Help with B Speakers

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Hello,

We have recently moved into a new home, which we had pre-wired for a
surround sound system. We also had speakers on the lanai pre wired and
installed.

Well the home theater system is in and it sounds great. I am having
trouble with the lanai speakers. The speaker cable for the lanai had
four wires in it (red, black, white, and green). There are two
speakers on the lanai, so I figured that red and black were the +/- for
one speaker and white and green were the +/- for the other. So I put
the red wire in the red terminal and the black into the black terminal
for the right side of the Front B speakers, then I put the green wire
into the red terminal and the white wire into the black terminal for
the left side of Front B.

I am not getting any sound out of the lanai speakers when I switch to
Front B. There is no volume control on the wall, which is one
suggestion I received from a friend. The AV Receiver is a Yamaha,
HTR5830.

Am I missing anything obvious? Is there some trick to actually
activating the terminals for Front B on the receiver? I have been
through the manual and don't see anything? Anyone have any ideas, or
suggestions, or references? I cannot find a Yamaha website for this
product.

Thanks,
Kathryn

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In article <d5943602d79@news1.newsguy.com>,
kbutterly@yahoo.com writes:
> Hello,
>
> We have recently moved into a new home, which we had pre-wired for a
> surround sound system. We also had speakers on the lanai pre wired and
> installed.
>
> Well the home theater system is in and it sounds great. I am having
> trouble with the lanai speakers. The speaker cable for the lanai had
> four wires in it (red, black, white, and green). There are two
> speakers on the lanai, so I figured that red and black were the +/- for
> one speaker and white and green were the +/- for the other. So I put
> the red wire in the red terminal and the black into the black terminal
> for the right side of the Front B speakers, then I put the green wire
> into the red terminal and the white wire into the black terminal for
> the left side of Front B.
>
> I am not getting any sound out of the lanai speakers when I switch to
> Front B. There is no volume control on the wall, which is one
> suggestion I received from a friend. The AV Receiver is a Yamaha,
> HTR5830.
>
> Am I missing anything obvious? Is there some trick to actually
> activating the terminals for Front B on the receiver? I have been
> through the manual and don't see anything? Anyone have any ideas, or
> suggestions, or references? I cannot find a Yamaha website for this
> product.
>
> Thanks,
> Kathryn

My guess is that you may not have guessed correctly which wires went
to which speaker. Try other combinations of wires by leaving the black
wire connected and trying the the white or the green with it.