Speaker Installation; Speaker Layout; Speaker Connections - Denon AV SURROUND RECEIVER AVR-5308CI Owner's Manual

Speaker Installation

Speaker Layout

The illustration below shows a basic example of installation of the amplifier combined with 8 speakers and
a monitor.
Subwoofer
Front speakers
Place the front speakers to the
sides of the monitor or screen and
as flush with the screen surface as
possible.
Two surround back speakers are required to use the THX Ultra2 Cinema,THX Music mode and THX Games
mode.
Set the surround back speakers so that the distance to the listening position is the same for both the left
and right speakers. It is also recommended that the deviations of the distance from the listening position
to L and R channel speakers (front left (FL) and front right (FR), surround left (SL) and surround right (SR),
surround back left (SBL) and surround back right (SBR)) is less than 2 ft (60 cm).
The table below shows a typical speaker configuration for the AVR-5308CI.
SURROUND
FRONT
CENTER
L R L
9.1-channels
S S S S
7.1-channels
S S S S
6.1-channels
S S S S
5.1-channels
S S S S
3.1-channels –
S S S
2.1-channels – –
S S
2-channels – –
S S
b The AVR-5308CI can be connected to a maximum of 3 subwoofers.
Center speaker
Surround back speakers
Surround speakers
SURROUND
SURROUND BACK SUBWOOFER
A B
R L R L R 1 only
–
S S S S S
– – –
S S S
– – – –
S S
– – – – –
S
– – – – – –
– – – – – –
– – – – – –

Speaker Connections

Example: 9.3-channels and ZONE2 use
Front speaker (R)
b L : Left
R : Right
(R)
w q
(R) (R) (R)
w q w q w
Surround
Surround Surround
back
speaker- speaker-
speaker
A (R) B (R)
(R)
(b)
S
S
S
S
S
When using just one surround back speaker, connect it to the left channel (SBL).
S
NOTE
–
By default, the AVR-5308CI's "Amp Assign" setting is set to "ZONE2" , so sound is not output simply by
connecting a speaker to the surround back terminal. To use as the surround back speaker for the MAIN
ZONE, either turn the ZONE2 power off or change the "Amp Assign" setting (vpage 85 ~ 88).
Center speaker Subwoofer 1 Front speaker (L)
Subwoofer
with built-in
amplifier
w q
Subwoofer with built-in
amplifier
(L)
q w q
Surround
back
Subwoofer 3 Subwoofer 2
speaker
(L)
(R)
(L)
w q w q
ZONE2 speakers
ZONE2
(L)
w q
(L) (L)
w q w q
Surround Surround
speaker- speaker-
B (L) A (L)
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