Pioneer VSX-47TX manual Back Panel, Shaped connectors

Displays & Controls

Back Panel

All the terminals on the back panel are explained and/or referenced here.

5:U-shaped connectors

Don't remove the U- shaped connectors unless you plan to connect an external amp to this receiver.

1		4	5		6	9		10		11
								CONTROL
	DIGITAL									MONITOR
						OUT		IN		OUT
PCM/2DIGITAL/DTS
	2							MULTI-		OUT
	OUT							ROOM &
		R	AUDIO L					SOURCE
	1	PHONO						DVD
										IN
	OUT	IN						/LD
					AUDIO			IN
		CD				POWER AMP
	DIGITAL							TV
		IN				IN				IN
								IN
PCM/2DIGITAL/DTS
				R		L
5	(CD-R/					FRONT		SAT		IN
	TAPE1
								IN
IN	/MD)	R	L	R		L
4	(VCR1	OUT			CENTER			OUT		OUT
		REC
IN	/DVR)	CD-R/						VCR1
		TAPE1
3						SUB W.		/DVR
		/MD
	(SAT)	IN				PRE OUT		IN		IN
IN		PLAY		1		2
		OUT		(Single)		SUR-
IN 2	(CD)					ROUND		OUT		OUT
		REC
		TAPE2		R		L		VCR2
		MONITOR				SUR-
IN 1	(DVD	IN				ROUND		IN		IN
						BACK
	/LD)	PLAY		R		L (Single)
							R	AUDIO L
		FRONT		SUB W.		CENTER			VIDEO	S VIDEO
		R	L
		SUR-				SUR-
	(DVD	ROUND				ROUND
2RF						BACK
	/LD)
IN		R	L	R		L (Single)
	(For LD)
ASSIGNABLE			MULTI CH INPUT

2 3

1DIGITAL OUT terminals (see p.22)

Use these terminals to output the signal from a DVD, CD player or any other kind of digital player.

2DIGITAL IN terminals (see p.22)

Use these terminals to input the signal from a DVD, CD player or any other kind of digital player. To be able to play Dolby Digital and other surround soundtracks you need to make digital connections. To do this use the digital terminals here. If you don't connect as per the default settings (see p.23) you need to com- plete "Assigning the Digital Inputs" (see p.84).

3MULTI CH INPUT terminals (see p.21)

Use these terminals to input a multichannel surround signal (for example, a DVD-Audio signal) in an analog fashion. These are analog jacks.

4Analog input/output terminals (connect analog components here, see p.20)

Use these terminals to input/output the audio

30	signal from analog components (like a cassette
	deck or turntable). These are analog jacks.

7 8

5U-shaped connectors

6POWER AMP IN terminals (see p.73)

Use this terminal to connect an external power amp to this receiver. Remove the U-shaped connectors only if you plan to do so.

7PRE OUT analog terminals (connect an amplifier here, see p.72, 73)

Use these terminals to output the audio signal from this amplifier to a different amplifier if that's how you choose to set up your system. Remove the U-shaped connectors only if you plan to do so.

8Video components in/out terminals

Input/output signals from you video compo- nents (DVD, VCR, TV tuners, SAT tuners, etc.) here. (see number 2 here and p.17-19).

9MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE OUT terminals (see p.74-78).

These terminals output the audio & video signal to a sub-system in a secondary room. These are analog jacks.

10CONTROL IN/OUT terminal

You can use this jack to hook up other PIO- NEER equipment, that bears the Î mark, so