Pioneer VSA-AX10 operating instructions 2Speaker Connections, memo

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2Speaker Connections

Home theater is designed to be setup with five, or seven speakers (front left & right; center; surround left & right; and, optimally, surround back left & right) and a subwoofer, but you can use this amplifier with fewer speakers. Hook up the speakers you have to the A speaker terminals on the back of the amplifier. If you only have two speakers hook them up as "FRONT." If you have three hook up the single speaker as "CENTER." Follow the diagram below in order to hook up all your speakers. A center speaker is very important for watching films because in digital soundtracks the dialog comes from the center speaker. If you do not have a center speaker you must tell the amplifier the center channel is off or when you listen to digital soundtracks you won't hear any dialog. This can be done automatically by following the Auto Surround Sound Setup instructions from page 14 in this Quick Start Guide.

If possible, use surround back speakers. These speakers are important to take full advantage of all the sound channels on new, eight channel home theater DVDs. The diagram below also explains how to hook up a subwoofer which provides realistic bass sounds. For the subwoofer use a mono (single plug) Phono cord and for the other speakers use regular speaker cords. See pages 95–96 for advice on speaker placement.

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

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Front

subwoofer

TV/monitor

Front

speaker

speaker

(Left)

(Right)

Center

Surround

speaker

INPUT

speaker

(Left)

DIGITAL

MONITOR

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PCM/2DIGITAL

OUT

L

/DTS/MPEG

OUT

IN

AC OUTLET

2

MONITOR

OUT

CONTROL

OUT

FRONT

R

AUDIO L

PHONO

IN

1

DVD

R

IN

Y

OUT

IN

/LD

1

AUDIO

IN

Y

MONITOR

7

(CD-R/

CD

POWER AMP

TV

OUT

TAPE1

IN

IN

IN

IN

/MD)

R

L

IN

PB

PB

CENTER

6

(VCR2)

TUNER

FRONT

SAT

IN

IN

IN

R

L

IN

PR

PR

5

(VCR1

OUT

CENTER

OUT

OUT

IN

IN

L

AC IN

REC

/DVR)

2

3

IN

CD-R/

VCR1

Y

Y

SUR-

4

TAPE1

SUB W.

/DVR

/MD

ROUND

(SAT)

PRE OUT

IN

IN

IN

SPEAKERS

IN

PLAY

1

2

PB

PB

R

OUT

(Single)

SUR-

IN 3

(CD)

ROUND

OUT

OUT

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REC

R

L

TAPE2

VCR2

PR

PR

MONITOR

SUR-

COMPONENT VIDEO

L

(Single)

L

IN 2

(TV)

IN

IN

IN

BACK

ROUND

PLAY

R

L (Single)

SUR-

FRONT

SUB W.

CENTER

ROUND

IN 1

(DVD

OUT

OUT

BACK

/LD)

R

L

VCR3

R

R

SUR-

SUR-

2RF

(DVD

ROUND

ROUND

IN

IN

IN

/LD)

BACK

R

L

R

L (Single)

(For LD)

RS-232C

R AUDIO L

VIDEO

S2 VIDEO

ASSIGNABLE

MULTI CH INPUT

Surround

speaker

(Right)

Surround back	Surround back
speaker (Left)	speaker (Right)

memo • Please use speakers with a nominal impedance rated 6Ω -16Ω .

• If you only have one surround back speaker hook it up to the left surround back terminal.

•If you use a THX certified subwoofer use the THX INPUT jack on the subwoofer (if your subwoofer has one) or switch the filter position to THX on your subwoofer.

•When you attached your speaker wire to the speaker terminal make sure that not even one strand of wire touches the back of the amplifier. If this happens it could short out the amplifier.

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