Connecting The Av Receiver; Connecting Your Speakers - Onkyo HT-RC160 Instruction Manual

Connecting the AV Receiver

Connecting Your Speakers

Speaker Configuration
For 7.1-channel surround-sound playback, you need
seven speakers and a powered subwoofer.
The following table indicates the channels you should
use depending on the number of speakers that you have.
Number of speakers: 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9
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Front left
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Front right
Center
Surround left
Surround right
*
Surround back
Surround back left
Surround back right
Front high left
Front high 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 really powerful and solid
bass.
To get the best from your surround sound system, you
need to set the speaker settings. You can do this automat-
ically (see page 45) or manually (see page 67).
Note:
Front high and surround back speakers produce no sound
at the same time.
Attaching the Speaker Labels
The AV receiver's positive (+) speaker terminals are all
red (the negative (–) speaker terminals are all black).
Speaker
Front left, Zone 2 left
Front right, Zone 2 right
Center
Surround left
Surround right
Surround back left
Surround back right
Front high left
Front high right
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.
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✓ ✓
✓ ✓
✓ ✓ ✓
✓ ✓ ✓
Color
White
Red
Green
Blue
Gray
Brown
Tan
White
Red
• Speaker cable labels is not supplied with the
HT-S7200 Home Theater System.
• If you are using banana plugs, tighten the speaker ter-
minal before inserting the banana plug.
• Do not insert the speaker code directly into the center
hole of the speaker terminal.
Using Dipole Speakers
You can use dipole speakers for the surround left and
right, surround back left and right and front high 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 the TV/screen, while the
surround back left and right and front high left and right
dipole speakers should be positioned so that their arrows
point toward each other, as shown.
Dipole speakers
9 10
TV/screen
1
2 3 4
5 6
7 8
1.Subwoofer
2.Front left speaker
3.Center speaker
4.Front right speaker
5.Surround left speaker
6.Surround right speaker
Normal speakers
9 10
TV/screen
1
2 3 4
5 6
7 8
7.Surround back left
speaker
8.Surround back right
speaker
9.Front high left speaker
10.Front high right speaker
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