Pioneer VSA-AX10Ai Installing your speaker system

Connecting your equipment
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Installing your speaker system
To take full advantage of the amplifier’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
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 4–16Ω (please see
Switching the speaker impedance on page 72 if you plan
to use speakers with an impedance of less than 6Ω).
Connecting the speakers
Each speaker connection on the amplifier comprises a
positive (+) red, and negative (–) white terminal. For
proper sound you should take care to match these up
with the terminals on the speakers themselves.
AUDIO POWER
AMP
IN
PRE OUT
AUDIO
PHONO
FRONT SUB W CENTER
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
SUR-
ROUND
SUB W.
CENTER
SUR-
ROUND
CD-R/
TAPE1/
MD
TAPE 2
MONITOR
IN
FRONT
CENTER
SUR-
ROUND
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
VIDEOAUDIO S2 VIDEO SPEAKERS
(Single)
USB AUDIO
S400 (AUDIO)
OUT 2
OUT 1
(CD-R/
TAPE1/
MD)
(DVR/
VCR1)
(SAT)
IN
(CD)
(TV/
DVD)
(DVD/
LD)
(DVD/
LD)
IN
DVR/
VCR1
OUT
DVD/
LD
IN
(DVD/
LD)
IN Y
L
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
PB
PR
PB
PR
2RF
IN
IN IN
CD
IN
TUNER
IN
PLAY
IN
PLAY
IN
Y
PB
PR
Y
PB
PR
Y
TV/
DVD
IN
SAT
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
OUT
OUT
OUT
1
2
12V TRIGGER DC OUT 12V
TOTAL 100mA MAX
IN
IN
IN
VCR2
OUT
IN
VCR3
OUT
IN
1 IN
OUT
REC
OUT
REC
DIGITAL MONITOR
OUT 1
MONITOR
OUT 2
MONITOR
OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE MULTI CH INPUT RS-232C
2 IN
3 IN
4
IN
5
R L
RL
RL
(Single)
1
(Single) 2
(Single)
RL
RL
R L
R L
R L
IN
6
ASSIGNABLE
CONTROL
3
1
2
AC IN
B
AC OUTLET
SWITCHED 100W MAX
SELECTABLE (SURROUND BACK & B )
A
OUT IN
VSA-AX10Ai
Front
left
Front
right
Center
Surround
left
Surround
right
Surround
back right
Surround
back left
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
Subwoofer