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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 4 and 16 ohms. If the impedance of any of the
connected speakers is 4 ohms or more but less than 6,
be sure to set the speaker impedance to 4 ohms (see
page 47). 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 protection 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.
If you’re using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the SURR BACK L 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.
5/8" (15 mm)
3
Fully insert the bare wire.
4
Screw the terminal tight.
RS232
DIGITAL
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
REMOTE
CONTROL
IN 1
IN 1
IN 2
IN IN IN IN
PHONO
ZONE2 R ZONE2 LFRONT R FRONT LSURR R CENTER SURR L
SURR BACK R
CD TAPE AUX 1
GAME/TV
GAME/TVCBL/SAT
CBL/SAT
AUX 1 VCR/DVR
VCR/DVR DVD
DVD
GND
IN 2
IN 3
LL
V
S
RR
ASSIGNABLE
(DVD)
(CBL/SAT)
(VCR/DVR)
(GAME/TV)
(CD)
OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE
IN 3
Y
C
B
/P
B
C
R
/P
R
IN 2 IN
1(DVD)
MONITOR
OUT 1
OUT
IN IN
OUT
IN IN FRONT FRONTCENTER
SUBWOOFER SUBWOOFER
CENTERSURR SURR
MULTI CH
PRE OUT
SURR BACK SURR BACK
AM
ANTENNA
FM75
AC INLET
Bi-AMP
SURR BACK L
Bi-AMP
ETHERNET
MONITOR OUT 2
/ZONE 2 OUT
ZONE 2ZONE 3
PRE OUT
L
R
SW
AB
IR
12V TRIGGER OUT
IN
AB
OUT
V
S
MONITOR
OUT
ZONE 2
OUT
C
HDMI
IN 1IN 2IN 3IN 4
ASSIGNABLE
OUT
MAIN
OUT
SUB
FRONT R FRONT LSURR R CENTER SURR L
SURR BACK R
Bi-AMP
SURR BACK L
Bi-AMP
Surround back
left speaker
Surround back
right speaker
Front left speakerFront right speaker Center speaker
Surround right
speaker
Surround left
speaker