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CONNECTIONS
To connect the loudspeaker systems to the receiver or amplifier, use
Preparing the hookup wire
Carefully plan your wire lengths before cutting any speaker wire. Be sure to allow plenty of extra wire to help hide paths in corners, along baseboards, etc.
1.First determine the wire length needed between the most distant speaker and the receiver or amplifier.
2.Now make the hookup wires for both speakers this length, even if one loud- speaker is much closer to your amplifier than the other. This will help maintain proper signal balance.
3.Strip off 3/8" of insulation from both ends of each conductor.
4.Twist each set of thin wires into a
5.At this point you need to identify a visual difference between the two conductors of each molded pair of speaker wire. Differentiating marks can be a different color wire (copper or "silver"); a strand of
yarn in one conductor; thin, raised ribs on one part of the outer insulation; or a printed "+" marking on one of the insulators. It does not make any difference which of the two strands of wire go to (+) and
For each channel, the red terminal on the loudspeaker should be connected to the red or (+) loudspeaker connection terminal on the receiver or amplifier, and the black to the black or
Left | Right |
Speaker | Speaker |
Red Blk. | Red Blk. |
(+) | (+) |
+ L + R |
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Amplifier/Receiver | Fig. 2 |
Hooking up multiple sets of speakers If your receiver has two complete sets of speaker terminals ("A" and "B"), it's possi- ble to hook up an additional pair of speak- ers for simultaneous sound in another room. However, some speakers may not be usable as a second pair if you want to play two sets at once. Before hooking up another set of speakers besides your CF Series, check the following:
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