Connecting the AV receiver, Speaker Configuration

Connecting the AV receiver

Connecting Your Speakers

Speaker Configuration

For 7.1-channel surround-sound playback, you need seven speakers and a powered subwoofer.

The following table indicates the channels you should use depending on the number of speakers that you have.

Number of speakers:

Front left

✓

Front right

✓

Center

✓

Surround left

✓

Surround right

✓

Surround back*

✓

Surround back left

✓

Surround back right

✓

Front high left

✓

Front high right

✓

Front wide left

✓

Front wide right

✓

*If you’re using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the SURR BACK/ZONE 2 L terminals.

No matter how many speakers you use, a powered subwoofer is recommended for a really powerful and solid bass. To get the best from your surround sound system, you need to set the speaker settings. You can do this automatically (see page 54) or manually (see page 85).

Note:

Front high, surround back and front wide speakers produce no sound at the same time.

Attaching the Speaker Labels

The AV receiver’s positive (+) speaker terminals are all red (the negative (–) speaker terminals are all black).

Speaker	Color

Front left, Zone 2 left	White

Front right, Zone 2 right	Red

Center	Green

Surround left, Zone 3 left	Blue

Surround right, Zone 3 right	Gray

Surround back left, Zone 2 left	Brown

Surround back right, Zone 2 right	Tan

Front high left	White

Front high right	Red

Front wide left	White

Front wide right	Red

(North American, Taiwan, Australian and Asian mod- els)

•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.

Connecting a Powered Subwoofer

Using a suitable cable, connect the AV receiver’s PRE OUT: SUBWOOFER to an input on your powered sub- woofer, as shown. If your subwoofer is unpowered and you’re using an external amplifier, connect the PRE OUT: SUBWOOFER to an input on the amp.

You can connect the powered subwoofer with two PRE- OUT: SUBWOOFER jacks respectively.

The same signal is output from each jack.

The supplied speaker cable labels are also color-coded

and you should attach them to the positive (+) side of

Powered subwoofer

each speaker cable in accordance with the above table.

Then all you need to do is to match the color of each

label to the corresponding speaker terminal.

LINE INPUT

Onkyo 29400021 Connecting the AV receiver, Connecting Your Speakers, Speaker Configuration

Models: TX-NR807 HT-RC180 29400021