Power Cord Precautions....9 Adjustment........9 Operating Precautions....... 9 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo home theater speaker package. Please read this manual thoroughly Appendix before using your new speakers. Following the instructions in this manual will enable you to obtain Troubleshooting ......
WARNING: WARNING AVIS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE DO NOT OPEN NE PAS OUVRIR SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the CAUTION: presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage”...
Make sure your box contains all of the items below. If The fuse is located inside the chassis and is not userser- anything is missing, contact the nearest Onkyo dealer. viceable. If power does not come on, contact your Onkyo • Front speakers • Speaker cable for front authorized service station.
Getting to know Your Speaker Package Front, Center, and Surround speakers (SKF-518F, SKC-518C, SKM-518S) ■ Rear SKF-518F SKC-518C SKM-518S Speaker terminals These push terminals are for connecting the speaker to the AV receiver with the supplied speaker cables. The supplied speaker cables are color-coded for easy identification.
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Getting to know Your Speaker Package —Continued Subwoofer (SKW-518/SKW-501) ■ Front SKW-518 SKW-501 ■ Rear SKW-518/SKW-501 To AC outlet STANDBY/ON indicator Using the Floor Pads for Subwoofer Red: Subwoofer in standby mode If the subwoofer is placed on a hard floor (wood, vinyl, Blue: Subwoofer on tile, etc.) and playback is very loud, the subwoofer's feet...
Connecting the Speakers Read the following before connecting your speakers: Connecting the Speaker Cables • Turn off your receiver before making any connections. Use the supplied cables to connect each • Pay close attention to speaker wir- speaker’s input terminals to the corresponding ing polarity.
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Connecting the Speakers —Continued Enjoying Home Theater The Home Theater means that you can enjoy surround sound with a real sense of movement in your own home—just like being in a movie theater or concert hall. Surround left and right speakers Front left and right speakers (SKF-518F) (SKM-518S) These output the main sound.
Connecting the Speakers —Continued Leave a gap of between 5 mm Wall Mounting Wall and 10 mm between the wall The speakers can easily be wall mounted by using the and the base of the screw head, keyhole slots. To prevent the speaker from vibrating as shown.
To set the level of the subwoofer, use the OUTPUT speakers and AV components. LEVEL control. Set it so that bass sounds are evenly bal- • Turning on the SKW-518 (HTP-518)/SKW-501 anced with the treble sounds from the other speakers. (SKS-HT518) may cause a momentary power surge...
Troubleshooting Symptom Possible cause Remedy The speaker cables are not connected Check the speaker cables and correct as nec- There’s no sound com- properly. essary. ing from certain speak- The speaker configuration is not set cor- Check the speaker configuration. ers? rectly.
Specifications ■ Powered Subwoofer (HTP-518: SKW-518) ■ Center Speaker (SKC-518C) Type: Bass-reflex Type: 2 Way Bass-reflex 8 Ω Power Supply: AC 230 V/50 Hz Input sensitivity/impedance: Power Consumption: 105 W Maximum input power: 130 W 140 mV/20 k Ω Input sensitivity/impedance:...
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Unit 1&12, 9/F, Ever Gain PlazaTower 1, 88, Container Port Road, Kwai Chung, N.T., HONG KONG Tel: 852-2429-3118 Fax: 852-2428-9039 http://www.ch.onkyo.com/ I0803-1 SN 29344830 (C) Copyright 2008 ONKYO CORPORATION Japan. All rights reserved. * 2 9 3 4 4 8 3 0 *...