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Connections
Connecting the Amplifier
Before connecting the speakers, place them correctly by
consulting the instruction manuals that came with them.
For surround playback, the configuration and placement
of your speakers are very important.
Please note that connecting speakers with a low power
input rating does not produce large sound volumes. For
those speakers, large sound volumes causing excessive
input level may damage the speakers.
Note
• Once you’ve completed speaker connections, you must turn
on the AV controller or control amplifier and configure the
output channels.
Attaching the Speaker Labels
The amplifier’s positive (+) speaker terminals are all red
(the negative (–) speaker terminals are all black).
The supplied speaker cable labels are also color-coded and
you should attach them to the positive (+) side of each
speaker cable in accordance with the above table. Then all
you need to do is to match the color of each label to the
corresponding speaker terminal.
(North American models)
• If you are using banana plugs, tighten the speaker
terminal before inserting the banana plug.
• Do not insert the speaker code directly into the center
hole of the speaker terminal.
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 ohms, be sure
to set the minimum speaker impedance to “
4
Ω
”
(
➔
page 10
). 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 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. In other
words, connect positive (+) terminals only to positive (+)
terminals, and negative (–) terminals only to 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.
• If you use 4 or 5 speakers, connect each of the two
surround speakers to the
SURROUND L/R
terminals.
Do not connect them to the
SURR BACK L/R
or
FRONT HIGH/WIDE L/R
terminals.
• Be careful not to short the positive and negative wires.
Doing so may damage the amplifier.
• Make sure the metal core of the wire does not have
contact with the amplifier’s rear panel. Doing so may
damage the amplifier.
• Don’t connect more than one cable to each speaker
terminal. Doing so may damage the amplifier.
• Don’t connect one speaker to several terminals.
Connecting Your Speakers
Speaker
Color
Front left
White
Front right
Red
Center
Green
Surround left
Blue
Surround right
Gray
Surround back left
Brown
Surround back right
Tan
Front high/wide left
White
Front high/wide right
Red
