Thank you for purchasing a JBL AVR580. This Quick-Start Guide will help
you with a basic system installation. For detailed information on any step,
please refer to the Owner’s Manual pages referenced in this guide. We
strongly recommend that you read the Owner’s Manual for complete details
on how to install, configure and operate the AVR580, as well as for the
important safety information it contains.
FIGURE 1 – SPEAKER
PLACEMENT
The colors shown for each speaker correspond to
the matching output terminal connection on the
back of the AVR580 (see page 9).
FRONT
LEFT
SPEAKER
(White)
SURROUND
BACK
LEFT
SPEAKER
(Brown)
SURROUND
BACK
RIGHT
SPEAKER
(Tan)
CENTER
SPEAKER
(Green)
SUBWOOFER
(Purple)
SURROUND
LEFT
SPEAKER
(Blue)
FRONT
RIGHT
SPEAKER
(Red)
SURROUND
RIGHT
SPEAKER
(Gray)
Step 1. Place your speakers in the listening room
(see page 20).
SPEAKER PLACEMENT
AVR580 QUICK-START GUIDE
CONNECTIONS COLOR
GUIDE
Audio Connections Left Right
Front
Center
Surround
Subwoofer
Surround Back
Digital Audio Connections
Coax
Optical
Video Connections
Composite
S-Video
Match the colored jacks on the AVR580 to the appropriate
jacks on your source equipment or speakers.The colors are
standardized, but not all equipment or connectors use them.
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AVR580 QUICK-START GUIDE
Step 2. Connect the speakers to the receiver: red (+) on speaker to colored (+) on receiver and black (–) to black (–)
(see page 17).
Step 3. Connect the Subwoofer Pre-Out jack to the Line-In jack on your subwoofer.
Adjust the settings on the subwoofer later as needed (see page 17).
FIGURE 3 – HOW TO USE
THE BINDING-POST
SPEAKER TERMINAL
FIGURE 2 – SPEAKER
CONNECTIONS
_
+
SURROUND
LEFT SPEAKER
FRONT LEFT
SPEAKER
_
+
CENTER SPEAKER
_
+
FRONT RIGHT
SPEAKER
_
+
COMP V1COMP V2
REGION SELECTOR
_
+
SURROUND
RIGHT SPEAKER
LINE IN/SUB/LFE
SUBWOOFER
_
+
SURROUND BACK
LEFT SPEAKER
_
+
SURROUND BACK
RIGHT SPEAKER