Connecting Your Speakers - Onkyo HT-R510 Instruction Manual

Installing 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 negative (–)
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 between 8 Ω and
16 Ω. Connecting speakers with an impedance of less than
8 Ω may damage your HT-R510.
• Unnecessarily long, or very thin speaker cables may affect
the sound quality and should be avoided.
• Be careful not to short the positive and
negative connections. Doing so may
damage your HT-R510.
• Don't connect more than one cable to
each speaker terminal. Doing so may
damage your HT-R510.
• If you want to connect a single speaker instead of a pair of
speakers, don't connect it to both the left and right speaker
terminals.
L
R
The following illustration shows which speakers should be connected to which terminals.
Subwoofer
COMPONENT VIDEO ANTENNA
VIDEO 1 / 2 / 3
DVD IN OUT
IN
Y
P
B
P R
REMOTE
DIGITAL INPUT CONTROL
OPTICAL COAXIAL
2 1
IN OUT IN
L
L
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
R
R
CD TAPE
L
R
Front speakers
Right
FM
AM
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VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 DVD MONITOR
OUT
IN OUT IN IN
VIDEO
S VIDEO
IN OUT IN FRONT SURR CENTER
L
R
SUB
VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1
WOOFER
DVD
Speakers Set B
Connecting Speaker Set A
1
Strip 5/8" (15 mm) of insu-
lation from the ends of the
speaker cables, and twist
the bare wires tightly, as
shown.
2 Unscrew the terminal.
3
Fully insert the wire.
4 Screw the terminal tight.
Connecting Speaker Set B
1 Strip 3/8" (10 mm) of insu-
lation from the ends of the
speaker cables, and twist
the bare wires tightly, as
shown.
2 While pressing the lever, insert
the wire into the hole, and then
release the lever.
Make sure that the terminals are
gripping the bare wires, not the insu-
lation.
Left
Surround speakers
Right Left
FRONT FRONT SURROUND
SPEAKERS B SPEAKERS A SPEAKERS
L L
L
R R
R
Right Left
Front speakers
5/8" (15 mm)
3/8" (10 mm)
Speakers Set A
Surround
back
Center speaker
speakers
AC OUTLET
AC 120 V 60 Hz
CENTER
SWITCHED
SPEAKER
120 W 1 A MAX.
SURROUND BACK
SPEAKER
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