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To connect
the
loudspeaker
systems to
the receiver
or
amplifier, use two:'
conductor
insulated
wire.
Your JBL
dealer'ca¡ recommend suitable cables; or
you
can buy
wire
at most hardware stores.
We recommend #18 AWG
(1
mm
diameter) wire
as a
minimum
size. If
your
speakers are more than
30
feet
(10
m) from
your
receiver or amplifier,
use larger diameter
wire.
Connections are
made at the terminals located on the back
of
the loudspeaker.system,
near the
bottom edge.
The
terminals accept bare
wire
or banana
plugs,
either of
which
will
provide
easy, secure connections. To
prepare
the
wire,
strip approximately
U}-inch(l3
mm)of insulation. Each
conductor
is
made up of fine
strands of
wire;
twist the strands together. Push
down on the button
below
the
terminal
and insert the wire through the
hole
(see
Fig. 2).
For each channel, the red terminal on the
loudspeaker
should be connected to the
red or
(+)
loudspeaker connection
terminal on the receiver
or
amplifier.
The
black terminal on the loudspeaker
should
be connected to the black or
(-)
loudspeaker connection
terminal on the
receiver or amplifier..
.Connecting
the
loudspeakers in
this
manner
ensures that
they
will
be in
phase;
that is, work
together rather than in
opposition.
Connecting the loudspeakers out ofphase
will
not damage them, but will result in
less bass and
poor
imaging. Most two-
conductor
wire
is color coded, or has a
ridge on one of its insulating
jackets,
so
that
you
can easily identify which
wire
is
connected
to
which
terminal
(Fig.
2).
Fig.2
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