Connecting up

04

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 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. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/) terminals on the receiver match those on the speakers. You can use speakers with a nominal impedance between 6–16(please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 67 if you plan to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8).

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

Front speakers

Center speaker

Surround speakers

Surround back speakers

L

R

C

LS

RS

SBL

SBR

 

 

IN

 

AUX

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL OUT

 

 

 

FM UNBAL

AM

 

 

IN

 

CD

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ANTENNA

 

 

OPT

 

 

 

MONITOR

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPT

OUT

 

DVR/

 

CONTROL

 

 

 

2

 

 

VCR

 

IN

 

 

(DVR/VCR)

IN

 

 

VIDEO

 

 

OUT

 

OPT

 

 

 

 

 

DVR/

 

1

 

 

TV /

IN

OUT

 

VCR

 

(TV /

IN

 

SAT

 

 

 

IN

ASSIGNABLE

SAT)

 

 

IN

 

 

 

COAX

 

 

DVD

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN

 

 

 

MONITOR

 

TV/

 

2

IN

 

/LD

 

OUT

 

SAT

 

(CD)

 

FRONT

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

D V D

 

 

 

COAX

 

 

 

5.1CH

SUB

 

 

 

1

 

 

REC

INPUT

WOOFER

 

DVD

 

OUT

 

CD-R

IN

PREOUT

 

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/ TAPE

 

 

 

IN

 

/LD)

 

 

/ MD

 

 

S-VIDEO

 

 

IN

 

PLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

AUDIO

L

 

 

 

 

CEN-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPONENT VIDEO

ASSIGNABLE

 

L

L

SURROU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BA

 

R

 

L

MONITOR OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURROUND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD 5.1CH INPUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PB

PR

Y

PB

PR

R

R

CENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(T V / SAT) IN ø

 

FRONT

SURROUND

PREOUT

 

S

 

R FRONT

L

CENTER

 

R SURROUND BACK

L

R SURROUND

L

R FRONT L

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A

A

 

 

 

 

SINGLE

 

 

 

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MANUAL

 

 

 

 

 

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R

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AC OUTLET

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Passive

 

subwoofer

subwoofer

 

 

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or single

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surround

 

 

INPUT

back

 

 

 

speaker

 

AUDIO IN

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Pioneer VSX-D914, VSX-D814 manual Connecting up Connecting the speakers, Front speakers

VSX-D914, VSX-D814 specifications

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