Pioneer VSX-AX2AV-S, VSX-AX4AVi-S manual Connecting your equipment Installing your speaker system

Connecting your equipment 03

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. 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

Subwoofer Front

left

Center

LINE LEVEL

INPUT

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 6–16Ω(please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 65 if you plan to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8Ω).

Front right

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.

MULTI-ROOM

AC IN

ANTENNA

AUDIO

PRE OUT

&SOURCE

/REC SEL

PHONO

R

L

FRONT

OUT1

FM UNBAL 75Ω

AM LOOP

ROOM3(ZONE3)

MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE

IN

MONITOR

MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE

OUT2

IN

ROOM2(ZONE2) OUT

OUT

R ROOM2(ZONE2) L

CD

SUBW.

CENTER

USB

S400

IR

OUT

IN

AUDIO

12 V TRIGGER

SUR-

IN

(AUDIO)

DVD/

ROUND

1

2

IN1

LD

AC OUTLET

IN1

(DC OUT 12VTOTAL50mAMAX)

IN

SUR-

(SAT)

ROOM2

MULTI-ROOM

OUT

ROUND

S400

BACK

& SOURCE

TV

IN2

MONITOR

IN2

IN

(ZONE2)

OUT

CD-R/

(Single)

(DVR/

R

L

VCR 1)

HDMI

IN1

OUT

IN1(DVD/LD)

SAT

TAPE

IN1

Y

Y

IN2(TV)

IN

IN3

IN

1–2

R

L

(DVR/

ASSIGNABLE

FR

FL

iPod

SPEAKERS

VCR 2)

PB

PB

VIDEO1/

IN4

GAME1

IN

SURROUND BACK / B

(CD-R)

IN

A

R

FRONT

L

CENTER

R

SURROUND

L

1–4

IN2

SUB W.

CENTER

R

L(Single)

ASSIGNA-

BLE

PR

PR

OUT

IN1 1–2

DVR/

SUR-

(DVD/

IN2

IN3

VCR 1

ROUND

LD)

OUT

Y

Y

IN

IN2

R

L

(CD)

PB

PB

OUT

DVR/

R

SURROUND

L

RS-232C

VCR 2

BACK

PR

PR

IN

MULTI CH

S -VIDEO

VIDEO

R

L

OUT

IN

IN

SELECTABLE

ASSIGNABLE 1–3

CONTROL

DIGITAL

COMPONENT VIDEO

VIDEO

AUDIO

VSX-AX4AVi

Surround left

Surround back left

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.

Surround right

Surround back right

Caution

•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.

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