How to Set Up a Yamaha Receiver
Yamaha receivers serve as the core unit of a home entertainment system. All audio-video components, such as CD and DVD players, VCRs, speakers, TVs and other equipment connect directly to the Yamaha. The receiver enables you to select a different component to play back disks or videocassettes for viewing on the TV, while sending the audio signal to your speakers. The jacks are labeled for each component on the back of a Yamaha receiver and color-coded to designate cable hookups.
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Instructions
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Cut a length of speaker wire for each speaker connection to the Yamaha receiver and peel away a half-inch of insulation from the pair of strands on each end.
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Connect each speaker to the terminals on the rear of the Yamaha labeled for that speaker, for example, left-front, center and right-front. The colored or striped wire connects to the red terminal on the speaker and Yamaha receiver. The plain wire connects to the black terminal.
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Connect the plugs on each end of an AV cable to the output jacks on each component in your system, such as a DVD player. The plugs match the colors on the jacks.
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Hook up the other end of each AV cable to the inputs labeled for each component on the back of the Yamaha.
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Plug in a video cable to one of the video outputs on the Yamaha. The output should match one of the input jacks on your TV, such as composite video or HDMI (high-definition media interface). These jacks are labeled on all Yamaha receiver models for quick identification.
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Plug in the power cords for all components into a surge protector, which can then be hooked up to an electrical outlet,
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