Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K 7 Connecting your equipment Installing your speaker system

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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.1 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 6 Ω and 16 Ω (please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 74 if you plan to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8 Ω).

Front		Front
left	Center	right

HDMI

COMPONENT VIDEO

MONITOR

ANTENNA

COAXIAL

OUT

IN 1

IN 2

IN 3

OUT

ASSIGNABLE 1 - 2

Y

VIDEO

MONITOR

OUT

IN

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

IN 1

(DVD)

PB

FM UNBAL 75

AM LOOP

IN 2

PR

ASSIGNABLE

(CD)

DVD

TV SAT

DVR1

DVR2

SIRIUS

ZONE 2

BD IN

1 - 3

AUDIO

(Single) PRE OUT

XM IN

CON-

IN

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

FRONT CENTER

IN

OPTICAL

TROL

L

IN 1

IN 1

OUT

(TV SAT)

	IN 2		R
		IR					CD	CD-R
	(DVR1)								SUBWOOFER SURROUND		SURROUND BACK
		ZONE2		SPEAKERS		FRONT	CENTER	SURROUND		SURROUND BACK / B
IN 2	ASSIGNABLE	IN	MULTI CH IN	A	R		L	R	L	R	L
	1 - 2										(Single)

ASSIGN-	OUT
ABLE
1 - 2	FRONT CENTER SURROUND SURROUND BACK
	OUT
	L

DIGITAL R

SUBWOOFER
	SELECTABLE	SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
	SELECTABLE	VOIR LE MODE D'EMPLOI

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Subwoofer

LINE LEVEL

INPUT

Surround left

Surround back left

Surround right

Surround back right

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.

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.

•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.

Note

1• When using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the SURROUND BACK L (Single) terminals.

• To use a 5.1-channel speaker set, use the surround speakers for the surround channel, not the surround back channel.

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