Pioneer VSX-D850S manual Connecting Speakers VSX-D810S/D850S, Front Speakers a Center Speaker

Connecting Your Equipment

Connecting Speakers (VSX-D810S/D850S)

A full complement of seven speakers is shown here but, naturally, everyone’s home setup will vary. Simply connect the speakers you have in the manner described below. The receiver will work with just two stereo speakers (called “front” speakers in the diagram) but we recommend you use at least three speakers. To get the most out of the VSX- D810S/D850S models hook up all seven speakers, including a surround back speaker, the latest advancement in home theater. You can only hook up one speaker here as the surround back channel is mono on the VSX-D810S/ D850S models. This is actually 6.1 ch sound but we usually refer to it by its regular name, 7.1 ch sound. The two are essentially the same thing both offering surround back sound. If you don’t hook up a surround back speaker you can use that speaker terminal to hook up your subwoofer.

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.

MEMO:

•The receiver has two speaker systems, A & B. A is the main system supporting the full complement of surround sound speakers. If you switch on both A & B speaker systems, only front speakers and the subwoofer will be audible. No sound will come from the center or surround speakers but multi channel sources will be down- mixed to the active speakers so no sound will be lost. Similarly, if you choose just the B system you‘ll only hear the front speakers connected to the B system and multi channel sources will be down-mixed to these two speakers.

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

•If you select subwoofer (SB SUBWF) in the surround back speakers setting mode (see p.17) you can hook a subwoofer up to the surround back speaker terminals. In this case the terminals will be used for this “passive subwoofer” and no surround back sound will come from these terminals.

Front Speakers (A)		Center Speaker		SURROUND Speakers		SURROUND BACK Speaker
L	R		C	SL	SR		SB

AM

FM

ANTENNA

CENTER SUB WOOFER DVD

PCM/2

AUX

UNBAL

ASSIGNABLE

LOOP

75Ω

7.1 CH

/DTS

IN

INPUT

C

IN

O

COMPONENT

(DVD/LD) IN 1

L

PREOUT

(DVD)

A

CD

SURROUND

VIDEO

L

SURROUND

X

BACK

O

VIDEO

TO

R

L

TO MONITOR TV OUT

P

O

MONTOR

T

S

TV

(CD)

¥

U

OIN

T

VCR /

OUT

R

L

(CD-R)

IN

OUT

P

DIGITAL

DVR

T

S

SURROUND BACK

Y

PB

PR

Y

PB

PR

R

R

CENTER

ø

(TV/SAT) IN 2

FRONT

SURROUND

O

VIDEO

VCR /

FRONT

CENTER

FRONT

P

R

L

R

SURROUND

L

R

L

T

TV /

IN

OUT

S

DVR

S

BACK

(TV)

π

IN

SAT

O

IN

P

P

AC OUTLET

T

DVD

IN

TO

S TV /

E

[

/ LD

MONTOR

(VCR)

IN

FRONT

TV OUT

IN

SAT

A

B

O

R

SUB

K A

P

OUT

IN

S DVD/

E

T

E

WOOFER

C

DIGITAL OUT

CD-R

PREOUT

IN

LD

R

P

/TAPE

DVD 7.1 CH

/MD

S

L

IN

INPUT

CONTROL

A

Y

OUT

R L

VSX-D810S/D850S Subwoofer (passive)

Powered subwoofer

INPUT

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

When using the speaker on your TV as the center speaker (‘C’), connect the CENTER PREOUT jack on this unit to the audio input jack on your TV. In this case, the center speaker shown is unnecessary.

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