Onkyo TX-NR1007 Owner Manual - Page 18

Connecting the AV receiver Connecting Your Speakers Speaker Configuration For 9.2-channel surround-sound playback, you need nine speakers and two powered subwoofers. The following table indicates the channels you should use depending on the number of speakers that you have. Number of speakers: 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 11 Front left Front right Center ✓ Surround left Surround right Surround back* ✓ ✓✓ ✓ Surround back left ✓ ✓✓ ✓ Surround back right ✓ ✓✓ ✓ Front high left ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓ Front high right ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓ Front wide left ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓ Front wide right ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓ * If you're using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the SURR BACK/ZONE 3 L terminal. No matter how many speakers you use, two powered subwoofers are recommended for a really powerful and solid bass. To get the best from your surround sound system, you need to set the speaker settings. You can do this automatically (see page 56) or manually (see page 90). Note: Front high and front wide speakers produce no sound at the same time. Attaching the Speaker Labels The AV receiver's positive (+) speaker terminals are all red (the negative (-) speaker terminals are all black). Speaker Color Front left White Front right Red Center Green Surround left Blue Surround right Gray Surround back left, Zone 3 left Brown Surround back right, Zone 3 right Tan Front high left White Front high right Red Front wide left, Zone 2 left White Front wide right, Zone 2 right Red The supplied speaker cable labels are also color-coded and you should attach them to the positive (+) side of each speaker cable in accordance with the above table. Then all you need to do is to match the color of each label to the corresponding speaker terminal. • Do not insert the speaker code directly into the center hole of the speaker terminal. Connecting Powered Subwoofers Using a suitable cable, connect the AV receiver's PRE OUT: SW1, SW2 to an input on your powered subwoofer, as shown. If your subwoofer is unpowered and you're using an external amplifier, connect the PRE OUT: SW1, SW2 to an input on the amp. You can connect the powered subwoofer with each jacks respectively. Level and distance can be set individually for each output. If you use one subwoofer, connect it to PRE OUT: SW1. Powered subwoofer LINE INPUT LINE INPUT (North American and Asian models) • If you are using banana plugs, tighten the speaker terminal before inserting the banana plug. 18 LINE INPUT LINE INPUT