Yamaha HTR-5250 Owner's Manual - Page 20

CONNECTIONS Connecting the Speakers Main speakers A Main speakers B Right Subwoofer connection When using a subwoofer with builtin amplifier, including the YAMAHA Active Servo Processing Subwoofer System, connect the input terminal of the subwoofer system to the SUBWOOFER OUTPUT terminal of this unit. Low bass signals distributed from the main, center and/or rear channels are directed to this terminal. (The cut-off frequency of this terminals is 90 Hz.) The LFE (low frequency effect) signals generated when Dolby Digital or DTS is decoded are also directed if they are assigned to this terminal. Left Right Left (U.S.A. model) L R Subwoofer system Center speaker Right Left Rear speakers Be sure to connect the right channel (R), left channel (L), "+" (red) and "-" (black) properly. If the connections are faulty, no sound will be heard from the speakers, and if the polarity of the speaker connections is incorrect, the sound will be unnatural and lack bass. CAUTIONS • Use speakers with the specified impedance shown on the rear panel of this unit. • Do not let the bare speaker wires touch each other and do not let them touch any metal part of this unit. This could damage the unit and/or speakers. s MAIN SPEAKERS terminals One or two speaker systems can be connected to these terminals. If you use only one speaker system, connect it to either of the SPEAKERS A or B terminals. s REAR SPEAKERS terminals A rear speaker system can be connected to these terminals. s CENTER SPEAKER terminals A center speaker can be connected to these terminals. 16