Connection - Onkyo TX-SR606 Instruction Manual

Connecting Your Speakers—Continued
Speaker Connection Precautions
Read the following before connecting your speakers:
• North American models: You can connect speakers
with an impedance of between 6 and 16 ohms. 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 amp protection circuit may be acti-
vated.
• Other models: You can connect speakers with an
impedance of between 4 and 16 ohms. If the imped-
ance of any of the connected speakers is 4 ohms or
more, but less than 6 ohms, be sure to set the minimum
speaker impedance to "4 ohms" (see page 42). 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 amp protection circuit may be acti-
vated.
• Disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet before
making any connections.
• Read the instructions supplied with your speakers.
• Pay close attention to speaker wiring polarity. Connect
positive (+) terminals to only positive (+) terminals,
and negative (–) terminals to only negative (–) termi-
nals. If you get them the wrong way around, the sound
will be out of phase and will sound unnatural.
• 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 wires.
Doing so may damage the AV
receiver.
• Don't connect more than one
cable to each speaker termi-
nal. Doing so may damage the
AV receiver.
• Don't connect a speaker to several terminals.
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Connecting the Speaker Cables
1
Strip about 5/8" (15
mm) of insulation from
the ends of the
speaker cables, and
twist the bare wires
tightly, as shown.
2
Unscrew the terminal.
3 Fully insert the bare wire.
4 Screw the terminal tight.
The following illustration shows which speaker should
be connected to each pair of terminals.
If you're using only one surround back speaker, connect
it to the left (L) SURR BACK SPEAKERS terminals.
Surround Surround
back left back right
speaker speaker
Front right
speaker
5/8" (15 mm)
Surround Surround
left right
speaker speaker
Front left Center
speaker speaker