Yamaha NS-P236 Owner's Manual page 12

● Connect the main, center and rear speakers (and rear
center speaker for NS-P236) to the speaker output
terminals of your amplifier 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-P236). Connect each speaker
cord to the corresponding speaker by following the
figure on page 7.
* Connect each speaker making sure not to reverse the
polarity (+, –). If the speaker is connected with
reversed polarity, the sound will be unnatural and lack
bass.
* For the main and rear speakers only, connect one
speaker to the left (marked L) terminals of your
amplifier, and another speaker to the right (marked R)
terminals.
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● Basically, connect the subwoofer to the line output (pin
jack) terminal(s) of the amplifier. If your amplifier does
not have any line output terminal, connect the subwoofer
to the speaker output terminals of the amplifier. (Refer to
page 9 for details.)
* To connect with a YAMAHA DSP amplifier (or AV
receiver), connect the SUBWOOFER (or LOW PASS
etc.) terminal on the rear of the DSP amplifier (or AV
receiver) to the L/MONO INPUT2 terminal of the
subwoofer.
* To connect the subwoofer to the SPLIT SUBWOOFER
terminals on the rear of the DSP amplifier, connect
them to both the left L and right R INPUT2 terminals
of the subwoofer.
Note
When connecting to a monaural line output terminal of the
amplifier, connect to the L/MONO INPUT2 terminal.