Onkyo HT-R500 Instruction Manual page 13

Positioning speakers/Connecting speakers
Before connecting
• Refer also to the instruction manuals of the speakers.
• Be sure to connect the positive and negative cables for the
speakers properly. If they are mixed up, the left and right
signals will be reversed and the audio will sound unnatural.
• Connect speakers with an impedance between 6 Ω and 16 Ω
Connecting speakers with an impedance less than 6 Ω may
damage the HT-R500.
• To prevent damage to circuits, never short-circuit the positive
(+) and negative (–) speaker wires.
• Do not connect more than one speaker cable to one speaker
terminal. Doing so may damage the HT-R500.
• When you are using only one speaker or when you wish to
listen to monaural (mono) sound, a single speaker should never
be connected in parallel to both the right and left channel
terminals simultaneously.
L
NO!
R
Use the SUBWOOFER PRE OUT
jack to connect a subwoofer with a
built-in power amplifier.
If your subwoofer does not have a
built-in amplifier, connect
amplifier to the SUBWOOFER PRE
OUT jack and the subwoofer to the
amplifier.
ANTENNA
AM
DIGITAL INPUT VIDEO 2
REMOTE
OPTICAL COAXIAL
CONTROL
2 1
IN OUT IN
L
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
R
CD TAPE
VIDEO 2
NO!
L
NO!
R
Connecting to SPEAKERS A
Active Front right
an
subwoofer speakers
FM
75
VIDEO 1 DVD MONITOR
OUT
IN OUT IN IN
VIDEO
S VIDEO
IN OUT IN FRONT SURR CENTER
L
R
SUB
VIDEO 1
WOOFER
DVD
Connecting to SPEAKERS B
How to connect to the FRONT SPEAKERS A,
SURROUND SPEAKERS and CENTER
SPEAKER terminals
5/8" (15 mm)
Strip 5/8" (15 mm) from the end of each
cable, then twist the exposed wires tightly.
Loosen the
screw.
How to connect to the FRONT SPEAKERS B
terminals
3/8" (10 mm)
Strip 3/8" (10 mm)
Press and hold
from the end of
the lever.
each cable, then
twist the exposed
wires tightly.
Surround
Front left
right
speakers
speakers
FRONT FRONT SURROUND
SPEAKERS A SPEAKERS B SPEAKERS
L L
L
R
R R
Front right Front left
speakers speakers
Fully insert the Tighten the
end of the screw.
cable.
Insert the stripped
end of the cable.
By releasing the
lever, the lever is
replaced.
Surround
Center
left
speaker
speakers
AC OUTLET
CENTER
SPEAKER
DO NOT connect the
power cord at this
time.
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