Connecting speakers

Connecting speakers

After determining the layout of your speaker system, it is now necessary to connect the speakers correctly to your TX-SR800.

Caution:

Connect only speakers with an impedance between 4 and 16 to the TX-SR800. If the impedance of even one speaker is between 4 and 6 , be sure to set the speaker impedance setting accordingly (see page 41).

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.

Using the speaker labels

The positive speaker terminals on the TX-SR800 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 cable label

TX-SR800

Speaker

Speaker cable label

SPEAKERS

– +

LL

RR

+

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

NO!

SPEAKERS

+

LL

RR

+

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

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-SR800.

Connect either your surround back speakers or the speakers you will be using in the remote zone (Zone 2) to the SURR BACK SPEAKERS/ZONE 2 SPEAKERS terminals (see page 24).

Use the PRE OUT SUBWOOFER jack to connect a subwoofer with a built-in power amplifier. If your subwoofer does not have a built-in amplifier, connect an amplifier to the PRE OUT SUBWOOFER jack and the subwoofer to the amplifier.

DIGITAL

 

PRE OUT

ANTENNA

INPUT

 

R

L

COAX

FRONT

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

 

 

CENTER

2

 

 

 

AM

SURR

Subwoofer

AUDIO

VIDEO

S VIDEO

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

OUT

OUT

 

ZONE 2

R L

Front right

Front left

Surround right

Surround left

 

speaker

speaker

speaker

 

speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPONENT

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

FRONT SPEAKERS

SURR SPEAKERS

OUTPUT

R

L

R

L

Y

 

 

 

 

 

CAUTION:

 

 

 

 

SPEAKER

 

 

AC OUTLETS

PB

IMPEDANCE

 

 

 

4 OHMS MIN. OR

 

 

AC 120V 60 Hz

 

6 OHMS MIN.

 

 

SWITCHED

 

/SPEAKER

 

 

TOTAL 120W 1A MAX.

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

DVD

 

 

SURR

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPT

 

BACK/ R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FM

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ConnectingFRONT

theMULTI speakerCH

cable

 

VIDEO 1

2

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

AUDIO

 

IN

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

 

CENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

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

 

 

 

 

 

PHONO

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

the wire insulation.

 

 

 

VIDEO 2

 

 

SURR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL

 

 

 

 

CD

 

IN

 

 

OUTPUT2.

Twist the wire ends tightly together.

 

 

 

R

L

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

3.

UnscrewSURR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPT

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

VIDEO 3

 

the speaker terminal cap.

 

 

 

BACK

 

 

 

TAPE

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Insert the exposed wire end.

IN

 

VIDEO 4

 

 

GND

 

 

 

IN

R

L

capVIDEO

. S VIDEO

 

 

 

 

R

L

 

5. Screw down theAUDIOspeaker terminalAUDIO

1

 

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

 

 

5/8"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15mm)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PR

SEE

 

 

INSTRUCTION

 

INPUT 1

MANUAL FOR

 

Y

CORRECT

 

SETTINGS.

 

 

 

 

CENTER

SURR

PB

BACK/

 

SPEAKER

ZONE 2

 

 

SPEAKERS

PR

 

 

INPUT 2

R

L

 

 

Y

I R

AV RECEIVER

 

 

IN

MODEL NO. TX-SR800

 

 

PB

 

REMOTE

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

OUT

 

PR

 

 

Center

Surround Back

Surround Back

 

speaker

right speaker

left speaker

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