2THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING A JBL®PRODUCT!This quick-start guide contains all the information you need to connectand set up your new JBL Cinema BD300 home theater system.To conserve our natural resources, your home theater system doesnot include a printed owner’s manual. An owner’s manual containingcomplete information about operating all of your new home theatersystem’s features is available at our Web site. Go to www.jbl.com anddownload the Cinema BD300 Home Theater System Owner’s Manual.Your Cinema BD300 system is designed to be compatible withregion management information that is encoded on most Blu-rayDisc and DVD recordings. Your system will only play discs thatcontain region coding for the area where your system was shippedand intended for sale:AREA WHERESOLDBLU-RAY DISCREGION CODEDVD REGIONCODEUSA, CanadaEurope, MiddleEastJapanKorea, S.E. AsiaMexico, LatinAmericaAustralia, NewZelandRussia, IndiaChinaFor example, Cinema BD300 systems shipped to and sold in theUSA will only play Blu-ray Discs that contain region code A andDVD discs that contain region code 1.CONNECTIONSCONNECT THE SPEAKERSCAUTION: Before making any connections to the BD300 receiver,ensure that the receiver’s AC cord is unplugged from the receiverand the AC outlet. Making speaker connections with the receiverplugged in and turned on could damage your speakers.Your Cinema BD300 receiver has color-coded speaker connectors andthe Cinema BD300 speaker wires are color-coded to make it easy toproperly connect the speakers.white front left (+)red front right (+)blue surround left (+)gray surround right (+)green center (+)purple subwoofer (+)black (–) on all speakersConnect the speaker’s wire with the colored band to the receiver’sspeaker terminal with the same color. Connect the speaker’s blackwire to the black receiver speaker terminal directly under the coloredterminal.AUX IN COAXIAL INVIDEO OUTAC INPUT100–240v—50/60Hz 50W RADIO ANTENNAFM 75WNETWORKOPTICAL IN HDMI OUTFRONT RCENTERFRONT LSURR R SURR LFRONT RSpeakerRedBand toRed TabWhiteBand toWhite TabGreen Bandto Green TabGray Bandto Gray Tab Blue Bandto Blue TabPurple Band to Purple TabSURR LSpeakerSURR RSpeakerFRONT LSpeaker SUBWOOFERCENTERSpeakerIMPORTANT: Make sure the (+) and (–) bare wires do not touch eachother or any metal object on the receiver’s rear panel. Touching wirescan cause a short circuit that can damage the BD300 receiver.