System hookup, Connecting your speakers – Onkyo TX-SR703/703E User Manual
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System Hookup
The AV receiver’s positive (+) speaker terminals are 
color-coded for easy identification. (The negative (–) 
speaker terminals are all black.)
The supplied speaker labels are also color-coded and 
you should attach them to the positive (+) side of each 
speaker cable in accordance with the above table. All 
you need to do then is to match the color of each label 
to the corresponding speaker terminal.
Connecting Speaker Set A
Connecting a Powered Subwoofer
Using a suitable cable, connect the AV receiver’s SUB-
WOOFER PRE OUT to an input on your powered sub-
woofer, as shown. If your subwoofer is unpowered and 
you’re using an external amplifier, connect the SUB-
WOOFER PRE OUT to an input on the amp.
Note:
Make sure the plug is pushed in all the way.
Speaker terminal
Color
Front left
White
Front right
Red
Center
Green
Surround left
Blue
Surround right
Gray
Surround back left
Brown
Surround back right
Tan
1
Unscrew the terminal.
2
Fully insert the bare 
wire, making sure 
that it’s touching the 
center of the terminal. 
3
Screw the terminal 
tight.
LINE INPUT
LINE INPUT
Powered
subwoofer
1
Connecting Your Speakers
Surround
back left
speaker
Surround
back right
speaker
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
Center
speaker
Surround
right
speaker
Surround
left
speaker
2
