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CONNECTING THE SYSTEM
The terminals of the BassCube6S will accept bare
wire, individual banana plugs, or spade lugs. Due to
compliance with CE safety guidelines, the terminal
spacing will not accommodate dual banana plugs.
Use at least AWG#18 speaker cable for runs under 15
feet. Use AWG#16 or heavier speaker cable for longer
runs. Speaker cable will have some means of identify-
ing the two conductors. This will often be printing, a
ridge or stipe on the insulation, or different color of the
conductors. Determine which conductor you will use
to connect to the positive (+) terminals of the amplifier
and speaker systems.
In most systems, it will be best to connect the sub-
woofer and satellite wiring together at the receiver’s
speaker outputs. This will mean that you connect bth
the wire from the satellite speaker, and the same chan-
nel of the BassCube 6S together to the same speaker
output terminal. The receiver’s speaker terminals will
determine the maximum wire size that you can
easily use.
1) Determine how long each of the speaker cables
should be. Cut the cable to the appropriate
lengths.
2) Strip approximately 3/4 inch of insulation from the
two individual conductors on both ends of each
speaker cable. Twist the exposed strands of the
bare wire to keep them together.
3) Run the wire to each satellite speaker, and to the
subwoofer. Connect the conductor you have cho-
sen as the positive (+) conductor to each satellite
speaker. Repeat for the negative (-) wire.
4) Likewise, connect the positive and negative wires
to the terminals of the subwoofer. Maintain the
same wiring polarity as you did for the satellite
speakers. It does not matter which channel is con-
nected to input A or B on the BassCube 6S. The
two inputs are identical.
5) At the receiver, twist the positive wire from the right
satellite speaker together with one of the positive
wires from the BassCube 6S. Connect this pair of
wires to the right channel positive speaker output
terminal. Repeat for the negative wires.
6) Repeat for the remaining left channel wires.
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