2 positive 2 negative 1 wire?

emf28
emf28 Posts: 4
edited July 2009 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Just got my first set of good speakers and i've never seen anything like this before. What do I do?
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited July 2009
    Welcome to Club Polk. What model speakers did you get? If there are 2 pairs of binding posts on the back of each speaker, there SHOULD be a jumper connecting + to + and - to -, leave it in place. IF not, no sweat, just cut a small piece of wire to connect the same polarity poles together.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited July 2009
    There should be a pair of jumpers that go between the posts (one between the reds, one between the blacks). If they don't have them, you can use any wire to connect them.

    Most speakers have two pairs of posts so that they can bi-wired or bi-amped. One pair goes to the highs, one to the lows.
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  • emf28
    emf28 Posts: 4
    edited July 2009
    I got the RTi A3. Is the jumper the gold plate?
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited July 2009
    emf28 wrote: »
    I got the RTi A3. Is the jumper the gold plate?

    YES. Leave it in place. Just make sure when you conect the speaker wires that you remember which is + & -, and keep them the same between the speakers and the rcvr./ amp.:)
    If your using lampchord, or speaker wire, one of the strands should have writing on it. Just designate that to either + or - and keep the same.
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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