Connecting your equipment

03

Installing your speaker system

To take full advantage of the receiver’s surround sound capabilities connect front, center, surround and surround back speakers, as well as a subwoofer. Although this is ideal, other configurations with fewer speakers—no subwoofer or no center speaker, or even no surround speakers—will work. At the very least, front left and right speakers only are necessary. Note that your

Subwoofer

Front

left

Center

LINE LEVEL

INPUT

main surround speakers should always be connected as a pair, but you can connect just one surround back speaker if you like (it must be connected to the left surround back terminal). You can use speakers with a nominal impedance between 6 to 16 (please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 63 if you plan to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8 ).

Front right

CAUTION

These speaker terminals carry HAZARDOUS LIVE voltage. To prevent the risk of electric shock when connecting or disconnecting the speaker cables, disconnect the power cord before touching any uninsulated parts.

 

 

OPTICAL

MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE

ANTENNA

IN 1

DIGITAL

 

ROOM 2(ZONE 2)

 

 

OUT

IR

IN

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPONENT VIDEO

 

 

 

 

AM LOOP

CENTER

PRE OUT

L (Single)

 

 

 

IN 1

 

 

 

 

 

L

L

 

 

 

 

Y

PB

PR

Y

 

PB

PR

 

 

 

IN 2

(DVR/

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR1)

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(TV/SAT)

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

OUT

 

IN 3

Y

PB

PR

Y

 

PB

PR

 

R

SUB

R SUR-

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNABLE

1

3

 

 

SURROUND

 

 

 

(CD)

 

 

 

 

FRONT

WOOFER

 

ROUND

BACK

 

 

 

ASSIG-

RS-232C

S-VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12V TRIGGER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DC OUT 12 V /

 

 

NABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50 mA MAX)

 

HDMI

1

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

iPod

 

IN

IN

 

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

MONITOR

MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

MONITOR

ROOM 2(ZONE 2)

 

 

OUT

 

 

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

R

L

XM

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO IN

OUT

IN

IN

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

L

CENTER

L

L

 

IN 1

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVD/LD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN 2

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVR/VCR2)

CD

CD-R/TAPE/MD

DVD/LD

TV/SAT

DVR/VCR1

DVR/VCR2

R

 

R

R

COAXIAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRONT

SUB

SUR-

SURROUND

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WOOFER

ROUND

BACK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI CH IN

 

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AC OUTLET

SWITCHED 100 W(0.8 A) MAX

 

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

R

FRONT

L

CENTER

R

SURROUND

L

SURROUND BACK / B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

L (Single)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELECTABLE

VSX-81TXV

Surround left

Surround back left

Connecting the speakers

Each speaker connection on the receiver comprises a positive (+) and negative (–) terminal. Make sure to match these up with the terminals on the speakers themselves.

Surround right

Surround back right

Caution

Make sure that all the bare speaker wire is twisted together and inserted fully into the speaker terminal. If any of the bare speaker wire touches the back panel it may cause the power to cut off as a safety measure.

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Classe Audio VSX-81TXV-S manual Connecting your equipment Installing your speaker system, Connecting the speakers

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