Pioneer VSX-LX51 manual Installing your speaker system, Connecting the speakers

03Connecting your equipment

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.1 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 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 Ω and 16 Ω (please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 72 if you plan to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8 Ω).

Front		Front
left	Center	right

HDMI

S-

MONITOR

COMPONENT VIDEO

MONITOR

ANTENNA

COAXIAL

VIDEO IN

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

OUT

IN 1

IN 2

IN 3

OUT

ASSIGNABLE 1 - 2

Y

OUT

IN 1

VIDEO

(DVD)

RS-232C

PB FM UNBAL 75

AM LOOP

IN 2

PR

ASSIGNABLE

(CD)

DVD

TV SAT

DVR1

DVR2

ZONE 2

BD IN

1 - 3

AUDIO

(Single) PRE OUT

CON-

IN

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

FRONT CENTER

IN

OPTICAL

TROL

L

IN 1

IN 1

OUT

(TV SAT)

IN 2

R

IR

CD

CD-R

(DVR1)

SUBWOOFER SURROUND

SURROUND BACK

	ZONE2	IN	MULTI CH IN	SPEAKERS		FRONT		CENTER	SURROUND		SURROUND BACK / B
IN 2	IN 3			A	R		L	R	L	R	L
											(Single)
	(DVR2)

ASSIGN-		OUT
ABLE
1 - 2	OUT		FRONT CENTER SURROUND SURROUND BACK
		1	L
	ASSIGNABLE	12V TRIGGER
	1 - 3
		2
DIGITAL		(OUTPUT
		12 V TOTAL	R
		50 mA MAX)

SUBWOOFER SELECTABLE SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL

SELECTABLE VOIR LE MODE D'EMPLOI

VSX-LX51

Subwoofer

LINE LEVEL

INPUT

Surround left

Surround back left

Surround right

Surround back right

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.

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.

•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.

Note

1• When using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the SURROUND BACK L (Single) terminals.

• To use a 5.1-channel speaker set, use the surround speakers for the surround channel, not the surround back channel.

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