Pioneer VSX-820 Connecting the speakers, Connecting your equipment, 03Connecting your equipment

03Connecting your equipment

Connecting the speakers

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.

Make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the right (R) terminal and the speaker on the left to the left (L) terminal. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/–) terminals on the receiver match those on the speakers.

You can use the speakers connected to the B speaker terminals to listen to stereo playback in another room. See Switching the speaker system on page 20 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 are set to a value between 12 Ω and 16 Ω if you select SPAB in Switching the speaker system on page 20.

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

		Center speaker
Front speakers		C	Surround speakers
L	R		SL	SR

SUBWOOFER								SPEAKERS A
PRE OUT								R FRONT L	R SURROUND L	CENTER
	CD-R/TAPE DVR/VCR							R FRONT L	R SURROUND L	CENTER
	CD-R/TAPE DVR/VCR
SURR			ADAPTER PORT
FRONT			(OUTPUT 5 V	100 mA MAX)
HEIGHT
L				VIDEO	DVR/VCR		TV/SAT
(Single)		OUT			DVR/VCR		TV/SAT
		OUT		OUT		IN		IN
				OUT		IN		IN
R
PRE OUT
CD	CD-R/TAPE DVR/VCR
L
IN		IN		MONITOR OUT		DVD IN		SPEAKERS B	Class 2 Wiring
IN		IN		MONITOR OUT		DVD IN		BD IN
R			ANTENNA	PR		PB	Y	MONITOR
R								OUT
TV/SAT	DVD	BD	FM					R	L
			FM
			UNBAL
L			75					IN 2
L			SIRIUS					(DVD)
			IN					(DVD)
IN		IN	IN
IN		IN
R			AM					IN 1
R			AM					(BD)
			LOOP					(BD)
			LOOP				ASSIGNABLE
							ASSIGNABLE
	AUDIO			COMPONENT VIDEO				1 2

Speaker system B

L R

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