Connecting your speakers —continued, Speaker connection precautions, Connecting the speaker cables – Onkyo HT-R518 User Manual
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Connecting Your Speakers
—Continued
Speaker Connection Precautions
Read the following before connecting your speakers:
• You can connect speakers with an impedance of
between 8 and 16 ohms. If you use speakers with a
lower impedance, and use the amplifier at high volume
levels for a long period of time, the built-in amp pro-
tection circuit may be activated.
• Disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet before
making any connections.
• Read the instructions supplied with your speakers.
• Pay close attention to speaker wiring polarity. Connect
positive (+) terminals to only positive (+) terminals,
and negative (–) terminals to only negative (–) termi-
nals. If you get them the wrong way around, the sound
will be out of phase and will sound unnatural.
• Unnecessarily long or very thin speaker cables may
affect the sound quality and should be avoided.
• Be careful not to short the
positive and negative wires.
Doing so may damage the AV
receiver.
• Don’t connect more than one
cable to each speaker termi-
nal. Doing so may damage the
AV receiver.
• Don’t connect a speaker to several terminals.
Connecting the Speaker Cables
The following illustration shows which speaker should
be connected to each pair of terminals.
1
Strip about 5/8"
(15 mm) of insulation
from the ends of the
speaker cables, and
twist the bare wires
tightly, as shown.
2
Unscrew the terminal.
3
Fully insert the bare wire.
4
Screw the terminal tight.
5/8" (15 mm)
REMOTE
CONTROL
L
R
SURR SPEAKERS
FRONT SPEAKERS
CENTER SPEAKER
ASSIGNABLE
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
1
(DVD)
2
(CBL/SAT)
1
(VCR/DVR)
2
(CD)
DIGITAL IN
ANTENNA
FM
AM
75
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN 1(DVD)
IN 2
OUT
OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
Y
CB/PB
CR/PR
SUB
WOOFER
FRONT
SURR
CENTER
CD
R
L
TAPE
CBL/SAT
CBL/SAT
VCR/DVR
VCR/DVR
DVD
DVD
R
L
R
L
S
V
MONITOR
OUT
S
V
PRE OUT
SUB
WOOFER
L
R
ASSIGNABLE
HDMI
IN 1
IN 2
IN 3
ASSIGNABLE
OUT
OUT
OUT
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
Center speaker
Surround
right
speaker
Surround
left
speaker
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