Pioneer VSX-37TX, VSX-36TX manual Speakers, Speaker terminals

Connecting Your Equipment

Speakers

A full complement of eight speakers is shown here but, naturally, everyone's home set up will vary. Simply connect the speakers you have in the manner described below. The receiver will work with just two stereo speakers (called "front" speakers in the diagram) but the receiver is designed to be used with at least three speakers.

One of the latest features of home theater is the use of SURROUND BACK speakers. These speakers add even greater realism in movie sound effects and new discs with soundtracks in Dolby Digital or DTS incorporates these channels. In order to be able to use these channels you must hook your SURROUND BACK speakers up to an external amplifier and then connect that to the VSX-37TX/36TX, as shown in the diagram below. If you only have one SURROUND BACK speaker hook it up to the SURROUND BACK L (SINGLE) terminal on the back of the receiver.

In general, make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the right terminal and the speaker on the left to the left terminal. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/–) terminals on the receiver match those on the speakers. Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet.

The receiver has two speaker systems, A & B. A is the main system supporting the full complement of surround memo sound speakers. If you switch on both A & B speaker systems, only front speakers and the subwoofer will be

audible. No sound will come from the center or surround speakers but multi channel sources will be down-mixed to the active speakers so no sound will be lost. Similarly, if you choose just the B system you‘ll only hear the front speakers connected to the B system and multi channel sources will be down-mixed to these two speakers. For the VSX-37TX you can use speakers with a nominal impedance rated 6Ω-16Ω,for the VSX-36TX see the following page.

PREPARATION

Front speaker (A) (Left)

Powered subwoofer

INPUT

TV/monitor	Front
	speaker (A)
	(Right)
	Center
	speaker

Surround

speaker

(Left)

VSX-37TX

AUDIO

VIDEO

VIDEO

S2 VIDEO

COMPONENT VIDEO

R

L

DVD/LD

TV/SAT

PCM/

DVD /

IN

IN

2RF IN

IN

1

IN 2

IN 3

IN

4

IN

2/

LD

IN

Y

5 DTS

IN

(AC-3)

SURR-

PRE OUT

DIGITAL

OUND

TV /

IN

R

L

SAT

MULTI CH IN

IN

SWITCHED

UNSWITCHED

FRONT

OUT

1

OUT 2

TOTAL 100W(0.8A)MAX

100W(0.8A)MAX

R

L

L

IN

IN

AC120V 60Hz

FM UNBAL

FRONT

VCR1 /

MONITOR

75‰

DVR

CENTER

SUB

OUT

OUT

Y

OUT

WOOFER

FM

PLAY

ANTENNA

IN

IN

SPEAKERS

TAPE2

SURR-

VCR2

A

B

MONITOR

FRONT

CENTER

SURROUND

FRONT

OUND

REC

R

OUT

OUT

AC OUTLETS

CD

PLAY

MONITOR

MULTI CH IN

IN

MD /

OUT

SURROUND

CENTER

TAPE1/

R

L

MULTI-

CD-R

MONITOR

REC

OUT

IN

ROOM

&

SUB

AM LOOP

SOURCE

R

L

OUT

AUDIO

WOOFER

ANTENNA

PHONO

OUT

IN

REMOTE

IN

R

L (Single)

R

L

MULTI-ROOM

CONTROL

SURROUND

&

BACK

SOURCE

PRE OUT

Surround

speaker

(Right)

	Additional Amplifier (See p.21)
Surround back	Surround back
speaker (Left)	speaker (Right)

7 Speaker terminals			The speaker terminals
1 Twist exposed wire	2 Loosen speaker terminal	3 Tighten	also accept single banana
			plugs.
strands together.	and insert exposed wire.	terminal.
			(Refer to speaker manual
			for details.)

3/8 in. (10 mm)

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