Pioneer VSX-819H-S manual 03Connecting up Connecting the speakers

03Connecting up

Connecting the speakers

A complete setup of six speakers (including the subwoofer) is shown here 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 43) 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.

You can use the speakers connected to the B speaker terminals to listen to stereo playback in another room. Make sure to review Placing the speakers on page 24 when placing the speakers in another room. See Switching the speaker system on page 25 for the listening options with this setup.

You can use speakers with a normal impedance between 6 Ω and 16 Ω.

However, note that only the front speakers and the speaker system B are set to a value between 12 Ω and 16 Ω if you select SPAB in Switching the speaker system on page 25.

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

Center speaker

C

SW	Front speakers
Powered subwoofer	L	R

Surround speakers

SL SR

		R	SURROUND		AUDIO		SPEAKERS A
			BACK	L (Single)
					PRE OUT		FRONT		SURROUND	CENTER
							R	L	R	L
IN		ZONE2			SUBWOOFER					AC	IN
L		OUT			PRE OUT
		R		L
		OUT	DVR/VCR	IN	VIDEO
R
T IN
L
		MONITOR OUT BD/DVD IN			TV/SAT IN		SPEAKERS B
R	ANTENNA	PR	PB		Y
	FM				OUT
							R		L
	UNBAL
T	75 Ω
L					IN	2
					(TV/SAT)
	AM
R	LOOP				IN 1
					(BD/DVD)
D IN		COMPONENT VIDEO			ASSIGNABLE
					1	- 2

Speaker system B

L R

22

En