Onkyo HTX-22HD - Manual (Page 18)

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Connecting the Speakers —Continued
Read the following before connecting your
speakers:
• Disconnect the power cord from the wall
outlet before making any connections.
• Connect only speakers with an impedance
of 6 ohms or higher.
• Read the instructions supplied with your
speakers.
• Pay close attention to speaker wiring polar-
ity. Connect positive (+) terminals to only
positive (+) terminals, and negative (–) ter-
minals to only negative (–) terminals. If
you get them the wrong way around, the
sound will be out of phase and will sound
unnatural.
• Unnecessarily long or very thin speaker
cables may affect the sound quality and
should be avoided.
• Be careful not to short
the positive and nega-
tive wires. Doing so
may damage the HTX-
22HD.
• Don’t connect more than one cable to each
speaker terminal. Doing so may damage
the HTX-22HD.
• Don’t connect a speaker to several termi-
nals.
Maker sure that the speaker terminals are
gripping the bare wires, not the insulation.
Speaker Connection Precautions Making the Connections
1 Remove the pre-
cut insulation
from the ends of
the speaker
cables, and
twist the bare wires tightly.
2 Push the lever to
open the hole, insert
the bare wire into
the hole, and then
release the lever.