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SPEAKER CONNECTIONS
Separate and strip the ends of
the speaker wire as shown.
Speakers and amplifiers/
receivers have corresponding
(+) and (–) terminals. The (+)
lead of the speaker wire is
noted with a stripe. It is impor-
tant to connect all the speakers
identically: (+) on the speaker
to (+) on the amplifier and (–) on
the speaker to (–) on the ampli-
fier. Wiring “out of phase”
results in thin sound, weak
bass and a poor stereo image.
Use Speaker-level connection
only if your surround receiver
does not have line-level sub-
woofer or LFE outputs. If a line-
level connection is available,
go to the next page.
For speaker-level connection,
connect loudspeaker cable
from the front left and right
loudspeaker outputs of your
Connection Tips
Speaker Level
amplifier/receiver to the corre-
sponding left and right IN termi-
nals on the subwoofer.
Then, connect loudspeaker
cable from left and right loud-
speaker OUT on the subwoofer
to the corresponding input ter-
minals on the front left and right
loudspeakers.
Connect the remaining loud-
speakers directly to the receiv-
er. In the surround processor
set-up menu, the Left/Right
front speakers must be
selected as "Large". All other
loudspeakers must be selected
as small.
