Yamaha A-S700 Owner's Manual - Page 11

PREPARATION CONNECTIONS CAUTION • The IMPEDANCE SELECTOR must be set to the appropriate position before connecting one or two speaker sets. See page 5 for details. • Do not let the bare speaker wires touch each other or do not let them touch any metal part of this unit. This could damage this unit and/or the speakers. • Do not connect this unit or other components to the main power until all connections between components are complete. 1 Remove approximately 10 mm (3/8 in) of ■ Bi-wire connection The bi-wire connection separates the woofer from the insulation from the end of each speaker cable and twist the exposed wires of the cable together to prevent short circuits. combined midrange and tweeter section. A bi-wire compatible speaker has four binding post terminals. These two sets of terminals allow the speaker to be split into two independent sections. With these connections, the mid and 10 mm (3/8 in) high frequency drivers are connected to one set of terminals and the low frequency driver to another set of terminals. This unit 2 Connect the speaker cable. 1 Unscrew the knob. 2 Insert one bare wire into the hole in the side of each terminal. 3 Tighten the knob to secure the wire. Speaker Red: positive (+) Black: negative (-) ■ Connecting via banana plug (Except for Asia, Korea, U.K. and Europe models) First, tighten the knob and then insert the banana plug into the end of the corresponding terminal. Banana plug Connect the other speaker to the other set of terminals in the same way. CAUTION When making bi-wire connections, set the IMPEDANCE SELECTOR switch to HIGH or LOW depending on the impedance of your speakers: 6 Ω or higher: HIGH 4 Ω or higher: LOW See page 5 for IMPEDANCE SELECTOR switch. Note When making bi-wire connections, remove the shorting bridges or cables on the speaker. y To use the bi-wire connections, switch the SPEAKERS selector to the A+B position. English Note One or two speaker sets can be connected to this unit. 7 En