Connecting Your Speakers—Continued

Speaker Configuration

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

The following table shows which channels you should use based on the number of speakers you have.

Number of speakers:

2

3

4

5

6

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front left

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround left

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround back*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround back left

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround back right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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

To get the best from your surround-sound system, you must set the speaker settings. You can do this automati- cally (see page 61) or manually (see page 94).

Using Dipole Speakers

You can use dipole speakers for the surround left and right and surround back left and right 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 left and right dipole speakers should be positioned so that their arrows point toward your TV or screen, while the surround back left and right dipolar speakers should be positioned so that their arrows point toward each other, as shown.

Dipole speakers

 

 

Normal speakers

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

TV/screen

 

 

TV/screen

 

2

3

4

2

3

4

5

6

5

6

 

7

 

 

8

 

 

 

7

 

8

 

1. Subwoofer

 

 

6. Surround right speaker

2. Front left speaker

7. Surround back left

3. Center speaker

 

 

 

speaker

 

 

4. Front right speaker

8. Surround back right

5. Surround left speaker

 

speaker

 

 

Connecting a Powered Subwoofer

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

Powered

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDMI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RS232

 

 

IN 4

IN 3

IN 2

IN 1

 

OUT

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAIN

SUB

 

 

 

subwoofer

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANTENNA

ETHERNET

 

 

COMPONENT VIDEO

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

AM

 

FM75

 

 

IN 3

IN 2

IN 1(DVD)

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUX 1

GAME/TV

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

MONITOR

IR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

IN

 

 

REMOTE

CB/PB

 

 

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE 2

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

DIGITAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12V TRIGGER

COAXIAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT ZONE 2

IN 1

CR/PR

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

IN

IN

OUT

IN

IN

IN

IN

OUT

IN

IN

FRONT CENTER SURR SURR BACK FRONT CENTER SURR SURR BACK ZONE 2

IN 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN 1

PHONO

CD

TAPE

AUX 1

GAME/TV CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

SUBWOOFER

MULTI CH

SUBWOOFER PRE OUT

PRE

GND

 

ZONE2 R

SURR BACK R

 

FRONT R

SURR R

 

CENTER

SURR L

FRONT L

SU

IN 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRONT R

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRONT L

 

LINE INPUT

SUBWOOFER

PRE OUT

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Onkyo TX-NR905 instruction manual Speaker Configuration, Using Dipole Speakers, Connecting a Powered Subwoofer

TX-NR905 specifications

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