Onkyo HT-R340 Owner Manual - Page 20

)54@&OCPPL 1BHF  8FEOFTEBZ 'FCSVBSZ 1. Connecting Your Speakers Speaker Connection Precautions Read the following before connecting your speakers: • You can connect speakers with an impedance of 6 ohms or higher. 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 protection circuit may be activated. • Disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet before making any connections. • Pay close attention to speaker wiring polarity. In other words, connect positive (+) terminals to only positive (+) terminals, and negative (-) terminals to only negative (-) terminals. 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 terminal. Doing so may damage the AV receiver. • Don't connect one speaker to several terminals. Connecting Speaker The AV receiver's positive (+) speaker terminals are color-coded for ease of identification. (The negative (-) speaker terminals are all black.) Speaker terminal Front left Front right Center Surround left Surround right Subwoofer Color White Red Green Blue Gray Purple 1 Strip 3/8" (10 mm) of insulation from the ends of the speaker cables. (Supplied speaker cables are already stripped.) 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 insulation. 3/8" (10 mm) The following illustration shows which speaker should be connected to each pair of terminals. Purple Gray Blue Green White Red Subwoofer Surround right speaker Surround left speaker Center speaker Front right speaker Front left speaker 20