Onkyo TX SR804 Owner Manual - Page 2

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System Hookup 1 Connecting Your Speakers The AV receiver's positive (+) speaker terminals are color-coded for easy identification. (The negative (-) speaker terminals are all black.) Speaker terminal Color Front left Front right Center White Red Green Surround left Surround right Blue Gray Surround back left Surround back right Brown Tan The supplied speaker labels are also color-coded and you should attach them to the positive (+) side of each speaker cable in accordance with the above table. All you need to do then is to match the color of each label to the corresponding speaker terminal. Connecting a Powered Subwoofer Using a suitable cable, connect the AV receiver's SUBWOOFER PRE OUT to an input on your powered subwoofer, as shown. If your subwoofer is unpowered and you're using an external amplifier, connect the SUBWOOFER PRE OUT to an input on the amp. Note: Make sure the plug is pushed in all the way. Powered subwoofer LINE INPUT LINE INPUT Connecting Speakers 1 Unscrew the terminal. 2 Fully insert the bare wire, making sure that it's touching the center of the terminal. 3 Screw the terminal tight. Front right speaker Center speaker Front left speaker Surround back right speaker Surround back left speaker Surround right speaker Surround left speaker 2

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System Hookup
The AV receiver’s positive (+) speaker terminals are
color-coded for easy identification. (The negative (–)
speaker terminals are all black.)
The supplied speaker labels are also color-coded and
you should attach them to the positive (+) side of each
speaker cable in accordance with the above table. All
you need to do then is to match the color of each label
to the corresponding speaker terminal.
Connecting Speakers
Connecting a Powered Subwoofer
Using a suitable cable, connect the AV receiver’s SUB-
WOOFER PRE OUT to an input on your powered sub-
woofer, as shown. If your subwoofer is unpowered and
you’re using an external amplifier, connect the SUB-
WOOFER PRE OUT to an input on the amp.
Note:
Make sure the plug is pushed in all the way.
Speaker terminal
Color
Front left
White
Front right
Red
Center
Green
Surround left
Blue
Surround right
Gray
Surround back left
Brown
Surround back right
Tan
1
Unscrew the terminal.
2
Fully insert the bare
wire, making sure
that it’s touching the
center of the terminal.
3
Screw the terminal
tight.
LINE INPUT
Powered
subwoofer
1
Connecting Your Speakers
Surround
back left
speaker
Surround
back right
speaker
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
Center
speaker
Surround
right
speaker
Surround
left
speaker
2