Pioneer VSX-41 manual Connecting the speakers, Connecting up

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Connecting the speakers

A complete setup of eight speakers (including the subwoofer) is shown below, but everyone’s home setup will vary. Simply connect the speakers you have in the manner shown below. The receiver will work with just two stereo speakers (the front speakers in the diagram) but using at least three speakers is recommended, and a complete setup is best for surround sound. If you’re not using a subwoofer, change the front speaker setting (see Speaker setting on page 37) to large.

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.

Use speakers with a nominal impedance of 8 Ω to 16 Ω.

Front Speakers		Center Speaker			Surround Speakers			Surround Back Speakers
Front	Front		Center	Surround		Surround		Surround	Surround
Left	Right				Left		Right	Back Left	Back Right

DIGITAL IN

COAX

OPT

OPT

AUX

DVD 7.1CH INPUT

ASSIGNABLE

IN

PREOUT

CENTER

SUB W.

ASS I GNAB LE

( D V D / LD) IN ¥

L

L

SURROUND

(DVD/ LD) ¥ (CD) ø

( T V / ¥

(CD-R/

ø

1

2

COMPONENT

BACK

ANTENNA

IN

CD

VIDEO

S - VIDEO

SAT)

/ TAPE

DIGITAL OUT

MONITOR

/ M D )

MONITOR OUT

SURROUND

R

L

OUT

AM

VCR /

DVR

SURROUND

LOOP

R

L

BACK

Y

PB

PR

Y

PB

PR

R

R

FM

IN

OUT

(T V / SA T) IN ø

FRONT

SURROUND

CENTER

UNBAL

VIDEO

VCR /

S

FRONT

CENTER

R SURROUND BACK

SURROUND

FRONT

75

Ω

IN

R

L

L

R

L

R

L

TV /

OUT

DVR

IN

SAT

IN

P

AC OUTLET

DVD

IN

E

MONITOR

T V /

/ LD

IN

IN

FRONT

OUT

SAT

A

A

B

D V D

5.1CH

SUB

K

REC

INPUT

WOOFER

IN

DVD /

E

CD-R

IN

LD

/

TAPE

PREOUT

R

/ MD

CONTROL

IN

AUDIO

PLAY

OUT

S

R

L

	One Surround Back
	Speaker (or passive
SW	subwoofer)
INPUT
Powered subwoofer

TV

Be sure to complete all connections before connecting this unit to the AC power source.

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