Connecting Your Equipment

Connecting Speakers

Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet.

We recommend a full complement of seven speakers and a subwoofer as shown here but, naturally, everyone's home setup will vary. Simply connect the speakers you have in the manner described below.

One of the latest features of home theater is the use of surround back speakers. These speakers add even greater realism in movie sound effects and some new discs with soundtracks in Dolby Digital or DTS incorporate these channels. See page 27 for speaker placement.

In general, make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the R terminal and the speaker on the left to the L terminal. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/–) terminals on the receiver match those on the speakers.

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We recommend speakers with a nominal impedance rated 8 -16 Ω, but you can change the

speaker impedance setting of the receiver (see page 26).

 

If you only have one surround back speaker hook it up to the left surround back terminal.

If you use a THX certified subwoofer use the THX INPUT jack on the subwoofer (if your subwoofer has one) or switch the filter position to THX on your subwoofer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Powered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front

 

 

 

 

subwoofer

TV/monitor

 

 

 

 

Front

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

speaker

 

 

 

 

(Left)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Right)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround

 

FM UNBAL 75

 

 

 

 

PRE OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2DIGITAL /

AM LOOP

 

 

 

 

MONITOR OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCM/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Left)

DTS/MPEG

IN

 

 

 

 

CENTER

WOOFER

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AC OUTLET

Surround

OUT1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

speaker

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

MONITOR OUT 2

 

 

 

PB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Right)

 

OUT2

 

 

MONITOR OUT 1

 

FRONT

 

PR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN 1

R

L

 

 

 

R

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUR-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(TV/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAT)

IN

 

 

 

IN

ROUND

 

Y

(DVD/LD) IN 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN 2

CD-R/

 

 

 

VCR1/

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(CD-R/

TAPE1

 

 

 

DVR

SUR-

(Single)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAPE1)

OUT

 

 

 

OUT

ROUND

 

PB

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BACK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REC

 

 

 

 

R

L

 

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN 3

PLAY

 

 

 

 

FRONT

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURROUND BACK / ı

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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R

L

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R

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IN 4

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SUR-

 

 

ª

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OUT

 

 

 

OUT

ROUND

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(CD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REC

 

 

 

 

R

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD

 

 

 

TV/

SUB

CEN-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

 

 

SAT

WOOF-

TER

PB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

IN

ER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHONO/

 

 

 

DVD/

SUR-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LINE

 

 

 

ROUND

 

 

·

 

 

 

 

 

 

·

 

 

USB

IN

 

 

 

LD

BACK

 

PR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IN

R

L

(TV/SAT) IN 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

L

R

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AUDIO

 

AUDIO

 

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MULTI CH IN

COMPONENT VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREPARATION

Surround back

Surround back

speaker (Left)

speaker (Right)

7Speaker terminals

1 Twist exposed wire

2 Loosen speaker terminal

3 Tighten

strands tightly

and insert exposed wire.

terminal.

together.

 

 

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