Connecting speaker cables

Keep the speaker cables as short as possible. Do not bundle or roll up excess cable. If the connections are faulty, you will hear no sound from the speakers.

Before connecting the cables:

Remove a small amount (about 10 mm) of insulation coating from the end of each speaker cable.

Good

Not Good

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One side of the included speaker cable is marked with a broken white line; the other side is unlined. Connect the (+) terminal on the speaker to the (+) terminal on the amplifier using the cable side marked with the broken white line. Connect the (–) terminals on both components using the unlined side of the speaker cable.

Inserting the cables:

1.Press and hold the terminal tab, as shown in the figure below.

2.Insert the bare wire core.

3.Release your finger from the tab to allow it to lock securely on the bare wire core.

4.Test the security of the connection by pulling gently on the cable at the terminal.

Black: negative (–)

Red: positive (+)

 

 

Note: Do not insert

1

 

the insulation coating

2

into the hole. The

 

 

 

sound may not be

3

 

produced.

Note: Do not let uninsulated bare wires touch each other as this could damage the speaker or the amplifier.

Connections:

•Connect the front, center and surround speakers (and surround back speaker for the NS-P276) to the speaker output terminals on your amplifier using the included speaker cables.

–The included speaker cables have labels marked

FRONT L, FRONT R, CENTER, REAR L, REAR R (and REAR C for NS-P276). Connect each speaker cable to the corresponding speaker as illustrated in the figure on page 6.

–Connect each speaker making sure not to reverse the polarity (+, –). If the speaker is connected with reversed polarity, the sound will be unnatural and lack bass.

–For the front and surround speakers only, connect one speaker to the left (marked L) terminals on your amplifier, and the other speaker to the right (marked R) terminals.

•Connect the subwoofer to the line output (pin jack) terminal(s) on the amplifier.

–To connect to a YAMAHA DSP amplifier (or AV receiver), connect the SUBWOOFER (or LOW PASS, etc.) terminal on the rear of the DSP amplifier (or AV receiver) to the INPUT terminal on the subwoofer.

Connecting components and the subwoofer to AC power

After you complete all speaker and subwoofer connections, plug the amplifier, other audio/video components, and the subwoofer into an AC outlet of appropriate voltage. Make sure the subwoofer’s VOLUME control is set to 0 before proceeding to adjust the speaker balance as described on page 8.

7