ONKYO A-1VL User Manual

 

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• Read the manuals supplied with your components.
• Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed 

all audio and video connctions.

 

RCA/Phono connections are usually color coded: red 
and white. Use red plugs to connect right-channel audio 
inputs and outputs (typically labeled “R”).
Use white plugs to connect left-channel audio inputs 
and outputs (typically labeled “L”). And use yellow 
plugs to connect composite video inputs and outputs.

• Push plugs in all the way to 

make good connections (loose 
connections can cause noise or 
malfunctions).

• To prevent interference, keep 

audio and video cables away 
from power cords and speaker 
cables.

 

Connect the right channel speaker to the RIGHT 
speaker connector on the A-1VL, and the left channel 
speaker to the LEFT speaker connecter.
Connect the “+” connector on each speaker to the “+” 
connectors on the A-1VL, and connect the “–” connec-
tor on each speaker to the “–” connectors on the A-1VL. 
Be sure to connect the positive and negative cables for 
the speakers properly. If they are mixed up, the left and 
right signals will be reversed and the audio will sound 
unnatural.

 

• Do not connect speakers having impedance values of 

4 ohms or lower.

• Do not connect more than one speaker cord to indi-

vidual speaker terminals. Connecting more than one 
speaker cord may cause failure.

• Unnecessarily long, or very thin speaker cables may 

affect the sound quality and should be avoided.

• Be careful not to short the positive 

and negative wires. Doing so may 
damage the A-1VL.

 

1

 

Strip away approx. 5/8 inch 
(15 mm) of insulation from the 
ends of the speaker cables, and 
twist the bare wires tightly, as 
shown.

 

2

 

Twist the wire ends tightly together.

 

3

 

Unscrew the speaker terminal.

 

4

 

Fully insert the bare wires.

 

5

 

Screw the terminal tight.

 

The A-1VL allows you to set the speaker impedance 
values according to the speakers you use, adjusting the 
optimum frequency characteristics against speaker 
loads.
We recommend you set the “SPEAKER IMPEDANCE 
SELECTOR” setting to “8 OHMS MIN./SPEAKER” 
for speakers having impedance of 8 ohms or higher. 
Likewise, you may want to set the setting to “4 OHMS 
MIN./SPEAKER” for speakers having impedance of 
4 ohms or higher. 

15 mm