Onkyo HT-R520

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Connecting Your Speakers —Continued
Before you connect your speakers, read the following:
• Disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet.
• Read the instructions supplied with your speakers.
•Pay close attention to speaker wiring polarity. In other
words, connect positive (+) terminals only to positive
(+) terminals, and negative (–) terminals only to nega-
tive (–) terminals. If you get them the wrong way
around, the sound will be out of phase and will sound
odd.
• Only use speakers with an impedance of 8 ohms or
higher. Connecting speakers with an impedance of
less than 8 ohms may damage the HT-R520.
• Unnecessarily long or very thin speaker cables may
affect the sound quality and should be avoided.
• Be careful not to short the posi-
tive and negative connections.
Doing so may damage the
HT-R520.
• Don’t connect more than one
cable to each speaker terminal.
Doing so may damage the
HT-R520.
• If you want to connect a single speaker instead of a
pair, connect it to either the left or right speaker termi-
nals, not both.
Connecting speaker Set A
The HT-R520’s positive (+) speaker terminals are color-
coded for ease of identification. (The negative (–)
speaker terminals are all black.)
Connecting Speaker Set B
The following illustration shows which speakers should be connected to which terminals.
Connecting Your Speakers
R
L
R
L
Speaker terminal Color Speaker terminal Color
Front left White Surround left Blue
Front right Red Surround right Gray
Center Green Surround back Brown
1
Unscrew the terminal. Fully insert the
wire. Screw the terminal tight.
1
Strip 3/8" (10 mm) of
insulation from the ends
of the speaker cables,
and twist the bare wires
tightly, as shown.
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)
L
R
AV RECEIVER
ANTENNA
FM
75
AM
OPTICAL COAXIAL
123
DIGITAL IN
AC OUTLET
AC 120 V 60 Hz
SWITCHED
120
W 1 A MAX.
R
L
R
L
FRONT
SPEAKERS A
Class 2 Wiring
SURROUND
SPEAKERS
CENTER
SPEAKER
SURROUND BACK
SPEAKER
REMOTE
CONTROL
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN IN
IN
IN
FRONT
SURR
CENTER
SUB
WOOFER
OUT
OUT
OUT
VIDEO 2
VIDEO 1
DVD MONITOR
OUT
VIDEO
S VIDEO
DVD
TAPE
CD
L
R
VIDEO 2
VIDEO 1
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
VIDEO 1 /2/3
IN
DVD IN
COMPONENT VIDEO
Y
P
B
PR
OUT
L
R
FRONT
SPEAKERS B
R
L
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
LINE INPUT
R
L
R
L
FRONT
SPEAKERS A
SURROUND
SPEAKERS
CENTER
SPEAKER
SURROUND BACK
SPEAKER
FRONT
SPEAKERS B
R
L
Front
right
speaker
Speaker set A (HTP-520)
Speaker set B
Powerd
Subwoofer
Front
left
speaker
Front
right
speaker
Front
left
speaker
Surround
right
speaker
Surround
left
speaker
Center
speaker
Surround
back
speaker
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