Onkyo HTX-22HD Speaker System User Manual


 
18
Connecting the Speakers
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Read the following before connecting your
speakers:
Disconnect the power cord from the wall
outlet before making any connections.
Connect only speakers with an impedance
of 6 ohms or higher.
Read the instructions supplied with your
speakers.
•Pay close attention to speaker wiring polar-
ity. Connect positive (+) terminals to only
positive (+) terminals, and negative (–) ter-
minals to only negative (–) 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 nega-
tive wires. Doing so
may damage the HTX-
22HD.
Don’t connect more than one cable to each
speaker terminal. Doing so may damage
the HTX-22HD.
Don’t connect a speaker to several termi-
nals.
Maker sure that the speaker terminals are
gripping the bare wires, not the insulation.
Speaker Connection Precautions
Making the Connections
1
Remove the pre-
cut insulation
from the ends of
the speaker
cables, and
twist the bare wires tightly.
2
Push the lever to
open the hole, insert
the bare wire into
the hole, and then
release the lever.