JBL Performance Specialist SS88IWS Owner's Manual page 5

using a dedicated subwoofer
amplifier or your main receiver/
amplifier to power the
SS88IWS, select one of the
two connection methods that
follow.
Connection Method #1
Use this method when you
are using the SS88IWS with
your main receiver/amplifier.
Connection Method #1, Using Two SS88IWS Loudspeakers (Use Shorting Straps)
Rear of Left SS88IWS
L 1
SS88IWS
J 2 J 1
L 3
Connection Method #1, Using Two SS88IWS Loudspeakers
YEL/BLK YEL WHT/BLK
– + –
INPUT 1 INPUT 2
Connect the main left and
right speaker-level outputs on
your receiver/amplifier to the
Input 1 (for left channel) and
Input 2 (for right channel)
connectors on the SS88IWS
loudspeaker or connection
panel. Connect the Output 1
terminals to the correspon-
ding terminals on your front
Receiver/Amplifier Speaker Outputs
Left
–
BLK
GRN
L 2
C 2
C 1
C 3
C 4
L 4
BLK
ORN
Front Left Speaker
– +
With Back Boxes (Use Shorting Straps)
Receiver/Amplifier Speaker Outputs
Left
–
Connections Panel of
Left SS88IWSBB Back Box
WHT ORG/BLK ORG GRE/BLK GRE
+ – + – +
OUTPUT 1 OUTPUT 2
Front Left Speaker
– +
Right
+ – +
SS88IWS
J 2 J 1
Right
+ – +
YEL/BLK YEL
– +
INPUT 1
left speaker, and the Output 2
terminals to the correspon-
ding terminals on your front
right speaker.
You may wish to mount the
SS88IWS horizontally to pre-
serve the stereo image of the
left and right low frequencies.
Rear of Right SS88IWS
BLK
GRN
L 2
L 1
C 1
C 3
L 3
L 4
BLK
ORN
Front Right Speaker
– +
Connections Panel of
Right SS88IWSBB Back Box
WHT/BLK WHT ORG/BLK ORG
– + – +
INPUT 2 OUTPUT 1
Front Right Speaker
– +
C 2
C 4
GRE/BLK GRE
– +
OUTPUT 2
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