6 7Separate and strip theends of the speaker wireas shown. Speakers andelectronics terminals havecorresponding (+) and (–)terminals. Most manu-facturers of speakers andelectronics, including JBL,use red to denote the (+)terminal and black for the(–) terminal.The (+) lead of the speakerwire is noted with a stripe. Itis important to connect bothspeakers identically: (+) onthe speaker to (+) on theamplifier and (–) on thespeaker to (–) on theamplifier. Wiring “out ofphase” results in thin sound,weak bass and a poorstereo image.With the advent ofmultichannel surround-sound systems, connectingall of the speakers in yoursystem with the correctpolarity remains equallyimportant in order topreserve the properambience and directionalityof the program material.S P E A K E R C O N N E C T I O N SConnection TipsDolby* Pro Logic* (Non-Digital) – Speaker LevelUse this installation methodfor Dolby Pro Logic appli-cations (not Dolby Digital,DTS® or other digitalprocessing), where thereceiver/processor does nothave a subwoofer output, ora volume-controlled preamp(line-) level output:Connect your receiver oramplifier’s front left and rightspeaker terminals to the leftand right terminals on thesubwoofer that are marked“High Level In.” Connect theleft and right terminals on thesubwoofer that are marked“High Level Out” to the cor-responding terminals on theback of your front left andright speakers.Connect your receiver oramplifier’s center, left andright surround-speakerterminals to the corre-sponding terminals on theback of your center, left andright surround speakers.Right FrontRight SurroundLeft FrontLeft SurroundCenter+ – + –+ –+ –+ – + –+ –Left Front Center+ –Left SurroundRight Front+ –Right Surround+ –SubwooferReceiverHIGH LEVEL+ – – +L ROUTIN