Connecting Your Speakers—Continued

Connecting Speaker Set A

 

Connecting Speaker Set B

 

 

 

1

Strip 5/8" (15 mm) of insu-

5/8" (15 mm)

 

 

lation from the ends of the

 

 

 

speaker cables, and twist

 

 

the bare wires tightly, as

 

 

shown.

 

2 Unscrew the terminal. Fully insert the bare wire, making sure that it’s touching the threaded shaft in the center. Screw the terminal tight.

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 it’s input.

1

Strip 3/8" (10 mm) of insu-

3/8" (10 mm)

 

 

lation from the ends of the

 

 

 

speaker cables, and twist

 

 

the bare wires tightly, as

 

 

shown.

 

2 While pressing the lever, insert

 

 

the wire into the hole, and then

 

 

release the lever.

 

 

Make sure that the terminals are

 

 

gripping the bare wires, not the

 

 

insulation.

 

Note:

While speaker set B is on, speaker set A is reduced to 5.1-channel playback.

Note:

 

 

 

 

 

Make sure the plugs are pushed in all the way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker Set A

 

 

 

 

Front right

 

Front left

 

 

 

 

 

speaker

 

 

 

speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following illustration shows which speaker should be

 

 

 

Center

 

 

 

 

 

speaker

 

 

connected to each pair of terminals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you’re using only one surround back speaker, connect it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the left (L) SURROUND BACK SPEAKERS terminals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANTENNA

SURROUND BACK

SURROUND

FRONT

CENTER

 

 

 

 

 

AM

 

FM 75

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS A

SPEAKER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT V

 

 

 

 

SURROUND BACK

SURROUND

FRONT

CENTER

 

V

 

 

R

 

 

R

 

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS A

SPEAKER

 

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

L

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

OUT

IN

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

OUT

IN

FRONT SURROUND CENTER

SURR BACK

PRE OUT

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

L

WOOFER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

R

 

 

R

 

R

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

 

 

FRONT

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

WOOFER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD

 

 

SPEAKERS B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front right

 

Front left

Powered

Surround

Surround

Surround

Surround

 

 

speaker

 

speaker

subwoofer

back right

back left

right

left

 

 

 

Speaker Set B

 

 

speaker

speaker

speaker

speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Onkyo TX-SR505E Connecting Speaker Set a Connecting Speaker Set B, Connecting a Powered Subwoofer, Strip 5/8 15 mm of insu

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