How Do You Connect Home Theater Speakers?
Home theater speakers will provide maximum enjoyment of movies, music and television programs recorded in Surround Sound. The most basic home theater systems consist of five speakers — two front channels, a center channel and two rear surround channels — plus a subwoofer for deep bass. You can connect an entire system in minutes. Strip 1/2 inch of insulation from the two ends of a piece of speaker wire and twist the individual strands together, keeping the wires on each end separate. Connect the wires to the back of the speakers using the black wire for the black (left) connection and the red wire for the right connection. If your speaker wires are a different color, make sure to be consistent with the connections and don’t cross the wires. Lift the spring-loaded clips on the back of each speaker to reveal a hole for the wire. Insert the wire and release the clip. If you have screw-on speaker posts, thread the wire around the post and tighten the knob clockwise. Place the front chann
