Onkyo TX-NR1000 instruction manual Connecting Speakers, Connecting to the Speaker Terminals, Notes

Connecting Speakers

Connecting to the Speaker Terminals

After determining the layout of your speaker system, it is now necessary to connect the speakers correctly to your TX-NR1000/TX-NR5000E.

For the USA and Canadian models, you can also use banana plugs/connectors.

Caution:

Connect only speakers with an impedance between 4 and 16 Ω to the TX-NR1000/TX-NR5000E. If the impedance of even one speaker is between 4 and 6 Ω, be sure to set the speaker impedance setting accordingly (See page 89).

Notes:

•Even if you are using only one speaker or listening to monaural (mono) sound, never connect a single speaker in parallel to both the right and left channel terminals.

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•To prevent circuitry damage, never short-circuit the positive (+) and negative (–) speaker wire.

• 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.

•Do not connect more than one speaker cable to one speaker terminal. Doing so may damage the TX-NR1000/TX-NR5000E.

Connecting the Speaker Cable

1.Strip away approx. 5/8 inch (15 mm) of the wire insulation.

2.Twist the wire ends tightly together.

3.Unscrew the speaker terminal cap.

4.Insert the exposed wire end.

5.Tighten speaker terminal cap.

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5/8"

(15 mm)

Attaching the Speaker Labels

The positive speaker terminals on the TX-NR1000/ TX-NR5000E are color coded for easy identification. Attach the supplied speaker labels to the speaker cables, and then match the colors on the speaker cables to the corresponding terminals.

Speaker label Speaker label

The speaker channels are colored as follows:

Front left speaker (+): White

Front right speaker (+): Red

Center speaker (+): Green

Surround left speaker (+): Blue

Surround right speaker (+): Grey

Surround back/Zone 2 left speaker (+): Brown

Surround back/Zone 2 right speaker (+): Tan

Front right	Center	Front left
speaker	speaker	speaker

FRONT RCENTERFRONT L

SPEAKERS A

	TX-NR1000/
	TX-NR5000E
SURR RSURR BACK R (ASSIGNABLE)	SURR BACK L (ASSIGNABLE)SURR L
	(SINGLE)
SPEAKERS A	SPEAKERS A

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Tip:

The terminal wrench that comes with this unit is a useful tool for tightening/ loosening the speaker terminal cap.

Surround right

speaker

Surround back right speaker

Surround left

speaker

Surround back left speaker

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