Onkyo Connecting the A-1VL, Before Making Any Connections, Connecting Your Speakers

Connecting the A-1VL

Before Making Any Connections

•Read the manuals supplied with your components.

•Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed all audio and video connctions.

RCA/Phono Connection Color Coding

RCA/Phono connections are usually color coded: red and white. Use red plugs to connect right-channel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled “R”).

Use white plugs to connect left-channel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled “L”). And use yellow plugs to connect composite video inputs and outputs.

Caution:

•Do not connect speakers having impedance values of 4 ohms or lower.

•Do not connect more than one speaker cord to indi- vidual speaker terminals. Connecting more than one speaker cord may cause failure.

•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 A-1VL.

Analog audio

Right (red)

Left (white)

•Push plugs in all the way to make good connections (loose connections can cause noise or malfunctions).

•To prevent interference, keep audio and video cables away from power cords and speaker cables.

Right (red) Left (white)

Right!

Wrong!

1 Strip away approx. 5/8 inch	15 mm
(15 mm) of insulation from the
ends of the speaker cables, and
twist the bare wires tightly, as
shown.

2Twist the wire ends tightly together.

3Unscrew the speaker terminal.

4Fully insert the bare wires.

Connecting Your Speakers

Connecting Your Speakers

Connect the right channel speaker to the RIGHT speaker connector on the A-1VL, and the left channel speaker to the LEFT speaker connecter.

Connect the “+” connector on each speaker to the “+” connectors on the A-1VL, and connect the “–” connec- tor on each speaker to the “–” connectors on the A-1VL. Be sure to connect the positive and negative cables for the speakers properly. If they are mixed up, the left and right signals will be reversed and the audio will sound unnatural.

5Screw the terminal tight.

Changing the Speaker

Impedance Value Setting

The A-1VL allows you to set the speaker impedance values according to the speakers you use, adjusting the optimum frequency characteristics against speaker loads.

Front Speaker

(Right)

Front Speaker

(Left)

We recommend you set the “SPEAKER IMPEDANCE SELECTOR” setting to “8 OHMS MIN./SPEAKER” for speakers having impedance of 8 ohms or higher. Likewise, you may want to set the setting to “4 OHMS MIN./SPEAKER” for speakers having impedance of 4 ohms or higher.

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