Attaching The Speaker Labels; Connecting The Speaker Cables - Onkyo TX-SR502 Instruction Manual

Connecting Your Speakers —Continued
Connecting Your Speakers
Before you connect your speakers, read the following:
• Disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet.
• Read the instructions supplied with your speakers.
• Pay close attention to speaker wiring polarity. In other
words, connect positive (+) terminals only to positive
(+) terminals, and negative (–) terminals only to nega-
tive (–) terminals. If you get them the wrong way
around, the sound will be out of phase and will sound
odd.
• Only use speakers with an impedance of 6 ohms or
higher. If you use speakers with a lower impedance,
and use the amplifier at high volume levels for a long
period of time, the built-in protection circuit may be
activated.
• Unnecessarily long or very thin speaker cables may
affect the sound quality and should be avoided.
• Be careful not to short the posi-
tive and negative connections.
Doing so may damage the AV
Receiver.
• Don't connect more than one
cable to each speaker terminal.
Doing so may damage the AV
Receiver.
• If you want to connect a single speaker instead of a
pair, connect it to either the left or right speaker termi-
nals, not both.
L
R
The following illustration shows which speakers should be connected to which terminals.
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
ANTENNA
VIDEO 1 / 2 / 3IN DVD IN OUT FM
AM
75
Y
P B
VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 DVD MONITOR
P
R
IN OUT IN IN OUT
REMOTE
CONTROL
DIGITAL IN
VIDEO
OPTICAL COAXIAL
3 2 1
S VIDEO
IN OUT IN IN IN OUT IN FRONT SURR CENTER
L L
L
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
R
R
R
SUB
CD TAPE VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1
WOOFER
DVD
The SUBWOOFER PRE OUT should be connected to the
input on your powered subwoofer. If your subwoofer
doesn't have an amp built-in, you'll need to use an
external amp. See the manual supplied with your
subwoofer for more information.

Attaching the Speaker Labels

The AV Receiver's positive (+) speaker terminals are
color-coded for ease of identification. (The negative (–)
speaker terminals are all black.)
The supplied speaker labels are also color-coded and you
should attach them to the positive (+) side of each
speaker cable in accordance with the above table. All you
need to do then is to match the color of each label to the
corresponding speaker terminal.

Connecting the Speaker Cables

1
2
L
R
Powered
subwoofer
LINE INPUT
LINE INPUT
Class 2 Wiring
AC OUTLET
FRONT FRONT SURROUND CENTER
AC 120 V 60 Hz
SPEAKERS B SPEAKERS A SPEAKERS SPEAKER
SWITCHED
120 W 1 A MAX.
L L L
R R R
SURROUND BACK
SPEAKER
Speaker terminal Color
Front left White
Front right Red
Center Green
Surround left Blue
Surround right Gray
Surround back Brown
Strip 5/8" (15 mm) of
insulation from the
ends of the speaker
cables, and twist the
bare wires tightly, as
shown.
Unscrew the terminal. Fully insert the bare
wires. Screw the terminal tight.
Speaker set A
Surround Surround
Front Front
right left right left
speaker speaker
speaker speaker
FRONT FRONT SURROUND
SPEAKERS B SPEAKERS A SPEAKERS
L L L
R R R
Front Front
right left
speaker speaker
Speaker set B
5/8" (15 mm)
Center Surround
speaker back
speaker
CENTER
SPEAKER
SURROUND BACK
SPEAKER
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