Sony STR-DE635 - Manual (Page 14)

Speaker System Hookup
To avoid short-circuiting the speakers
ihort-circuitinj; of the speakers may ciamage the receiver.
To prevent this, make sure to take the following
precautions when connecting the speakers.
Make sure the stripped ends of each speaker cord
ioes not touch another speaker terminal or the
tripped end of another speaker cord.
Speaker impedance
To enjov multi channel surround, connect front, center,
and rear speakers with a nominal impedance of 8 ohms or
higher, and set tire speaker IMPEDANCE SELECTOR to
"8D." Check the instruction manual supplied with your
speakers if you're not sure of their impedance. (This
information is usually printed on a label on the back of
the speaker.)
xamples of poor conditions of the speaker cord
ripped speaker cord is touching another speaker terminal.
pped cords are touching each other due to excessive
loval of insulation.
:er connecting all the components, speakers,
I AC power cord, output a test tone to check
t all the speakers are connected correctly. For
ails on outputting a test tone, see page 18.
You may connect a pair of speakers with a nominal
impedance between 4 and 8 ohms to the FRONT
SPEAKERS terminals, if you set the IMPEDANCE
SELECTOR to Speakers connected to the REAR and
CENTER SPEAKERS terminals must have a nominal
impedance of 8 ohms or higher (regardless of the setting
of the IMPEDANCE SELECTOR).
Note
Be sure to connect front speakers with a nominal impedance of 8
ohms or higher if you want to select both sets (A+B) of front
speakers (see page 23).
1 sound is heard from a speaker while outputting a
tone or a test tone is output from a speaker other than
>ne whose name is currently displayed on the
ver, the speaker may be short-circuited. If this
>ens, check the speaker connection again.