Connecting The Speaker Cables And The Subwoofer Cable - Yamaha NS-P446 Owner's Manual

Connecting the speaker cables and the subwoofer cable

Connect the front, center and surround speakers (and surround center speaker for NS-P446) to the speaker output
terminals of your amplifier/receiver with the provided speaker cables. The provided speaker cables have labels marked
FRONT L, FRONT R, CENTER, REAR L, REAR R (and REAR C for NS-P446).
Caution
Before connecting the speakers and the subwoofer, make sure that the power of the subwoofer and the amplifier/
receiver is turned off.
Note
For connections, keep the speaker cables as short as possible. Do not bundle or roll up the excess part of the cables. If the
connections are faulty, no sound will be heard from the speakers.
■ Front speakers and Center speaker
Use the provided speaker cables (4 m). One side of the
speaker cable is red and the other side is black.
1
Remove approximately 10 mm (13/32") of
insulation from the end of each speaker
cable and twist the exposed wires of the
cable together to eliminate the risk of a
short-circuit.
Good
2
Press and hold the tab of the terminal, as
shown in the figure of step 3.
3
Insert the bare wire.
2
4
Release your finger from the tab to allow it to
lock securely on the wire end of the cable.
5
Test the firmness of the connection by
pulling lightly on the cable at the terminal.
Note
Do not let the bare speaker wires touch each other as this could
damage the speaker and/or the amplifier.
Not good
Note: Do not insert the
insulation coating into
the hole. The sound
may not be produced.
Red: positive (+)
3
Black: negative (–)
■ Surround speakers and Surround center
speaker (for NS-P446)
Use the provided speaker cables (15 m). One side of the
speaker cable has a gray line and the other side has no line.
The connection method is the same with Front
speakers and Center speaker. Read from 1 to 5
on left column on this page.
2
Note
Do not let the bare speaker wires touch each other as this could
damage the speaker and/or the amplifier.
■ SUBWOOFER
Connect the subwoofer to the subwoofer pre out
jack of the amplifier/receiver.
■ Connecting components and the
subwoofer to AC plug
After you complete the connection, plug the
amplifier/receiver, TV or other outlet component
and the subwoofer into an AC outlet of
appropriate voltage.
CONNECTIONS
Note: Do not insert the
insulation coating into
the hole. The sound
may not be produced.
Gray line: positive (+)
3
No line: negative (–)
7