Connecting the Amplifier
Connecting Your Speakers
Before connecting the speakers, place them correctly by consulting the instruction manuals that came with them. For surround playback, the configuration and placement of your speakers are very important.
Please note that connecting speakers with a low power input rating does not produce large sound volumes. For those speakers, large sound volumes causing excessive input level may damage the speakers.
Note:
Once you’ve completed speaker connections, you must turn on the AV controller or control amplifier and con- figure the output channels.
Attaching the Speaker Labels
The amplifier’s positive (+) speaker terminals are all red (the negative
Speaker | Color |
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Front left | White |
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Front right | Red |
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Center | Green |
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Surround left | Blue |
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Surround right | Gray |
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Surround back left | Brown |
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Surround back right | Tan |
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Front high/wide left | White |
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Front high/wide right | Red |
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The supplied speaker cable labels are also
Speaker Connection Precautions
Read the following before connecting your speakers:
•You can connect speakers with an impedance of between 4 and 16 ohms. If the impedance of any of the connected speakers is 4 ohms or more, but less than 6 ohms, be sure to set the minimum speaker impedance to “4ohms” (see page 10). If you use speakers with a lower impedance, and use the amplifier at high vol- ume levels for a long period of time, the
•Disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet before making any connections.
•Read the instructions supplied with your speakers.
•Pay close attention to speaker wiring polarity. In other words, connect positive (+) terminals only to positive
(+) terminals, and negative
•Unnecessarily long, or very thin speaker cables may affect the sound quality and should be avoided.
•If you use 4 or 5 speakers, connect each of the two surround speakers to the SURR L/R terminals. Do not connect them to the SURR BACK L/R or FRONT HIGH/WIDE L/R terminals.
•Be careful not to short the positive and negative wires. Doing so may damage the amplifier.
•Make sure the metal core of the wire does not have contact with the amplifier’s rear panel. Doing so may damage the amplifier.
(North American models)
•If you are using banana plugs, tighten the speaker ter- minal before inserting the banana plug.
•Do not insert the speaker code directly into the center hole of the speaker terminal.
•Don’t connect more than one cable to each speaker terminal. Doing so may damage the amplifier.
•Don’t connect one speaker to several terminals.
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