Yamaha A-S700: CONNECTIONS

PREPARATION

CONNECTIONS

Connecting speakers and other components

CAUTION

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

complete.

• All connections must be correct: 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. Also, refer to the owner’s manual for each of your components.

• Use RCA stereo cable for audio units except speakers.

Speakers A

CD player DVD player, etc.

Tuner

Audio out

Audio out

Audio out

Audio out

GND

Audio

Audio

out

Audio in

out

Turntable

Tape deck, etc.

CD recorder,

Speakers B

etc.

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• The PHONO jacks are designed to connect a turntable with an MM cartridge.

• Connect your turntable to the GND terminal to reduce noise in the signal. However, you may hear less noise without the connection to

the GND terminal for some turntable(s).

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CONNECTIONS

CAUTION

• The IMPEDANCE SELECTOR must be set to the appropriate position before connecting one or two speaker sets.

See page 5 for details.

• Do not let the bare speaker wires touch each other or do not let them touch any metal part of this unit. This could

damage this unit and/or the speakers.

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

complete.

■ Bi-wire connection

1 Remove approximately 10 mm (3/8 in) of

The bi-wire connection separates the woofer from the

insulation from the end of each speaker

combined midrange and tweeter section. A bi-wire

PREPARATION

cable and twist the exposed wires of the

compatible speaker has four binding post terminals. These

two sets of terminals allow the speaker to be split into two

cable together to prevent short circuits.

independent sections. With these connections, the mid and

high frequency drivers are connected to one set of

10 mm (3/8 in)

terminals and the low frequency driver to another set of

terminals.

This unit

Speaker

2 Connect the speaker cable.

1 Unscrew the knob.

2 Insert one bare wire into the hole in the side

of each terminal.

3 Tighten the knob to secure the wire.

Red: positive (+)

Connect the other speaker to the other set of terminals in

Black: negative (–)

the same way.

CAUTION

When making bi-wire connections, set the IMPEDANCE

SELECTOR switch to HIGH or LOW depending on the

impedance of your speakers:

■ Connecting via banana plug

6 Ω or higher: HIGH

(Except for Asia, Korea, U.K. and Europe

4 Ω or higher: LOW

See page 5 for IMPEDANCE SELECTOR switch.

models)

First, tighten the knob and then insert the banana plug into

Note

the end of the corresponding terminal.

When making bi-wire connections, remove the shorting bridges

or cables on the speaker.

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Banana plug

To use the bi-wire connections, switch the SPEAKERS selector

to the A+B position.

Note

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One or two speaker sets can be connected to this unit.

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