Connecting Your Speakers; Speaker Configuration; Attaching Speaker Labels - Onkyo TX SR805 Instruction Manual

Connecting Your Speakers—Continued

Connecting Your Speakers

Speaker Configuration
For the best surround-sound experience, you should con-
nect seven speakers and a powered subwoofer.
The following table shows which channels you should
use based on the number of speakers you have.
Number of speakers: 2
✓
Front left
✓
Front right
Center
Surround left
Surround right
Surround back*
Surround back left
Surround back right
* If you're using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the
SURR BACK L terminals.
No matter how many speakers you use, a powered sub-
woofer is recommended for a powerful and solid bass.
To get the best from your surround-sound system, you
must set the speaker settings. You can do this automati-
cally (see page 55) or manually (see page 86).
Using Dipole Speakers
You can use dipole speakers for the surround left and
right and surround back left and right speakers. Dipole
speakers output the same sound in two directions.
Dipole speakers typically have an arrow printed on them to
indicate how they should be positioned. The surround left
and right dipole speakers should be positioned so that their
arrows point toward your TV or screen, while the surround
back left and right dipolar speakers should be positioned
so that their arrows point toward each other, as shown.
Dipole speakers
1
TV/screen
2 3 4
5 6
7 8
1. Subwoofer
2. Front left speaker
3. Center speaker
4. Front right speaker
5. Surround left speaker
3 4 5 6 7
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Normal speakers
1
TV/screen
4
2 3
5 6
7 8
6. Surround right speaker
7. Surround back left
speaker
8. Surround back right
speaker
Connecting a Powered Subwoofer
Using a suitable cable, connect the AV receiver's SUB-
WOOFER PRE OUT to the input on your powered sub-
woofer. If your subwoofer is unpowered and you're
using an external amplifier, connect the SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT to the amp's input.
Powered
RS232
subwoofer COMPONENT VIDEO
IN 3 IN 2
Y
REMOTE C B /P B
CONTROL
DIGITAL ASSIGNABLE
COAXIAL
IN 1
(DVD)
C R /P R
IN
IN 2 (VCR/DVR)
L
IN 3 (CBL/SAT)
R R
OPTICAL
PHONO
LINE INPUT IN 1
(GAME/TV)
GND
ZONE2 R
IN 2
(CD)
OUT
LINE INPUT
Attaching the Speaker Labels
The AV receiver's positive (+) speaker terminals are
color-coded for ease of identification. (The negative (–)
speaker terminals are all black.)
Speaker terminal
Front left, Zone 2 left
Front right, Zone 2 right
Center
Surround left
Surround right
Surround back left
Surround back right
The supplied speaker labels are also color-coded and you
should attach them to the positive (+) side of each
speaker cable in accordance with the above table. All you
need to do then is to match the color of each label to the
corresponding speaker terminal.
HDMI
ASSIGNABLE
IN 4 IN 3 IN 2 IN 1 OUT
ANTENNA
ASSIGNABLE AM FM75
IN 1(DVD) MONITOR
OUT
MONITOR
AUX 1 GAME/TV CBL/SAT VCR/DVR DVD OUT IR
V
IN
ZONE 2
V
OUT
12V TRIGGER
OUT ZONE 2
S
S
OUT
IN OUT IN IN IN IN OUT IN IN FRONT CENTER SURR SURR BACK FRONT CENTER SURR SURR BACK
L
SUBWOOFER SUBWOOFER
CD TAPE AUX 1 GAME/TV CBL/SAT VCR/DVR DVD MULTI CH PRE OUT
SURR BACK R
FRONT R SURR R CENTER SURR L FRONT L
Bi-AMP
FRONT R (BTL) FRONT L
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
Color
White
Red
Green
Blue
Gray
Brown
Tan
ZONE 2
PR
SU
(BTL)
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