02Connecting your equipment

Connecting the multichannel analog outputs

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

DIGITAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

USB AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT 1

 

 

S400

(AUDIO)

 

 

 

IN

 

 

OUT

IN

MONITOR

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

OUT 2

 

R

L

 

 

 

PHONO

 

 

 

COMPONENT VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT2

 

 

 

 

DVD/

IN

(DVD/

 

 

 

IN

 

 

 

LD

LD)

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

IN

 

 

 

 

CD

 

AUDIO

POWER

TV/

 

1 Y

MONITOR

 

 

OUT1

 

 

AMP

IN

 

OUT

 

 

IN

 

 

IN

DVD

 

PB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

PB

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(CD-R/

TUNER

 

 

 

SAT

IN

 

 

 

 

TAPE1/

IN

 

 

 

IN

 

PR

 

IN

MD)

 

R

L

 

PR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

(DVR/

OUT

 

CENTER

 

OUT

 

IN

IN

 

IN

VCR1)

REC

 

 

 

OUT

2

3

 

 

CD-R/

 

 

 

DVR/

 

Y

Y

 

4

 

TAPE1/

 

 

SUB W.

VCR1

 

 

 

 

 

(SAT)

MD

 

 

PRE OUT

IN

IN

 

 

 

IN

 

IN

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAY

 

 

 

PB

PB

 

 

 

 

 

(Single)

SUR-

 

 

 

3 IN

(CD)

OUT

 

 

ROUND

OUT

OUT

 

 

 

REC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAPE2

 

R

 

VCR2

 

PR

PR

 

 

(TV/

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

IN

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

2 IN

IN

 

 

 

IN

 

 

DVD)

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRONT

 

SUB W

CENTER

 

 

 

 

 

1 IN

 

R

L

 

 

OUT

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2RF

LD)

 

 

 

BACK

IN

IN

 

 

1

IN

R

L

R

L(Single)

L

 

 

12V TRIGGER

DC OUT 12V

ASSIGNABLE

 

CH INPUT

R

 

RS-232C

 

TOTAL 100mA MAX

 

AUDIO

VIDEO

 

S2 VIDEO

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

L

FRONT

R

CENTER

L

SUR-

ROUND

R

L (Single)

SUR-

ROUND

BACK

R

SPEAKERS

AC OUTLET

SWITCHED 100W MAX

AC IN

SELECTABLE (SURROUND BACK & B )

B

L

R

VSA-AX10Ai

R

FRONT

L

SUB W. CENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

SURR.

L

 

R

L

 

 

 

 

SURR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI CH

 

BACK

 

 

OUTPUT

 

MULTI CH. OUT

12

DVD player

For DVD Audio and SACD playback, your DVD player may have 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 channel analog outputs (depending on whether your player supports surround back channels).

1Connect the front, surround, center and subwoofer outputs on your DVD player to the corresponding MULTI CH INPUT jack on this amplifier.

Use standard RCA/phono jack cables for the connections.

Take care to connect each output to its corresponding input on the amplifier.

2If your DVD player also has outputs for surround back channels, connect these to the corresponding MULTI CH INPUT jacks on this amplifier.

Use standard RCA/phono jack cables for the connections.

If there is a single surround back output, connect it to the SURROUND BACK L (SINGLE) jack on this amplifier.

Note

To listen to multichannel analog audio you’ll need to switch the input signal selector to MULTI CH INPUT (see Playing a source on page 37 for more on this).

See also Selecting USB and multichannel analog input channels on page 45.

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Pioneer VSA-AX10Ai manual Connecting your equipment, Connecting the multichannel analog outputs

VSA-AX10Ai specifications

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