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CONNECTION TIPS
SPEAKER CONNECTIONS
Separate and strip the ends
of the speaker wire as
shown. The wires supplied
with the system may already
be stripped and tinned for
easy insertion into the
speaker terminals. Speakers
and electronics terminals
have corresponding (+) and
(–) terminals. Most manu-
facturers of speakers and
electronics, including JBL,
use red to denote the (+)
terminal and black for the
(–) terminal.
The (+) lead of the speaker
wire is noted with a stripe.
It is important to connect
both 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.
With the advent of multi-
channel surround sound
systems, connecting all of
the speakers in your system
with the correct polarity
remains equally important in
order to preserve the proper
ambience and directionality
of the program material.
To connect the supplied
speaker wires to the
speaker terminals, press the
red or black plastic tab for
the desired terminal, insert
the bare end of the wire into
the hole and release the tab.
Gently tug on the wire to
make sure that it is fully
inserted.
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