Speaker Connections; Connection Tips - JBL Simply Cinema SCS135 Owner's Manual

S P E A K E R C O N N E C T I O N S

Connection Tips

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Separate and strip the ends
of the speaker wire as
shown. Speakers and elec-
tronics terminals have corre-
sponding (+) and (–) termi-
nals. 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 sys-
tems, connecting all of the
speakers in your system with
the correct polarity remains
equally important in order to
preserve the proper ambi-
ence and directionality of the
program material.