Integra DTR-7.8 Speaker Connection Precautions, Connecting the Speaker Cables, Strip about 5/8

Connecting Your Speakers—Continued

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, be sure to set the speaker impedance to 4 ohms (see page 44). If you use speakers with a lower impedance, and use the amplifier at high volume levels for a long period of time, the built-in amp protection circuit may be activated.

•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. Connect positive (+) terminals to only positive (+) terminals, and negative (–) terminals to only negative (–) termi- nals. If you get them the wrong way around, the sound will be out of phase and will sound unnatural.

•Unnecessarily long or very thin speaker cables may affect the sound quality and should be avoided.

•Be careful not to short the positive and negative wires.

Doing so may damage the AV receiver.

• Don’t connect more than one cable to each speaker termi- nal. Doing so may damage the AV receiver.

• Don’t connect a speaker to several terminals.

Connecting the Speaker Cables

1	Strip about 5/8" (15	5/8" (15 mm)	3	Fully insert the bare wire.
	mm) of insulation from
	the ends of the
	speaker cables, and
	twist the bare wires
	tightly, as shown.		4	Screw the terminal tight.
2	Unscrew the terminal.

The following illustration shows which speaker should be connected to each pair of terminals. If you’re using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the SURR BACK L terminals.

Front right speaker Center speaker Front left speaker

HDMI

AC INLET

RS232

ANTENNA

ETHERNET

COMPONENT VIDEO

AM

FM75

AUX 1

GAME/TV

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

IR

12V TRIGGER OUT

SW

L

L

L

R

R

R

PHONO

CD

TAPE

AUX 1

GAME/TV

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

PRE OUT

PRE OUT

ZONE2 R

SURR BACK R

FRONT R

SURR R

CENTER

SURR L

FRONT L

SURR BACK L

ZONE2 L

SURR BACK R	FRONT R	SURR R
Bi-AMP

CENTER

SURR L

FRONT L	SURR BACK L
		Bi-AMP

Surround back	Surround right	Surround left	Surround back
right speaker	speaker	speaker	left speaker

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