10
Connecting the Speakers
Making the Audio Connections
Separate and strip
the ends of the
speaker wire as
shown. Speakers
and electronics
terminals have
corresponding (+)
and (–) terminals.
Most manufacturers of speakers and electronics,
including JBL, use red to denote the (+) terminal
and black for the (–) terminal.
The (+) lead of the speaker wire is noted with a
ridge or stripe. It is important to connect both
speakers identically: (+) on the speaker to (+) on
the receiver and (–) on the speaker to (–) on the
receiver. Wiring “out of phase” results in thin
sound, weak bass and a poor stereo image.
With the advent of multichannel surround sound
systems, connecting all of the speakers in your
system with the correct polarity remains equally
important in order to preserve the proper ambi-
ence and directionality of the program material.
To use the binding-post speaker terminals on
the rear panel of the DCR600
II
receiver, and on
the subwoofer, unscrew the colored collar until
the pass-through hole in the center post is
visible under the collar. Insert the bare end of
the wire through this hole; then screw the collar
down until the connection is tight. The hole in
the center of each collar is intended for use
with banana-type connectors.
To connect the supplied speaker wires to the
satellite and center speaker terminals, press the
red or black plastic tab for the desired terminal,
insert the bare end of the wire into the hole and
release the tab. Gently tug on the wire to make
sure that it is fully inserted.
The wires for the three front speakers should all
be of the same length even if the speakers will be
placed at varying distances from the DCR600
II
.
The same applies to the two rear speakers. To
make sure that you use the correct wires for
each speaker, we have color-coded them, as
shown in the diagram:
Front Left: White Wire
Center: Green Wire
Front Right: Red Wire
Surround Right: Gray Wire
Surround Left: Blue Wire
Subwoofer: Brown Wire
If you will be stacking the DCR600
II
and
DVD600
II
, place the DVD600
II
DVD changer
on top of the DCR600
II
receiver, as the
receiver is too heavy to be placed on top of
the DVD changer.
1.
Assemble the supplied AM Loop Antenna as
shown above. Connect it to the
AM
and
GND
Terminals
c
on the back of the DCR600
II
.
2.
Connect the supplied 75-ohm
FM
antenna to
the
FM Terminal
d
on the back of the
DCR600
II
. Note that if you use an optional exter-
nal FM antenna with 300-ohm twin-lead cable,
you must use a 300-ohm-to-75-ohm adaptor (not
supplied) to make the connection.
3.
Connect one end of the supplied single-lead
coaxial digital cable with orange connectors to
the
COAX 1
(upper)
Digital Input
™
on the
receiver, and connect the other end to the
Coaxial Digital Output
on the DVD
changer.
4.
In order to obtain the best possible sound
reproduction when watching your television, con-
nect the left and right analog audio outputs of
your TV to the
TV Audio Inputs
·
on the
DCR600
II
using the red (right) and white (left)
leads of the supplied triple-lead RCA cable.
