t plug any of the power cords back in until you have finished making all of your connections.
Remember that your receiver generates heat while it is playing. Select a location that leaves several inches of space on all sides of the receiver. It is preferable to avoid completely enclosing the receiver inside a cabinet. It is also preferable to stack components on separate shelves rather than directly on top of the receiver. Some surface finishes are delicate. Try to select a location with a sturdy surface finish.
Step One – Connect the Speakers
If you have not yet done so, place your speakers in the listening room as described in the Speaker Placement section above.
Connect the center, front left, front right, surround left and surround right loudspeakers to the corresponding speaker terminals on the AVR 145. Remember to maintain the proper polarity by always connecting the positive and negative terminals on each speaker to the positive and negative terminals on the receiver. Use the Connection Color Guide
on page 15 as a reference.
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Step Three – Connect the Antennas
Connect the FM and AM antennas to their terminals.
AVR 145
AM
FM
Figure 17 – Antenna Connections
AVR 145
FR | FL | SR |
AVR 145
C
SL
Step Four – Connect the Source Components
Use the worksheets in the Appendix to note which connections you will use for each of your source devices.
For each source, select a source input (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, etc.). In Table 2 we recommend connecting certain types of sources to certain source inputs to make it easier to program and use the remote control.
Decide which audio connections you will use. If your source device has them, use either the coaxial digital or the optical digital audio connec-
Figure 15 – Speaker Connections
Step Two – Connect the Subwoofer
Connect the Subwoofer Output on the AVR 145 to the
AVR 145
SUB
Figure 16 – Subwoofer Connection
tion. Referring to Table 2, we recommend you connect the DVD source to the Coaxial 1 input jack, and the source designated Video 2 to the Optical 2 input jack. However, you may make whatever connections are best for your system.
In addition to the digital audio connections, we recommend that you connect the analog audio connections for each source, as a backup to the digital connections. For sources that don’t have digital audio outputs, you must use the analog audio connections.
For each video source, select one type of video connection. Component video is preferred, but both your source device and your video display must have this type of video capability. If either device does not, then use
Referring to Table 2, we recommend that you connect the DVD source to the Component Video 1 inputs, and any one source designated as Video 1, Video 2 or Video 3 to the Component Video 2 inputs. However, you may make whatever video connections are best for your system.
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