Pioneer VSX-516 03Connecting up Connecting the speakers, Twist exposed wire strands together

03Connecting up

Connecting the speakers

A complete setup of eight speakers (including the subwoofer) is shown below, but everyone’s home setup will vary. Simply connect the speakers you have in the manner shown below. 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 for surround sound. If you’re not using a subwoofer, change the front speaker setting (see Speaker setting on page 28) to LARGE.

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.1 You can use speakers with a nominal impedance between 6–16Ω(please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 37 if you plan to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8Ω).

Be sure to complete all connections before connecting this unit to the AC power source.

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

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

CEN-	SUB
TER	WOOFER
		COMPONENT VIDEO
R	L	ASSIGNABLE (DVD/LD)IN 1

Y PB PR

	SURROUND
	DVD 5.1CH INPUT
	Y	PB	PR
		MONITOR OUT			(TV/SAT)IN 2
S	FRONT	SURROUND		L	CENTER	R	SURROUND BACK	L
	R	L R
P
E
A	A							B
K
E
R

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AC OUTLET

Powered subwoofer	1	2	3
SW
INPUT		10mm	or

1	Twist exposed wire strands together.		• The speaker terminals also accept single
2	Loosen terminal and insert exposed wire.		banana plugs.
		3	Tighten terminal.

Note

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

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