Connecting Your Speakers—Continued

Connecting Speaker Set A

1

Strip 5/8" (15 mm) of insu-

5/8" (15 mm)

 

 

lation from the ends of the

 

 

 

speaker cables, and twist

 

 

the bare wires tightly, as

 

 

shown.

 

2 Unscrew the terminal. Fully insert the bare wire, making sure that it’s touching the threaded shaft in the center. Screw the terminal tight.

Connecting Speaker Set B

1

Strip 3/8" (10 mm) of insu-

3/8" (10 mm)

 

 

lation from the ends of the

 

 

 

speaker cables, and twist

 

 

the bare wires tightly, as

 

 

shown.

 

2 While pressing the lever, insert

 

 

the wire into the hole, and then

 

 

release the lever.

 

 

Make sure that the terminals are

 

 

gripping the bare wires, not the

 

 

insulation.

 

Note:

While speaker set B is on, speaker set A is reduced to 5.1-channel playback.

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 left (L) SURR BACK SPEAKERS terminals.

IN 3

IN 2

IN 1

OUT

SURR BACK SPEAKERS

SURR SPEAKERS

FRONT SPEAKERS A

ONENT VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

L

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOCK

 

 

 

SIRIUS

AM

 

 

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

MONITOR

 

 

CENTER SPEAKER

OUT

 

 

V

 

 

 

 

V

R

R

 

 

 

 

 

ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FM

 

 

S

 

 

 

 

75

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

 

IN

OUT

IN

IN

 

 

 

 

IN

OUT

IN

FRONT

SURR

CENTER SURR BACK

 

PRE OUT

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

L

 

 

 

 

L

 

WOOFER

R

 

 

 

 

R

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

 

 

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

 

DVD

WOOFER

 

FRONT SPEAKERS B

 

 

 

 

Speaker Set A

Front right

Front left

speaker

speaker

 

Center

 

speaker

SURR BACK SPEAKERS

SURR SPEAKERS

FRONT SPEAKERS A

L

 

L

 

 

CENTER

 

 

SPEAKER

R

 

R

Front right

Front left

speaker

speaker

Speaker Set B

Powered

Surround

Surround

Surround

Surround

subwoofer

back right

back left

right

left

 

speaker

speaker

speaker

speaker

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Onkyo HT-S5100 instruction manual Connecting Speaker Set a, Connecting Speaker Set B

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