Positioning speakers/Connecting speakers

Before connecting

Refer also to the instruction manuals of the speakers.

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.

Connect speakers with an impedance between 8 and 16 Connecting speakers with an impedance less than 8 may damage the HT-R420.

To prevent damage to circuits, never short-circuit the positive

(+) and negative (–) speaker wires.

NO!

How to connect to the speaker terminals

3/8” (10 mm)

Connecting to the

Press and hold

Insert the stripped

speaker system B

the lever.

end of the cable.

Strip 3/8” (10 mm)

 

By releasing the

from the end of

 

lever, the lever is

each cable, then

 

replaced.

twist the exposed

 

 

wires tightly.

 

 

Do not connect more than one speaker cable to one speaker terminal. Doing so may damage the HT-R420.

When you are using only one speaker or when you wish to listen to monaural (mono) sound, a single speaker should never be connected in parallel to both the right and left channel terminals simultaneously.

R

L

+

 

NO!

 

 

R L

+

NO!

Connecting to the speaker system A

Use the SUBWOOFER PRE OUT Subwoofer jack to connect a subwoofer with a

built-in power amplifier.

If your subwoofer does not have a built-in amplifier, connect an amplifier to the SUBWOOFER PRE OUT jack and the subwoofer to the amplifier.

AM

FM

ANTENNA

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VIDEO 3

VIDEO 2

 

VIDEO 1

 

DVD

MONITOR

 

 

OUT

IN

 

 

OUT

 

IN

 

IN

 

Front speakers

Right Left

Surround speakers

Center speaker

Right

 

 

Left

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DO NOT connect the power cord at this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

time.

FRONT

 

FRONT

 

CENTER

SURROUND

 

SPEAKERS B

SPEAKERS A

SPEAKER

SPEAKERS

AC OUTLET

R

L

R

L

 

R

L

 

DIGITAL INPUT

S VIDEO

OPTICAL

COAXIAL

REMOTE

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

IN

IN

IN

OUT

IN

IN

IN

L

 

 

 

 

SUBWOOFER

 

 

 

 

PRE OUT

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

CD

TAPE

VIDEO 3 VIDEO 2

OUT IN IN

OUT IN FRONT SURR

L

R

VIDEO 1

DVD

VIDEO

CENTER

SUB

WOOFER

Right Left

Front speakers

Connecting to the speaker system B

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Onkyo HT-R420 appendix Positioning speakers/Connecting speakers, How to connect to the speaker terminals