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Connecting Your Speakers

—Continued

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,
be sure to set the speaker impedance to 4 ohms (see
page 47). 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 amp 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. Connect

positive (+) terminals to only positive (+) terminals,
and negative (–) terminals to only negative (–) termi-
nals. 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 negative wires.
Doing so may damage the AV
receiver.

• Don’t connect more than one

cable to each speaker termi-
nal. Doing so may damage the
AV receiver.

• Don’t connect a speaker to several terminals.

Connecting the Speaker Cables

The following illustration shows which speaker should be connected to each pair of terminals.

If you’re using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the SURR BACK L terminals.

1

Strip about 5/8" (15
mm) of insulation from
the ends of the
speaker cables, and
twist the bare wires
tightly, as shown.

2

Unscrew the terminal.

5/8" (15 mm)

3

Fully insert the bare wire.

4

Screw the terminal tight.

RS232

DIGITAL

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

REMOTE
CONTROL

IN 1

IN 1

IN 2

IN

IN

IN

IN

PHONO

ZONE2 R

ZONE2 L

FRONT R

FRONT L

SURR R

CENTER

SURR L

SURR BACK R

CD

TAPE

AUX 1

GAME/TV

GAME/TV CBL/SAT

CBL/SAT

AUX 1

VCR/DVR

VCR/DVR

DVD

DVD

GND

IN 2

IN 3

L

L

V

S

R

R

ASSIGNABLE

(DVD)

(CBL/SAT)

(VCR/DVR)

(GAME/TV)

(CD)

OUT

COMPONENT VIDEO

ASSIGNABLE

IN 3

Y

CB/PB

CR/PR

IN 2

IN 1(DVD) MONITOR

OUT 1

OUT

IN

IN

OUT

IN

IN

FRONT

FRONT

CENTER

SUBWOOFER

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

SURR

SURR

MULTI CH

PRE OUT

SURR BACK

SURR BACK

AM

ANTENNA

FM75

AC INLET

Bi-AMP

SURR BACK L

Bi-AMP

ETHERNET

MONITOR OUT 2

/ZONE 2 OUT

ZONE 2

ZONE 3

PRE OUT

L

R

SW

A

B

IR

12V TRIGGER OUT

IN

A

B

OUT

V

S

MONITOR

OUT

ZONE 2

OUT

C

HDMI

IN 1

IN 2

IN 3

IN 4

ASSIGNABLE

OUT

MAIN

OUT

SUB

FRONT R

FRONT L

SURR R

CENTER

SURR L

SURR BACK R

Bi-AMP

SURR BACK L

Bi-AMP

Surround back

left speaker

Surround back

right speaker

Front left speaker

Front right speaker

Center speaker

Surround right

speaker

Surround left

speaker

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