Onkyo SR608 Using Dipole Speakers, Connecting a Powered Subwoofer, Bi-ampingthe Front Speakers

Using Dipole Speakers

You can use dipole speakers for the surround and surround back speakers. Dipole speakers output the same sound in two directions.

Dipole speakers typically have an arrow printed on them to indicate how they should be positioned. The surround dipole speakers should be positioned so that their arrows point toward the TV/screen, while the surround back dipole speak- ers should be positioned so that their arrows point toward each other, as shown.

aFront speakers

bCenter speaker

cSurround speakers

dSurround back speakers

eFront high speakers

fFront wide speakers

gSubwoofers

Dipole speakers		Normal speakers
e	e		e	e

g	TV/screen			g	g	TV/screen		g
f	a	b	a	f	f	a b	a	f

c		c c	c
d	d	d	d

Connecting a Powered Subwoofer

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

You can connect the powered subwoofer with two SUBWOOFER PRE OUT jacks respectively. The same signal is output from each jack.

Powered subwoofer

LINE INPUT

LINE INPUT

Bi-amping the Front Speakers

The FRONT L/R and SURR BACK OR FRONT

HIGH OR FRONT WIDE L/R terminal posts can be used with front speakers and surround back speakers respectively, or bi-amped to provide separate tweeter and woofer feeds for a pair of front speakers that sup- port bi-amping, providing improved bass and treble per- formance.

•When bi-amping is used, the AV receiver is able to drive up to a 5.1 speaker system in the main room.

•For bi-amping, the FRONT L/R terminal posts con- nect to the front speakers’ woofer terminals; the

SURR BACK OR FRONT HIGH OR FRONT WIDE L/R terminal posts connect to the front speak- ers’ tweeter terminals.

•Once you’ve completed the bi-amping connections shown below and turned on the AV receiver, you must set the “Speakers Type” setting to “Bi-Amp” to enable bi-amping (➔ 41).

RightLeft

speaker speaker

Tweeter (high)

Woofer (low)

Important:

•When making the bi-amping connections, be sure to remove the jumper bars that link the speakers’ tweeter (high) and woofer (low) terminals.

• Bi-amping can be used only with speakers that support bi-amping. Refer to your speaker manual. En

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