JBL SCS SAT 300 Owner's Manual - Speaker Connections

5

7 in order to avoid damage to

the 

Threaded Insert 

§

. 

Such damage would not be

covered under the warranty.

Step 7: Holding the 

Satellite

Speaker

¶

with both hands,

reinsert the ball portion of

the 

Ball and Shaft

£

into the

Attachment Plate

¢

.

Step 8: Hand-tighten the

Molded Nut

™

while posi-

tioning the speaker for the

desired orientation. 

If the 

Molded Nut

™

is diffi-

cult to tighten by hand, insert

the 

Metal Bar

∞

into one of

the holes in the outer edge of

the 

Molded Nut

™

and use

the bar as a lever. Be careful

not to cross-thread.

The swiveling ball enables

you to aim the speaker to one

side or the other, or to tilt it

up or down. Although stereo

imaging may be improved 

by aiming the front speakers

toward the listening position,

especially for music selec-

tions, the surround speakers

are intended to provide a dif-

fuse, ambient sound that is

best achieved by aiming the

speakers straight out from

the wall. Aiming the surround

speakers toward the listening

position may ruin the inten-

ded effect by calling too

much attention to the infor-

mation in those channels.

Step 9: Once the speaker’s

orientation has been final-

ized, insert the 

Metal Bar

∞

into one of the holes in the

outer edge of the 

Molded Nut

™

and tighten the 

Molded

Nut

™

securely. Keep the

Metal Bar

∞

in a safe place

in the event that you decide

to adjust the speaker’s orien-

tation in the future.

CONNECTION TIPS

SPEAKER CONNECTIONS

Separate and strip the 

ends of the speaker wire 

as shown. The wires supplied

with the system may already

be stripped and tinned for

easy insertion into the

speaker terminals. You may

need to separate the two

conductors further in order to

thread them through the shelf

stand or floor stand adaptor.

Speakers and electronics ter-

minals have corresponding

(+) and (–) terminals. Most

manufacturers of speakers

and electronics, including

JBL, use red to denote the (+)

terminal and black to denote

the (–) terminal.

The (+) lead of the speaker

wire is noted with a stripe. It

is important to connect both

speakers identically: (+) on

the speaker to (+) on the

amplifier and (–) on the

speaker to (–) on the ampli-

fier. Wiring “out of phase”

results in thin sound, weak

bass and a poor stereo

image.

With the advent of multichan-

nel surround sound systems,

connecting all of the speak-

ers in your system with the

correct polarity remains

equally important in order to

preserve the proper ambi-

ence and directionality of the

program material.

To connect the supplied

speaker wires to the satellite

and center speaker termi-

nals, press the red or black

plastic cap for the desired

terminal, insert the bare end

of the wire into the hole

below the cap and release

the cap. Gently tug on the

wire to make sure that it is

fully inserted.