Onkyo SKR-L500 Connecting the Speakers, Using Speaker Mounts/Brackets, Operating Precautions

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Connecting the Speakers

Read the following before connecting your speakers:

•Turn off your amp before making any connections.

•The nominal impedance of these speakers is 6 Ω. Use only an amp that supports this impedance.

•Pay close attention to speaker wiring polarity. Con- nect positive (+) terminals to only positive (+) termi- nals, and negative (–) terminals to only negative (–) terminals. If the speakers are wired incorrectly, the sound will be out of phase and will sound unnatural.

•Be careful not to short the positive and negative wires.

Doing so may damage your amp.

Using Speaker Mounts/Brackets

Threaded inserts for 5 mm machine screws are provided on the rear and buttom of the speaker for wall-mounting with commercially available speaker mounts and brack- ets. Refer to the manual supplied with your mounts or brackets for installation details.

Note:

The portion of the screw that goes into the speaker’s threaded insert should be between 5 mm and 9 mm long.

Mount or bracket

5 mm

5–9 mm

■Connecting the Speaker Cables

1Strip the insulation from the ends of the speaker cables,

and twist the bare wires tightly.

2	Use the cables to connect speaker’s input
	terminals to the corresponding speaker
	output terminals on your amp.
	To make a connection, while
	pressing the terminal 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.

Operating Precautions

The speaker can handle the specified input power when used for normal music reproduction. If any of the fol- lowing signals are fed to them, even if the input power is within the specified rating, excessive current may flow in the speaker coils, causing burning or wire break- age:

1.Interstation noise from an untuned FM radio.

2.Sound from fast-forwarding a cassette tape.

3.High-pitched sounds generated by an oscillator, elec- tronic musical instrument, and so on.

4.Amplifier oscillation.

5.Special test tones from audio test CDs and so on.

6.Thumps and clicks caused by connecting or discon- necting audio cables (Always turn off your amplifier before connecting or disconnecting cables.)

7.Microphone feedback.

•The speaker contain strong magnets, so do not put magnetic or iron objects such as screwdrivers close to them. If you do, the object may be attached to the magnets, causing personal injury or damage to the diaphragm.

	SKR-L500		SKR-L500
Surround back
		Surround back		SKM-L500S	SKM-L500S	SKF-L500	SKF-L500
speaker (right)
		speaker (left)		Surround right	Surround left	Front left	Front right
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Brown

Brown

SURROUND BACK SPEAKERS SURROUND SPEAKERS FRONT SPEAKERS

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R

SKC-L500C

Center speaker

CENTER SPEAKER

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