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How to connect the speakers of my Philips HiFi system?

Published on 2017-02-28

In order to connect the speakers of your Philips FWD/FWM/MCD or MCM Hi-Fi system, please follow the steps described below:

Connecting your speakers

  1. Decide which speaker is right, and the other will be left, according to your home environment
  2. There are 2 wires from each speaker. At the back of the main unit, there are 4 speaker terminals. The terminals are grouped into L and R.
  3. The wires from the left speaker should go to the two speaker terminals labelled as L. Connect the black (unmarked) wire to “-” terminal and the coloured (marked) wire to “+“.
  4. The wires from the right speaker should go to the two speaker terminals labelled as R. Connect the black (unmarked) wire to “-” terminal and the coloured (marked) wire to “+“.
Connecting speakers to the main unit

Connecting the wires to the speaker terminal

Fully insert the stripped portion of the speaker wire into the terminal as shown.

Connecting the wires
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