Connections; Connecting The Av Controller; Connecting Your Speakers - Onkyo PR-SC5508 Instruction Manual

Connections

Connecting the AV Controller

Connecting Your Speakers

The AV controller is designed to be used with a separate multichannel power amplifier. You connect the AV controller's
PRE OUT jacks to the amplifier's inputs, and connect your speakers to the amplifier's speakers terminals. Speaker settings
such as crossover frequency and distance are set on the AV controller.
Speaker Configuration
The following table indicates the channels you should use depending on the number of speakers that you have.
For 9.2-channel surround-sound playback, you need 9 speakers and 2 powered subwoofers.
Number of speakers
Front speakers
Center speaker
Surround speakers
*1
Surround back speaker
Surround back speakers
Front high speakers
Front wide speakers *2
*1 If you're using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the SURR BACK L output.
*2 If you use the front high and wide speakers at the same time, you need to set the "Front High + Front Wide" setting to "Yes"
48).
(➔
No matter how many speakers you use, 2 powered subwoofers are recommended for a really powerful and solid bass.
To get the best from your surround sound system, you need to set the speaker settings. You can do this automatically
(➔ 29) or manually (➔ 48).
Connecting a Power Amplifier with RCA Inputs
You can connect the AV controller to a multichannel power amplifier with RCA input jacks by using a multichannel RCA
audio cable or several stereo RCA audio cables.
See your multichannel power amplifier's instruction manual for more information on connecting speakers.
AV controller
FRONT HIGH/
FRONT WIDE
SURROUND BACK
RIGHT RIGHT
INPUT
INPUT
SELECT SELECT
OUTPUT
OUTPUT
Front high/ Surround
Front wide back/Front
right speaker *1 wide right
speaker
2 3 4 5 6 7
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔
✔
SURROUND FRONT
RIGHT RIGHT
INPUT INPUT
SELECT SELECT
OUTPUT OUTPUT
Surround Front right
right speaker
speaker
*2
7 7 8 8 9 9 9
✔ ✔
✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
FRONT
CENTER LEFT
INPUT INPUT
SELECT SELECT
OUTPUT OUTPUT
SPEAKER IMPEDANCE
4 OHMS MIN. PER EACH
SPEAKER TERMINAL
FUSE AC INLET 12V TRIGGER
IN OUT
Center Front left Surround
speaker speaker
speaker
Multichannel
power amplifier
FRONT HIGH/
FRONT WIDE
SURROUND SURROUND BACK
LEFT LEFT LEFT
INPUT INPUT INPUT
SELECT SELECT SELECT
OUTPUT OUTPUT OUTPUT
SEVEN CHANNEL AMPLIFIER
MODEL NO. RDA-7.1
Surround Front high/
back/Front Front wide
left
wide left left speaker
speaker *2
*1
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