Onkyo TX NR807 Owner Manual - Page 18

Connecting the AV receiver Connecting Your Speakers Speaker Configuration For 7.1-channel surround-sound playback, you need seven speakers and a powered subwoofer. 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 2 L terminals. No matter how many speakers you use, a powered subwoofer is 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 54) or manually (see page 85). Note: Front high, surround back 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, Zone 2 left White Front right, Zone 2 right Red Center Green Surround left, Zone 3 left Blue Surround right, Zone 3 right Gray Surround back left, Zone 2 left Brown Surround back right, Zone 2 right Tan Front high left White Front high right Red Front wide left White Front wide 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. (North American, Taiwan, Australian and Asian models) • If you are using banana plugs, tighten the speaker terminal before inserting the banana plug. • Do not insert the speaker code directly into the center hole of the speaker terminal. Connecting a Powered Subwoofer Using a suitable cable, connect the AV receiver's PRE OUT: SUBWOOFER 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: SUBWOOFER to an input on the amp. You can connect the powered subwoofer with two PREOUT: SUBWOOFER jacks respectively. The same signal is output from each jack. Powered subwoofer LINE INPUT LINE INPUT LINE INPUT LINE INPUT 18