Pioneer VSX-917V-S/-K manual Connecting up Connecting the speakers, This receiver Powered

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Connecting the speakers

A complete setup of eight speakers (including the subwoofer) is shown here but everyone’s home

setup will vary. Simply connect the speakers you have in the manner shown below.1 The receiver will work with just two stereo speakers (the front speakers in the diagram) but using at least three speakers is recommended, and a complete setup is best.

Make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the right terminal and the speaker on the left to the left terminal. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/–) terminals on the receiver match

those on the speakers.2 You can use speakers with a nominal impedance between 6 Ω to 16 Ω (please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 69 if you plan to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8 Ω).

Front speakers		Center speaker	Surround speakers		Surround back speakers
L	R	C	LS	RS	SBL	SBR

	IN				FM UNBAL
OPT
					75 Ω
	IN
OPT						OUT
2
(TV/ SAT)	IN		DVR /			CONTROL
OPT			VCR		AM
1					LOOP	IN	OUT
					ANTENNA
(CD)	OUT				VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE				IN			DVR /
DIGITAL IN			TV /			OUT	VCR
	IN						IN
			SAT
							TV /
			DVD	IN		MONITOR	SAT
			/LD				IN
ASSIGNABLE	IN					OUT
			FRONT
DIGITALIN				D V D
COAX				5.1CH		SUB	DVD
2			PLAY	INPUT
				IN		WOOFER	/LD
(DVR/VCR)			CD-R				IN
	IN					PREOUT
COAX			/ TAPE				S-VIDEO
			/ MD
1
(DVD/LD)	OUT		REC
	R	AUDIO	L

ASSIGNA

		Y
R	SURROUND	L
	DVD 5.1CH INPUT
		MONITOR OUT	COMPONENT VIDEO		IN 2
S	FRONT		SURROUND	L	CENTER	R	SURROUND BACK	L
	R	L R
P
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A	A							B
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TWO VOLTAGE SELECTORS

220V 230 -240V

110V120 -127V

AC IN

110V

120 - 127V

220V

230 - 240V

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	subwoofer
	SW
	INPUT

Caution

•Make sure that all the bare speaker wire is twisted together and inserted fully into the speaker terminal. Use good quality speaker wire to connect the speakers to the receiver.

Note

1If you’re not using a subwoofer, change the front speaker setting (see Speaker Setting on page 44) to LARGE.

2If you are using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the surround back left (L) terminal.

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