Onkyo TX-SR573 - Manual (Page 16)

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Connecting Your Speakers—Continued
For the best surround-sound experience, you should con-
nect seven speakers and a powered subwoofer.
The following table shows which channels you should
use based on the number of speakers that you have.
*If you’re using only one surround back speaker, connect it to
the left (L) SURROUND BACK SPEAKERS terminals.
No matter how many speakers you use, a powered sub-
woofer is recommended for a really powerful and solid
bass.
Before using the AV receiver, you must specify which
speakers are connected and their sizes (see page 32).
To get the very best from your surround-sound system,
you should also specify the distance between the listener
and each speaker so that the sound from each speaker
arrives at the listener’s ears at the same time (see
page 52). In addition, you should set the volume level of
each speaker so that all speakers can be heard equally at
the listening position (see page 52.)
The AV receiver’s positive (+) speaker terminals are
color-coded for ease of identification. (The negative (–)
speaker terminals are all black.)
The supplied speaker labels are also color-coded and you
should attach them to the positive (+) side of each
speaker cable in accordance with the above table. All you
need to do then is to match the color of each label to the
corresponding speaker terminal.
Read the following before connecting your speakers:
• You can connect speakers with an impedance of 6
ohms or higher. If you use speakers with a lower
impedance, and use the amplifier at high volume lev-
els for a long period of time, the built-in amp-protec-
tion 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. In other
words, connect positive (+) terminals to only positive
(+) terminals, and negative (–) terminals to only nega-
tive (–) terminals. 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.
How Many Speakers?
Number of speakers: 2 3 4 5 6 7
Front left ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Front right ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Center ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Surround left ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Surround right ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Surround back* ✓
Surround back left ✓
Surround back right ✓
Attaching the Speaker Labels
Speaker terminal Color
Front left White
Front right Red
Center Green
Surround left Blue
Surround right Gray
Surround back left Brown
Surround back right Tan
Speaker Connection Precautions