Pioneer VSX-LX52 manual 03Connecting your equipment, Determining the speakers’ application

03Connecting your equipment

Determining the speakers’ application

Surround sound with a strong sense of presence can be enjoyed by connecting 7 speakers and 1 subwoofer. It is also possible to achieve high sound quality using bi-amp connections and to enjoy music in other rooms using the MULTI-ZONE feature. High sound quality can be achieved with a minimum of two speakers.

[3]5.1ch surround & ZONE 2 connection (Multi Zone)

With these connections you can simultaneously enjoy 5.1-channel surround sound in the main zone with stereo playback on another component in ZONE 2. (The selection of input devices is limited.)

•Surr Back System setting: ZONE 2

•Be sure to connect speakers to the front left and right channels ( L and R ).

•The Surr Back System setting must be made if you use any of the connections shown below other than [1] (see Selecting the Surr Back system on page 21).

[1]7.1ch surround connection (Simple connection & Best surround)

*Default setting

L	SW	R
Front	C	Front
left	Center	right
Subwoofer
Surround		Surround
left		right
SL		SR

L

Left

R

Right

ZONE 2

These connections prioritize surround sound with a speaker layout like that in a movie theater.

•Surr Back System setting: Normal (default)

•If you have six speakers, either only connect one

surround back speaker (6.1 ch surround), or connect for the 7.1-channel setting as shown on the diagram below but without the center speaker.

	L			SW							R
F						C
	ront									Front
	left					Cente	r			right
	Subwoofer
	SL										SR
Surr		ound							Surround
	left									right
					SBL			SBR
			Surr		ound	Surround
			back left			back right

[2]5.1ch surround & Front Bi-amping connection (High quality surround)

Bi-amping connection of the front speakers for high sound quality with 5.1-channel surround sound.

• Surr Back System setting: Front Bi-Amp

L	SW	R
Front	C	Front
left*	Center	right*
Subwoofer
Surround		Surround
left		right
SL		SR

*Bi-amp compatible speaker

[4] 5.1ch surround & Speaker B connection

With these connections you can simultaneously enjoy 5.1-channel surround sound in the main zone with stereo playback of the same sound on the B speakers.

•Surr Back System setting: Speaker B

							Speaker B
	L	SW				R
				C
Front					Front
	left				right
			Center
Subwoofer
Surround					Surround
	left				right
	SL					SR

Other speaker connection

•Your favorite speaker connections can be selected even if you have fewer than 5.1 speakers.

•When not connecting a subwoofer, connect speakers with low frequency reproduction capabilities to the front channel. (The subwoofer’s low frequency component is played from the front speakers, so the speakers could be damaged.)

•After connecting, be sure to conduct the Auto MCACC (speaker environment setting) procedure. See Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on page 39.

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