Connecting the AV Receiver

Connecting Your Speakers

Speaker Configuration

The following table indicates the channels you should use depending on the number of speakers that you have.

For 7.1-channel surround-sound playback, you need 7 speakers and a powered subwoofer.

Number of

2

3

4

5

6

7

7

7

8

8

9

9

9

10

11

speakers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front speakers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center

 

 

speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround

 

 

speakers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround back

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

speaker*1*2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround back

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

speakers*2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front high

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

speakers*2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front wide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

speakers*2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*1 If you’re using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the SURR BACK L terminals.

*2 Front high, surround back and front wide speakers cannot be used at the same time.

No matter how many speakers you use, a powered sub- woofer is recommended for a really powerful and solid bass.

To get the best from your surround sound system, you need to set the speaker settings. You can do this automati- cally (29) or manually (45).

Attaching the Speaker Cable Labels

The AV receiver’s positive (+) speaker terminals are all red (the negative (–) speaker terminals are all black).

Speaker

Color

 

 

Front left, Front high left, Front wide left,

White

Zone 2 left

 

 

 

Front right, Front high right, Front wide right,

Red

Zone 2 right

 

 

 

Center

Green

 

 

Surround left

Blue

 

 

Surround right

Gray

 

 

Surround back left

Brown

 

 

Surround back right

Tan

 

 

The supplied speaker cable labels are also color-coded and you should attach them to the positive (+) side of each speaker cable in accordance with the table above. Then all you need to do is to match the color of each label to the corresponding speaker terminal.

Speaker Connection Precautions

Read the following before connecting your speakers:

You can connect speakers with an impedance of between 4 and 16 ohms. If the impedance of any of the connected speakers is 4 ohms or more, but less than 6 ohms, be sure to set the minimum speaker impedance to “4ohms” (45). If you use speakers with a lower impedance, and use the amplifier at high volume levels for a long period of time, the built-in protection circuit may be activated.

Disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet before making any connections.

Read the instructions supplied with your speakers.

Pay close attention to speaker wiring polarity. In other words, connect positive (+) terminals only to positive (+) terminals, and negative (–) terminals only to negative (–) terminals. If you get them the wrong way around, the sound will be out of phase and will sound unnatural.

Unnecessarily long, or very thin speaker cables may affect the sound quality and should be avoided.

Be careful not to short the positive and negative wires. Doing so may damage the AV receiver.

Make sure the metal core of the wire does not have con- tact with the AV receiver’s rear panel. Doing so may damage the AV receiver.

Don’t connect more than one cable to each speaker ter- minal. Doing so may damage the AV receiver.

Don’t connect one speaker to several terminals.

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Onkyo TX-NR708 Connecting the AV Receiver, Connecting Your Speakers, Speaker Configuration, Speaker Connection Precautions

TX-NR708 specifications

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