Onkyo TX SR804 - AV Receiver Quick Manual
TX-SR804
Quick Guide
This guide shows how to get your AV receiver up and running quickly and smoothly. It shows you how to
connect your speakers, DVD player, and TV, and how to use Automatic Speaker Setup. For full details on
using the AV receiver, refer to the main instruction manual.
Home Theater Basics
❍ Where to Put Your Speakers
Front speakers
Surround
Subwoofer
back
speakers
Center speaker
❍ Audio & Video Signal Flow
1
2
Video
3
Audio
DVD player
Speakers
Surround speakers
Audio
Video
Audio
: Signal Flow
4
5
TV
Connections 1 through 5 are explained on the following pages.
1
En
System Hookup
1 Connecting Your Speakers
The AV receiver’s positive (+) speaker terminals are
color-coded for easy identification. (The negative (–)
speaker terminals are all black.)
Speaker terminal Color
Front left White
Front right Red
Center Green
Surround left Blue
Surround right Gray
Surround back left Brown
Surround back right Tan
The supplied speaker labels are also color-coded and
you should attach them to the positive (+) side of each
speaker cable in accordance with the above table. All
you need to do then is to match the color of each label
to the corresponding speaker terminal.
Connecting Speakers
1
Connecting a Powered Subwoofer
Using a suitable cable, connect the AV receiver’s SUBWOOFER PRE OUT to an input on your powered subwoofer, as shown. If your subwoofer is unpowered and
you’re using an external amplifier, connect the SUBWOOFER PRE OUT to an input on the amp.
Note:
Make sure the plug is pushed in all the way.
Powered
subwoofer
LINE INPUT
LINE INPUT
Front right
speaker
Front left
speaker
2
3
Unscrew the terminal.
Center
speaker
Fully insert the bare
wire, making sure
that it’s touching the
center of the terminal.
Screw the terminal
tight.
2
Surround
back right
speaker
Surround
back left
speaker
Surround
right
speaker
Surround
left
speaker
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