Yamaha A-S201 Silver: PREPARATION

PREPARATION: Yamaha A-S201 Silver

PREPARATION

CONNECTIONS

Connecting speakers and source components

Make sure to connect L (left) to L, R (right) to R, “+” to “+” and “–” to “–”. If the connections are faulty, no sound will

be heard from the speakers, and if the polarity of the speaker connections is incorrect, the sound will be unnatural and

lack bass. Refer to the owner’s manual for each of your components.

Make sure to use RCA cables to connect audio components.

CAUTION

Do not connect this unit or other components to the main power until all connections between components are

complete.

Do not let bare speaker wires touch each other or any metal part of this unit. This could damage this unit and/or the

speakers.

Speakers A

LeftRight

DVD player, etc.CD player

Audio

Audio

out

out

GND

Audio

Audio

Audio

Audio

out

out

out

in

Tuner

CD recorder,

LeftRight

etc.

Speakers B

Turntable

y

The PHONO jacks are designed for connecting a turntable with an MM cartridge.

Connect your turntable to the GND terminal to reduce noise in the signal. However, for some turntables, you may hear less noise

without the GND connection.

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CONNECTIONS

REC jacks

Bi-wire connection

The REC jacks output audio signals of the currently

Bi-wire connection separates the woofer from the

selected input (except when LINE 2 is selected).

combined midrange and tweeter section.

Volume level, tone control, balance and Pure Direct

A bi-wire compatible speaker has four binding post

settings do not affect the REC jacks.

terminals. These two sets of terminals allow the speaker to

be split into two independent sections. With these

Connecting speaker cables

connections, the mid and high frequency drivers are

1 Remove approximately 10 mm of insulation from the

connected to one set of terminals and the low frequency

end of each speaker cable.

driver to another set of terminals.

2 Twist the bare wires of the cable firmly together.

Rear panel

3 Unscrew the knob.

4 Insert one bare wire into the hole in the side of each

Speaker

terminal.

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5 Tighten the knob to secure the wire.

Red: positive (+)

Black: negative (–)

Connect the other speaker to the other set of terminals in

the same way.

Connecting via banana plug

Note

(Except for Asia, U.K. and Europe

models)

When making bi-wire connections, remove the shorting bridges

or cables on the speaker.

1 Tighten the knob.

2 Insert the banana plug into the end of the

y

corresponding terminal.

To use the bi-wire connections, press SPEAKERS A and

SPEAKERS B on the front panel so that both SP A and B light up

on the front panel display.

Banana plug

Connecting power cable

Plug the power cable into an AC wall outlet after all other

connections are complete.

CAUTION

CAUTION

Only for General model:

Before connecting the power cable, make sure you set

Speaker impedance must be set as shown below.

VOLTAGE SELECTOR of this unit according to your

Speaker connection Speaker impedance

local voltage. Improper setting of VOLTAGE SELECTOR

may cause fire and damage to this unit.

SPEAKERS A or

8 Ω or higher

SPEAKERS B

SPEAKERS A and

16 Ω or higher

SPEAKERS B

(except for North

To the AC wall

America model)

outlet with the

power cable

Bi-wiring

8 Ω or higher

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